Honestly, pretty underwhelming experience. I came to Ladurée Carrousel du Louvre expecting world-class desserts, but they were just okay -- nothing special. The macarons were a bit dry, and the flavors didn't stand out. Definitely not worth the premium price. What bothered me more was the vibe from the staff. I saw them being super friendly to other (mostly white) customers, but when it was my turn, the attitude completely changed -- cold, dismissive, no smile, like I didn't belong there. It wasn't blatant, but it was obvious enough to make me uncomfortable. I get that it's a touristy spot, but for a brand like Ladurée, you'd expect better. Average desserts and questionable service -- not going back. read more

Had a mont blanc and obviously some macarons! Eugh, the decorations were sooo princessy I could die. Made me feel like a Bridgerton girlie shopping for the day. The workers were surprisingly nice as well. read more

perfect little sweet shop! i got the raspberry macaron which was so nice. the lemon one was great as well. 2.50€ per macaron so pretty standard. very sweet server, silly silly vibes. very clean atmosphere. recommend. read more

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The aromas tickle your nose, even through the mask. Your mind starts to race and you want one of everything. But, you compose yourself and order a few that you have never tried before. After one bite, you get back in line and grab gift boxes for all of your friends back home. YES!!! They are that good!!! The chocolate, the rose', the pistachio, oh my! read more

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It's Laduree, what's not to like, right? Though it's so awesome, but I'm cutting sugar way way down. I'd just have a small bite from my friends ' purchases....lol. Ummm...so sweet and yum. I say "yes" to the big L!! read more

The Location: Metro #1 & 9, Exit "Franklin D. Roosevelt". According to Google, Laduree is one of the BEST bakery for macarons. Got to try it, right? Well.... still overly sweet for me. The texture is good but a little bit pricey. Maybe because of the name? The packaging is cute, definitely good for gift. read more

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This is a must go tourist destination! You have not had a good macaron until you had one from Laduree. Try the salted caramel macaron, it is amazing! They sell novelty items like cute key chains and bags. There is usually a lineup, so have fun waiting in line and admire all the pastries. :) The service is great, and they do not rush you at the time of payment. read more

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Amazing macarons. Wanted to visit Ladurée in Paris after having tried and loved their macarons in New York. The pastries here are even better! Macarons are €2.10 each or €17 for a box of six (it comes in a pretty box, which is why is costs more). I got four macarons: rose, orange blossom, passion fruit, and chocolate. The first three were light, airy, and extremely fragrant. Tasted exactly like the flavors they advertised to be. The last one (chocolate) was sinfully rich and decadent, with several layers inside. Amazing! read more

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Gill C is on to something. A few weeks back when I asked her if there was anything we could bring back from our trip for her, she without hesitation asked for macaroons from Ladurée. Macarons? Really? I am going to one of the great food capitals of the world and all you can think of is a cookie? Just how good can a cookie be? Once I had my first bite of a Ladurée macaron I learned quickly that these were not just a cookie. I mean I have had macaroons before and at some pretty highly regarded places like Gary Danko in San Francisco and Daniel in New York. So I thought I knew all about these little colorful desserts. But to be honest I was never truly blown away by them. But this has all changed. Ladurée does not use any preservatives and mean it when they say that their macarons only have a 7 day shelf life. So we waited until our full day of our trip to walk down to Ladurée and pick Gill up her macarons. This location is a little hard to find as it is inside of a department store right near the cosmetics. But my wife had her sniffer working and were able to locate them. We picked up a box and chose one of each flavor, but before we left my wife was curious to try one and asked for a pistachio. The customer service person who was very nice also gave us a complimentary caramel as well. We had planned on waiting to eat them later over a glass of wine, but as we walked down the street we just could not wait and shared bites of the pistachio. YES!!!!!! This thing ROCKS!!!!! After fighting for the last bite of that, we then feasted on the caramel which by the way WAS EVEN BETTER!!! That macaroon is one of the best things I have ever tasted and I am not kidding! If you live in the states and are reading this and saying, no really they are just cookies. I am here to tell you, you MUST check this place out. A macaron from Ladurée will change your life. And in the event you forget to pick up a box in the city, we learned that there is a Ladurée inside the departure area of terminal 2 at Charles de Gaulle read more

I'd never had a macaron until I went to this spot and they were great! I was told that this was the place to go to and I was not disappointed. The very-slight crispiness on the outside and the soft and chewy center was perfect and very different from most things I've had. We had the Caramel flavored macaron and it was perfect. It felt like a very delicate treat...I can't even imagine what it takes to make it. These are pricey - a large-sized one is about the size of a woman's palm and that was about 3 or 4 euros. While, it is a bit pricey, it's very good and something that everyone should try. read more

Ladurée is a gourmet pastry shop founded in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée. The first location is located on 16 rue Royale. Several locations have been added since, not only in France but worldwide. There's only one location in the US - New York. They are known for their macarons. Apparently they are credited for inventing the double decker macarons. I didn't know anything about this place. I just happened to stop by when our tour guide dropped us off at Printemps to do some shopping. By the way, Printemps is a high-end department store. This location is inside the store. It caught my attention because there was a long line of people waiting to buy their macarons. From a distance it looked more like a fancy cosmetics counter because of their beautiful packaging. I just had to buy some to see what all the hype is about. I bought six different mini macarons. I forget the exact price; they are about €1.75 for mini and about €4 for regular size. My favorites were chocolate and hazelnut. The one many people seemed to get was raspberry. For me the raspberry was a bit too sweet but overall flavor was pretty good. Regardless, they were all soft and airy with a nice chewy filling. Their other pastries looked pretty good but on the pricey side. I definitely recommend stopping by one of their locations when in Paris. Their packages look really nice. read more

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This Laduree location, located inside the Printemps building on Boulevard Haussmann, is a much more favorable location. I vastly preferred my macaron shopping experience here compared to the hustle, bustle, and generally bad attitudes residing in the St. Germain or Champs Elysees locations. This one is rather quiet with capable, smiling help. It carries the same great macaron products available at your Laduree of choice, as well as the additional goodies that work as a take home gift. I still prefer the Pierre Herme macaron to Laduree, but this location deserved the star bump compared to my previous experience (http://www.yelp.com/biz/ladur%C3%A9e-paris-12#hrid:sV_qoWtZy8ucUSRF9p0OKg). read more

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My favorite resaurant in Paris. Although you have to dig deep into your pockets... it's worth the splurge once in awhile. First of all no matter who says what after 5 years of living in Paris Laduree's macarons are the best! My personal favorite is vanilla. Now to this particular restaurant situated in the Printemps department store: They've recently undergone major reconstruction and my compliments to them. A nice ambience for a cup of tea (I recommend the Marie Antoinette mix or if you prefer Asian, then an Ooolong mix) after some shopping, a business lunch or just fancy breakfast. (Although families ARE welcome, please don't bring you prams here. There isn't much space for crying babies...sorry) I cannot say much about the service; the waitresses are arrogant (and I don't mean snobby, they just think they're something better for some reason) but the waiters are some what nicer. The restaurant manager was nice and although our waiter had obviously just been hired, he said sorry everytime he forgot something. I had the Club Champs-Elysees and my friend had one of the salads (i forgot the name but it had duck confit) and we didn't leave one bite left over. Their omlettes are good too, especially with the Laduree fries (not your usual skinny potato fries). For dessert I recommend an 'Ispahan' (larger macaron style dessert with lychees!) or a Millefeuille Fraise (Strawberry Millefeuille - i think they only serve this during summertime) with a café glacé (iced coffee). All in all, it's always a nice experience, just don't expect the waitresses to be nice to you :) read more

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Laduree was on top of my list of places to visit when the hubby and I went to Paris for our honeymoon. To all the people visiting Paris, this place is a must visit! Our friend, a native Parisian, brought us to Laudree for afternoon tea after shopping at Printemps. We didn't get the macaroons for afternoon tea, but I did try the macroons from the Champs Elysses location. I love their macaroons. It tastes so much better than the ones here and there are so many different flavors. I hope Laduree opens a location in SF soon. read more

Sold us broken macarons. Literally picked up the bag, walked 5 steps, saw, it was broken, went back to the counter and they said too bad. Macarons are ok. I found that Pierre Herme's macarons were much more intense in flavor. The chew of each of the Laduree macarons was inconsistent. read more

My family decided to spend time in the afternoon here. We had the chance to enjoy Laduree's macarons previously but never their other pastries or beverages. We waited about 5 minutes for our table which was fine. I had the religious verbena strawberry pastry. The strawberry and verbena cream filling was lovely and not too sweet, just nice for the pastry. However, I did feel the pastry was a tad hard and would have liked it a little softer.we also had the Ispahan and the lemon tart and those were excellent - no complaints there. The teas we had were pleasant and each pot poured about 3.5 cups (no tea leaves in pot so no refills). Our bill came to about 58 euros for 4 so it was ok value. I will probably come back in future but just buy their macarons and pastries to go. read more

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Beurk ! I've tried the Macarons. They were dry, and it was just 2 shells stucked together with a pinch of filling. When you pull one of the shell it seperate easily from each other, which never should be (a Macaron must rest in fridge at least 36 hours after being made, before eating it. It allows the biscuit and the filling to melt together as one). Go to Pierre Hermé if you want to try a REAL artisan Parisian Macaron, you won't regret it ! I also tried their Canelé de Bordeaux, and it has nothing to do with a real canelé, except for the name. It was like a liquid flan inside, flavoured with orange blossom water. A real Canelé de Bordeaux is much more consistant and is flavoured with real vanilla beans and real old dark rhum ! Ladurée is so overrated and overpriced, believe me tourist friend. Their production is not artisan anymore, but industrial. if you can read french, check out this : http://www.rue89.com/dessous-assiette/2009/10/30/macarons-laduree-une-recette-industrielle-et-un-luxe-dadditifs read more

I'm going to get killed for saying this...but Ladurée is overrated. Maybe I just don't like macarons. Rather, maybe I just don't like paying several euros for two bites of a sweet. Sure, they're colourful; sure, they come in a huge variety with girly and delicate flavours like 'Marie Antoinette' (aka Earl Grey) and Rose Water and Strawberry Mint and the ubiquitous Salter Caramel; sure, everything is served in/on beautiful monogrammed china when you're in the shop. In my opinion, they were a bit dry, crumbly, and too sweet. I realise macarons are very labour intensive and difficult to make, but genuinely, I think you end up paying for the atmosphere here (and you don't even get that when you take away). About this location -- it's ridiculously difficult to find in Printemps. There are two separate Ladurée stands in this one department store, and the one you want is on the first level of the woman's store (the one properly on Boulevard Haussmann, not the one on the corner of Rue Tronchet). It took ages for us to find it. The hot chocolate was good, but go to Angelina for a better version. The cofee was also good, but again, there are thousands of coffee shops in Paris on par with it. And you don't have to pay six euros for it. We got a couple of other pastries, including a sort of caramel profiterole thing...again, it was good, but so was the one we got from the rather ordinary boulangerie underneath our flat in Le Marais. And the baker there was a whole lot nicer than our servers at this location. Maybe I'm just being a grouch, but I was slightly disappointed when coming here, because I was expecting something so much better than the ones I've gotten in London/New York/et al. Eh. Maybe Pierre Hermé is better? read more

I wont write too much because the only thing im gonna say is: to all the people who are visiting Paris, YO MUST GO there and try some macaroons from Laduree with a real home made hot chocolate! The caramel macaroons so yummy, the coffee ones even better, seriously you have to stop by. It s little pricey but it s worth it. Cant wait to go in vacation! read more

Just came back from Paris and it was my first time having a macaroon like this. Boy oh boy, it tasted nothing like I've had before. We got a box of 12 consisting of Rose, Chocolate, Vanilla, Caramel, Coconut, Coffee, Pistachio, a few other flavors. My favorite by far was the coconut but I'm a huge fan of coconut. It actually had coconut flakes in the filling! Yummmm. Second favorites were the caramel and the pistachio. The macaroons have a shelf life of 7 days but they only lasted one day with us. Laduree is definitely a must try while in Paris and the cute packaging doesn't hurt either. It is a bit pricey but well worth it! read more

Ladurée introduced me to high tea when I was a child. The location we went to when I was little was at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. I have to admit this location is much better. Ladurée also introduced me to macarons. They have so many flavors now, I had a hard time picking four flavors for dessert. Even if you decide to skip dessert the food is quite delicious. If you prefer to drink your dessert they have quite a few sweet concoctions available. read more

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Extraordinary prices for ordinary food (€21.50 for an omelet, €6.40 for an iced coffee). Absolutely horrendous service, too. +1 star because it's right next to the Chopard shop-in-shop. read more

This was the first stop for my macaroons. After surveying the many choices offered, I ordered the chocolate, caramel, hazelnut, currant, and vanilla. All were wonderful. I savored each bite and the flavor of each. Six for 18.50, it is quite pricey. But the taste is worth it. read more

These were my first macarons and I'm so happy I tried them. They were ridiculously good and totally worth the money (be forwarned, they are very expensive). I highly recommend everyone to try these at least once in their lives! read more

I don't care how touristy this haunt is. Let the Parisians laugh their heads off as all the Americans wait in line for the most pricey, delectable macaroons. But this location is a bit less congested and a little more impromptu. Thankfully, a Laduree macaroon is like no other. The intense flavors, the decadence, the smooth quality of the ultimate in freshness. After one of these, pick up a package of macaroons from your local Trader Joe's and taste the difference. Laduree's are out of this world! read more

i have not had tea at the salon because it's too...dainty. but have stopped countless times to get a box of the FINEST macarons on earth. prepare to swoon on the classic flavors: chocolat-vanille-café-rose-pistache-menthe. joy.in.a.bite. read more

I have tried many macaron stores all over paris, this is the best one. It doesn't fall apart when you bite into it. Its always packed. They are not cheap but its worth it. it's about 1.60euro for each (small). read more

Our friend, a native Parisian, brought us to Laduree for dessert. We first walked into Printemps which is a huge department store with several floors. Laduree is on the second floor (I believe). Most of the people eating inside the small space are obvious wealthy women who just shopped at Printemps. We did try the famous macarrons, but those were not our favorite. We ordered the Rose Raspberry cake which was delicious, but hands down the absolute best pastry was the Carre Chocolat. I don't even eat chocolate cake, but this was amazing with dark chocolate, mousse and a crunchy thin layer on top. We still talk about that piece of cake - which we did have twice during our stay. I highly recommend dessert here and taking some macaroons as a gift because the packaging is beautiful. read more

It pains me to say that I should have bought more! I am a macaron connoisseur and this was a mecca to such delights. I can't describe how light and delicious these little medallions were but heavenly is closest. I wait for the day when I can taste these treats again. It was worth every Euro for the simplest of pleasures. read more

Rose Petal - delicious. The best of all. The delicate yet rich scent of rose fills your mouth. Chocolate - very good. Great quality of dark chocolate. Caramel - good. Rich caramel oozes out. Praline - average. Doesn't taste particularly impressive. Resembles hazelnut. read more

The Laduree staff here in Printemps were very welcoming, very nice. This was actually the first Laduree counter I went to when I first arrived in France. (I didn't buy anything to consume though I was looking for a real Laduree store, so I just stopped to ask for directions) read more

Of course we all know the macaroons are delish, but who knew they had yummy salted caramel ice cream? Do yourself a favor, wait in a line a bit and enjoy the caramel ice cream in the tea room. Maybe I'm weird, but I actually enjoyed it more than my pastry... read more

When I first came to Paris 15 years ago, a trip to Laduree was on the top of my list. It was planned, dressed for and one of the highlights. This trip...not so much. Not because I don't love Laduree, but because it has taken on a Disneyland-ish feel. People in jeans and sports jerseys craning their necks from the long line to see the flavors of macarons just took the specialness away. Also, there are little Laduree pop ups in the department stores as well as Pierre Herme pop ups. Macarons may have "jumped the shark". The service in this particular Laduree was similar to what you could find in a super busy Denny's in Los Angeles. Overworked and no passion for what they are serving. Lackluster. read more

Macaroons were delicious! Close to champs élysées. Packed so make reservations before making the trip to this restaurant!

I can't get enough of ladurée! The price is a little bit expensive for a tea shop, but definitely worth every penny!! I would recommend ordering their Josephine tea pairing with their macaron foi gras. It's like Christmas in my mouth!! read more

I had to come here and I wish I didn't. The wait to order was ludicrous, which is saying a lot since we're in Paris. We must've waited 30 mins just to order some mediocre overly priced food. If you must come here, do but take it as it is. If you don't need to come here, then really you don't need to. You really don't. read more

Laduree is a pretty big deal in the world of macarons around here, however, their tea room is more impressive in my book. First of all its located on the first floor of Printemps next to Chopard (first floor in France = 2 floor in USA). It is a lovely space. The front room is bright and ultra feminine with pastel decor and tufted seats and dainty tables. Then there is a back room, where I was seated...it is dark and masculine. Think: Sophisticated man's pool room/bar. Dark colors and mahogany. I was the only person back there, and my server, Shirley was lovely. She was so attentive and sweet. I had the Champ Elysees sandwich with thick cut pommes frites. It was a vegetarian sandwich that was light but filling. I also had a pot of Othello tea (similar to chai) and I asked for the pistachio and salted caramel macarons. I thought I was getting 2, but 4 arrived, so I think there is a 2 piece minimum per order? I took 2 home for later. My total was about $40 Euro for this "casual lunch". Yes, pretty spendy, but then again, its not every day you're in a beautiful tea room in Paris ;), if you can splurge while you are here, I recommend doing it here. read more