This place is a godsend. Love, love, love it! Why?…read moreIt was my birthday. My flight was so delayed we landed super late into the night. And being Sunday night there was any barely restaurant open, let alone a boulangerie for my partner to get me a cake to celebrate. But here were these guys, still cranking out amazing and tasty treats 24/7!! Super friendly and cracking jokes on a dark, cold December night. And no, their quality is not crap because it's open 24/7. The cake was moist, decadent and wouldn't haven't known if someone told me it came from Paul Bocuse himself!

We tried a couple of pastries from this place because it was close to our apartment we were renting…read moreon vacation. The pastries were all above average. The prices were pretty cheap also.

Highly recommended by our tour guide, we picked up a couple of pastries for our afternoon snack…read more Some kind of mini cake and a guillarmes tell framboise- 3.20 euros for the two.

Items Selected: Emmental, Hazelnut, Raisin Bread…read moreRaspberry Clafoutis Canele de Bordeaux Almond Croissant Praline Braided Croissant Having twice passed the bakery in search of parking for nearby Boulangerie Saint Vincent, it was with boxed bites left over from earlier that I entered Boulangerie de la Martiniere, and once again greeted to a large selection of unique items alongside many traditional pastries, one simply couldn't help but opt to order a few things for the sake of side-by-side comparison, the results unfortunately showing the former to far outperform the later in every single regard. Larger and more fancifully adorned than many other boulangeries found throughout the city of Lyon, it was to rather curt responses that questions in broken French were tolerated from the two-person female staff despite the fact that the shop remained otherwise empty throughout the five minutes that options were perused, but eventually trading 11.40€ for a total of five items it was back to the street that items were taken for tasting, a trio of police officers entering to a warm "Bonjour" and smiles I'd never seen just as I closed the door. Admittedly a bit skeptical based on the appearance of both the Canele ordered and some of the pizzas seen in the case it was into a veritable sponge with the center no different from the exterior that teeth were first plunged and immediately discarding the rest to a nearby waste receptacle the Almond Croissant unfortunately proved an even more unmitigated disaster, the interior literally flooded with an artificial liquid goo that dripped down my hand onto the pavement - a texture so soggy that even the nearby pigeons would have been remorseful to have taken a bite. Thankful that leftovers from Saint Vincent were in-hand to cleanse my memory of some of the worst pastries tasted on either side of the Atlantic, it was briefly that the savory roll of cheese, nuts, and raisins served to right the otherwise sinking ship, but turning back to items more sweet the clafoutis unfortunately presented with the overly-eggy base clearly separated from the raspberry studded top-layer while the braided praline viennoiserie suffered similarly to the more commonly shaped almond iteration, a pair of bites taken before the rest was left to waste.

Gorgeous looking pastries. Quite delicious. Not highest priced in this ultra touristy neighborhood,…read morebut not a bargain. 3 euro for a sable cookie that sells at the farmers market for 1 euro.

The croissants were flakey and perfect. Hard and soft! The pan a chocolate was sublime. The…read morecapaccino hot and smooth. This is why I come to France. Nobody makes croissants like this in the states. But the device was exceptional!