The Best Croissants in Paris, France (by a Local)!

I love your videos and lately I've been binge watching them because I'll be in Paris for 2 weeks in May 2026. As someone who only eats sweets occasionally (I had 1 chocolate chip cookie last week) and eats bread infrequently, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to enjoy so much of what Paris has to offer and not gain 20 pounds by the end of my visit! Your videos prompted me to look for and find the nearest boulangerie which is just a 3 minutes walk from the apartment in the 10th arrondissement where I'll be staying. It looks incredible! We have nothing like that here in Los Angeles.

Du pain et des idees is good but too expensive, maison d'isabelle is very good and cheap, it deserves it's 2018 award. Boulangerie Utopie is a close second

Mamiche banks too much on caramel flavor, it's meh

Poilane is good at sourdough and the raisin bread but the viennoiserie is nothing special

I enjoy all your videos. I love croissants with butter and strawberry jam. I am a British writer living in England, I want to move to Paris and be a writer and a film maker. I sometimes buy a croissant from my local supermarket, I eat it while watching French cafe accordion music on YouTube on my computer with coffee and I pretend that I am in France!

You didn't review the French Bastards

Omgg that looks just like the one in Miraculous :DD also I'm so glad you said croissant in French lol, I literally don't understand the English pronunciation of it.

I am tired of Costco croissants. I want a real croissant with brie or camembert smeared with apricot jam...

It's pronounced "kressant".

when she said Poilâne I thought she said Poland at first 😂

Ok you need to get ahold of me!! I loved in France for 3 years in ny 20s. Im American but I need to tell you the best croissants in France. Im tellimg you! Those parisian ones were not close to a few in the south I know of.

Bonjour! I am visiting Paris for the first time soon. I am wondering, how soon should you line up at a place like Mamiche to buy something? If you go at the time of opening, will it be hours still?

best bakery in paris is French Bastards.

5:02 Actually, it's not Stroher, it's Stohrer so I still have no idea how the Parisians pronounce it :-(

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is there a difference between the more linear croissants vs the ones that are more circular and connect?

Thank you! So excited to try some of these!!

I went to Mamiche today. I went later in the day so they were sold out of croissants but they still had Pain au Chocolat which was delicious.

for dummies books you

all time favourites already

she went to school rofl

Normal people when they're hungry: eat food
Me: watches videos of delicious food and gets even hungrier

À croissant aux amandes is indeed a croissant. Bakers actually found a way to « repurpose » stale croissants from the previous day(s): soak the stale croissants in a sugar syrup, open it stuff with the almond paste (frangipane), close it, spread some frangipane on top, sprinkle with almond flakes and cook in the oven until deliciously golden and crispy

You just inspired a new morning routine for me, it's lovely! Fresh brewed coffee with fresh baked croissant is the best, I will be so much more excited to hear my alarm clock :D

Avec égard, le croissant, il faut le déshabiller pour le manger, non le déchirer. C'est bien meilleur! Sans rancune.

i had non whole wheat croissant in canada bc . once and i was contipated and pulling stretchy rubbery waste outta my ass . for three days

That guy is so lucky your so beautiful I've been to Paris in ,1973i was young man then love Paris as a young artist it blew my mind Paris is so beautiful I was I could return but money is hard I'm retired but I do love Paris thank you for your show you are just stunning

Lucile, you're great! Being a lifelong croissant-lover (well, almost lifelong) I was superglad to learn from your tastings and even more from the additional cultural information you provide. BTW, I bought your book. 🙂

The Almond Croissant reminds me of a Bear Claw, which is very popular here in the US, and was my mother's favorite pastry. Every year I eat one on her birthday.

Is any French even left there ?

Is it even possible for a regular student to live in Paris, when you are not massivle funded by your parents or someone else?

In another video about the best croissants in Paris, a Youtuber called "Luis" says, the croissant from "De pain et des idèes" had a definite taste of vanilla added to it. So it couldn't be only those four ingredients?

Best croissant sayt ; just another croissant ...

A total sensory experience, all the senses are engaged. It has a slightly elastic pull......I lived in Paris for a decade and now I am getting more educated via "Lucile". But also in the '70's the French were very proud of the quality of their food and I hope they weren't using industrialized frozen patisserie.

I'm salivating haha

You have spoiled me! I had not eaten more than 5 croissants in my whole life, but now I eat about 2 a day! délicieux!

You used to be able to go anywhere in Paris and everywhere you’d get the same perfectly delicious, fresh, buttery croissants!

Just by the looks of it, this croissant is not good, just basic

They do actually get to eat ONE HUNDRED CROISSANTS EACH???

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Bonjour!
I want to know the difference between “Croissant au beurre” and “Croissant ordinaire”.

A croissant review video WITHOUT civil unrest?! Detestable! Luis' vid is better!

I had the opportunity to stay in Paris for just one day in early October, and visited "Mamiche" that you introduced, and tried the croissants. They were so delicious that they couldn't be compared to the ones I had in my home country (Japan), and I regretted not being able to visit more than once due to my short stay. Thank you for introducing me to such a wonderful shop.

Croissant aux amandes is the best (I buy it every other day, from several patissiers in Brussels). But is very, very hard to find a great one. Thanks for the tip, curious to try the ones in Paris 😍

Put chocolate spread in to it omg heaven that what I do when I buy them in Ireland 🇮🇪