Food: BEST CROISSANTS EVER. Their almond croissant is my EVERYTHING, the best thing ever. Their chocolate chip cookie is also incredible, and their hot sandwiches (try the chicken and cheese) as well. Also, we grabbed a small bag of financiers which were amazing as well. I just love this place so much, those pastries have to be my favorites but honestly I think anything here is worth it. Service: We come early haha so it's fast. Ambiance: Lovely Parisian style bakery, everything always looks sooo good and freshly baked, even when you walk past you can smell the pastries. read more

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I am very much a fan! The place I rented was super close to this bakery so I've been coming here everyday I'm in Paris. Bichon was excellent. It's a croissant based laminated dough or puff pastry with lemon crud inside. Just wonderfully Citrusy with the perfect flaky dough. Croissant was fresh and flaky as well. Not the best croissant but I can certainly eat these everyday and not get sick of it. The fruit crumble was just fantastic. Raspberry has the perfect tangy-ness and sweetness to it. You can't eat the crumble without getting crumbs all over your shirt.. And that's how it's supposed to be! Great tart crust as well, stable yet maintained the buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookie texture, just perfect with the crumble on top. Baguette is a hit and miss though, I gotta say. Cheap, €1.2 for a big baguette and fresh (most of the time). Must be consumed the same day though, otherwise it's like trying to eat a frozen baguette. I just wish I had more stomachs and money to come try more baked goods. The cookies looked absolutely mouth-watering. Thick cookies too! My god, just thinking about it makes me hungry!! They got two stores within 100 meters of each other.. Don't really understand why. I usually just go to the smaller one since the service is faster. read more

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One of my fave places to stop at when in Paris! This is the perfect stop in the morning for a warm croissant and cafe au lait or in the afternoon for a delicious pain au chocolat or baguette. Wonderful bakery, well known for their quality of product. Staff are very kind and helpful. read more

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Amazing, read a few other reviews that only gave this place 4 stars but I suspect people had established expectations from "American" versions of similar products. - Baguette - simply amazing - Pain aux raisins - the best - Pate a Choux - little jems Eric Kaiser's stores have been awarded some of the highest honors for his bakery stores. One of main things to look for in France is the term Artisan Boulanger which designates that everything is produced on site not shipped in from mass warehouse style bakeries. read more

Sighs, to be honest, I didn't even get anything from this place. Very sad because it came highly recommended. The place didn't seem super friendly which was unfortunate. However, the reason nothing was bought was bc the place just didn't seem clean. And worse, while looking at the much sought after chocolate croissants, I realized that some of the black specks were actually flies. Taking a closer look at more of the pastries, there were flies crawling everywhere. There was also a bee on top of a piece of glazed bread. Yikes... This was the same case for the other EK bakery right down the street on the same block. Unfortunately now, my bf and I have had to categorize bakeries as those with flies, and those without... read more

This place has such sentimental value for me, as it was the bakery where I ate my first French food. After an ordeal at CDG, where I discovered my checked suitcase was still in Atlanta, I hopped on the SuperShuttle and was the last dropped off, right in the Latin Quarter. My cousin was doing her PhD at the time in Bioinformatics and had been invited to conduct research at AgroParisTech. She landed a tiny Parisian studio apartment in the 5th arrondissement, in which I stayed. With both her and her fiancé. We were definitely cramped, to say the least... Anyway, after we walked around the Louvre (I was sort of in a daze, amazed that I was in Europe for the first time and tired as hell), she brought me to Eric Kayser and my eyes literally lit up. I took some photos before I got reprimanded. I was totally the American tourist and I was definitely embarrassed. I'm not sure if things have changed now, in the world of social media... My cousin urged me to get the classic jambon-beurre. Not having had real French food before, I was HIGHLY skeptical of her recommendation. A plain sandwich with only ham and butter? What the hell? I was used to chomping on subs loaded with tons of meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and sometimes other stuff. I raised my eyebrow, especially since I was crazy hungry. But I let her order for me (I only knew how to say, "Do you speak English?" in French, haha. Married to a Frenchman now, that's basically all I know now) and I politely took the sandwich when the lady at the counter handed it over. I was nervous. The bread sort of looked overly crusty. The sandwich looked so blah. I took my bite as I walked out the door. HOLY MOTHER. This baguette sandwich literally changed my life and I am not joking. All my French-bashing from the days of tragic 9/11 melted away with each bite. As I neared the end of the sandwich, I slowed down. I savored my food, probably for the first time ever. I can still remember this experience years later. My culinary adventure was off to a most excellent start. After a whirlwind week in France, mostly staying in Paris, but also venturing off to Versailles and Rouen, I became an advent admirer of French cuisine, especially their own version of street, comfort food. These days AT lovingly cooks for me. I'm one lucky mofo. So, long story about ham and butter on a mind-blowing baguette. Get it. Or anything at Eric Kayser. [#Yelp365: 35/365] read more

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The best baguette. Get one in the morning when they're still warm. The chocolate chip cookie was just okay and the eclair was pretty disappointing so stick with the classics. read more

Walking by this bakery I spotted a large, incredibly delicious looking chocolate chip cookie. Now, I realize that I'm in Paris and there are many other delectable treats I should be trying, but this cookie was calling me. I was not wrong about how amazing it was. It was chocolatey, nutty, soft and definitely the best cookie I've every had in my life. That was day 1 in Paris. Day 2, 3 and 4 I had to return to try other things from Eric Kayser. I had their baguette, muffins, chocolate croissants, coffee and finally on my last day, I tried their macarons. I bit into the coffee flavored-soft-unlike-anything-I've-ever-had-in-my-life macaron and wanted to cry. Why didn't I try this on my 1st day in Paris? I would have ate one every single day after! Luckily, there just so happens to be an Eric Kayser in New York. If it's as good as this one, I'll be there each and every time I'm in the city! read more

For reasons I do not understand (a phrase I find myself repeating often in Paris), Eric Kayser controls two storefronts, a hundred feet apart, offering overlapping but differing selections of pastries. Playing along, we paced back and forth between the two of them before deciding on a pastry here-- griottes with pistachio. It turns out that the pistachio had been rendered into the green equivalent of almond marzipan, which was intensely sweet, but the perfect thing to match the tartness of the griottes. And the tart shell was perfect. We carted it down to the other Eric Kayser to eat at a table (which they said was okay). read more

Delicious baguette. I came here on a Tuesday and panicked because I thought they were closed, and they are on Tuesdays to make bread for local restaurants, factories. But I poked my head in and the guy was nice enough to sell me a baguette and a croissant! They use organic ingredients. The croissant was not very good, not crispy or flakey or fresh, but the baguette was definitely fresh, delicious, so crispy outside and soft inside. It stayed warm for a good 30 minutes after I took it outside. Love the baguette here! read more

We rented an AirBnB nearby and this was our go to place for baguette crispy and hot in the morning. Slather on some French butter, slice of jambon, and spread on some goose pate and I'm in heaven. Travelled thousands of miles for this. read more

The wife and I bought tickets through Viator for a Paris food walking tour through the Latin Quarter on a Friday morning. By design, our group was small enabling us to move efficiently and be able to sample a wide selection of gourmet French food. Our first stop was Eric Kayser. At the time of our visit, I didn't realize that Eric Kayser (a.k.a. Maison Kayser) was an international bakery chain since I hadn't ever seen/heard of it before. However, given the very upscale appearance of its small shop, perhaps I should've suspected. However, one important fact about this particular Eric Kayser on 8 Rue Monge was that it was the first store, not unlike the Starbucks in Seattle's Pike Place Market. We had the requisite artisanal baguette. I love bread. It was obviously fresh, crusty on the outside, moist on the inside, and was something I could snack on all day. Arguably, it was the best baguette I had while in France. I also had a pastry with chocolate chips generously distributed throughout it. It was flaky, buttery, and simply delicious! It may be a chain, but all of their breads were mixed, kneaded, shaped and baked on-premises. In other words, it lived up to its claim as an artisan Boulanger. read more

Delicious baguette and the chocolate chip cookie was a best ever. We will return, again and again.

This branch is much bigger/more modern than that at No 8. There was a long queue when we arrived but there were 5 people serving, so we didn't have to wait long. The service is a hit and miss here; the old staff was a bit snuffy and did not want (actually refused) to give me the warm Kayser Bread, so I waited for the young staff and explained to her that I needed to transport the bread back to London and I would like to have the warm one and she was happy to oblige. The 1.8kg loaf cost only €7.80 which was a bargain! The dough was fermented long & properly and the inside is chewy, spongy and tangy - sure signs of exellent bread. As soon as I arrived home, I sliced them and put them in the freezer, so I don't have to crave for the proper bread for a while. You just cannot beat it served with unsalted fermented butter. Pure Heaven!!! read more

The bread is sensational tasting, especially the baguette, the pain au cereales, and many of their pastries. The problem is SANITATION!! I've gone to several Eric Kayser bakeries, and have found countless employees handle money, coins, and then think nothing of handling the bread, grabbing me a baguette with their bare hands, or rearrange the bread with their bare hands. It doesn't seem to matter where I go, though I have found certain employees are better than others. The Eric Kayser in Galleries Lafayette often handles money and then touches the bread, the bio bakery next to the original does this, the original bakery had employees grabbing with their bare hands, and I've gone to the one on Sentier where the mixed african american lady did it. Usually the one on Sentier is the best about sanitation though. Just go in, and watch them ring up the people in front of you. It occurs more when there's only one person manning the bakery and the cash register, but it's still gross. They have the metal prongs, and there should be no excuse not to use them!!! The bread here is super delicious though! Just wish they would train their employees to be cleaner! read more