Visiting Basel before the New Year. We went back three times. Wonderful pastries and coffee!read more

Huge selection of flaky, buttery pastries that changes often. A great place to grab breakfast -…read morevery reasonable prices and delicious!

Three words- Almond Chocolate Croissant. Before swimming down the Rhine River, we popped into this…read morepopular bakery due to the crowd surrounding it. "It has to be good," we thought. Yes, yes it is so good! It's tiny inside by the staff keep the flow running. Both my daughter and I loved their croissants.

I visited this bakery in a few weeks ago and the service was terrible. The person serving me took…read moresuch a long time to gather my order and when I mistakenly took someone else's drink because it was placed in front of me, her colleague was extremely rude to me. It was very embarrassing because the cafe was full and people were then paying attention as a result. Both colleagues were then talking to each in German while myself and my mother figured out the order ourselves. With the only tiny surface available which is inconveniently placed before the card machine, my mother tried to put a lid on her coffee and a rude insensitive customer pushed into her to pay and the coffee spilled all over her hand. The person behind the counter said nothing and only thing she did was hand over a dirty cloth. It was the worst service I have ever had in a cafe, which is a pity because the goods they sell are of high quality.

My favourite thing about this place is their righteous brownies. They come in two sizes: huge…read more(4.50) and not-so-huge (2.50) and are filled with chopped walnuts. Brownies, for me, are best when made with walnuts and Cool Beans does not skimp! In addition to the flag-ship brownies, CB sells brioche of various size, cookies and pastries, wood-oven baked breads (all sourdough, I was told), Flammenkuchen/pizza, and a few different types of sandwiches. When I was there the other day (buying my brownie), I noticed the proprietor piling onto a veggie burger a generous dollop of guacamole. Nice. -side of greens came on the plate as well. Tea and scones are now also on the menu. C.B. have quite a compilation of lovely china. Tea tastes better out of a dainty cup detailed with roses, for sure. Cool Beans, run by super chill folk from the Netherlands, if I'm not mistaken, has a groovy vibe and aims to please. Smells wafting from the wood-oven, located just before the entrance of the Markthalle, are a sure-fire draw. Business folk looking for lunch, tourists ambling by and those, like me, who are fans of Basel, would do well to pop into the Markthalle and sample the fare of Cool Beans. I wasn't able to locate the CB website, however, they do have a (not-very-often-updated) Facebook page. Have a gander: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cool-Beans-Markthalle-B%C3%A4ckerei/162035154003176?sk=timeline **no pizza on Friday **long shopping days: Thursday and Saturday C.B. is open until 9.30pm I tried entering the opening hours on the business page, but repeatedly received an error message. Because the hours of operation vary somewhat from day to day, I'm going to post them here: Dienstag und Mittwoch 07.00-18.00 Uhr Donnerstag 07.00-21.30 Uhr Freitag 11.00-14.00Uhr Samstag 08.00-21.30 Uhr Sonntag 10.00-17.00 Uhr

What an exceptional find here in Basel. It's National Swiss Day, so many places are closed, but not…read morethis one. We came here for breakfast and will go back to get artisan chocolates later. I had an exquisite fresh pain au chocolat that was filled with luscious, artisan Swiss dark chocolate. The croissant itself was also covered in a light sugar glaze. I've eaten a lot of fresh French pain au chocolat in my life and none compares to this because of the higher quality chocolate. The orange juice is freshly squeezed. The coffee is quintessential European-doesn't taste like burnt beans nor is it like high octane diesel (is it clear I detest American coffee?) Everyone loved their breakfasts. One friend had an egg salad sandwich that looked like it was fluffy, deviled with lots of paprika. Another had a pain au raisin. Service was excellent, too. This is worth your visit if in the area.

If you're going to buy chocolates from one shop in Basel, it needs to be from here…read more First, look at the window and you will see a platter of the most beautiful leafy object dipped in chocolate. If you're not familiar with it, it's a golden gooseberry. To be exact, it's liquor-infused golden gooseberry dipped in a superb, no preservative dark chocolate. I swear I thought I died a little eating these decadent nuggets of chocolate fantasy. If Americans think chocolate covered strawberry is the bomb, wait till you taste these. Cost be damned, these taste so orgasmic that after sampling two, we returned and bought a dozen. I kid you not! The sales lady was super nice (when she's not frazzled). We asked about longevity and she replied honestly, no more than 5 days. We also bought a selection from their truffles and a truffle bar (red wine). All the truffles are completely preservative free. Some of their bar types are truffles which are also preservative free. Other bars do have some preservatives. In case you don't know, the vast majority of chocolates in the market have preservatives; that's how they last longer than 3 months. No preservatives chocolates typically have a shelf life of 6 to 12 weeks only. EVERYTHING was consumed in less than 3 days. SO GOOD! Be aware it's not cheap. The guy ahead of us in line bought a big box of 750 gram and paid about US$90 for it. That is love! LOL

Absolutely fantastic place and choice of french patisserie, cakes and quiche! Make sure to be early…read moreon saturday mornings as otherwise u have to queue up... They offer a vatiety of different yummie cakes and fillings and are happy to decorate it based on the occasion (pre-order)

Based on the perpetual queues this must be the premier Boulangerie in St Louis. There is a wide…read morevariety of traditional breads but the cakes are outstanding. Good sandwiches too.

A beautiful little bakery! We were staying across the street and I admired very much their Santa…read morewindow display so popped in when they were open. We bought a little bread man (grittibänz) and it was tasty and fairly priced. They didn't have very much in there actually, but maybe you are supposed to ask for what you want. I was happy overall, though!

I was out walking around in Basel and wanted to pick up something to eat before going back to my…read morehotel to get a little work done. I happened by this little shop and thought I'd take a look to see what they had. What they had were amazing sandwiches. They also had some great looking pastries. I can't comment on how they tasted, but if the sandwiches are any indication, I'm sure they are awesome

Fairly large - it's all relative - bakery located just off Claraplatz. It's Switzerland, so you'll…read morefind that pretty much every baked good is going to be tasty. We went with a marzipan-based cookie. I'm not a fan of marzipan, but even I could appreciate that this one (with a layer of chocolate on one side) was a good rendition. They also have a wide selection of breads, sweets, and seasonal (the start of the Christmas markets was a week away) delicacies.