[Paris] Angelina

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Angelina

Add: 226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris*
Tel: +33 1 42 60 82 00
Hours: [Mon-Fri] 7:30am~7pm [Sat-Sun] 8:30am~7pm
Website: www.angelina-paris.fr
Price: €7~8.50/pastry (dine-in price)
Tasted on: Feb 2013

Angelina is one of those places which I know I probably wouldn’t like, but have to go at least once anyway just because it’s such a big name. And so I did. I went, I lined up (there is a perpetual line out its door), I had a jug of their famous hot chocolate and an equally famous mont blanc (plus a few other pastries), and I confirmed my pre-judgement. I won’t be back again.

*Multiple locations available in Paris, check website for detail.

That’s not to say that Angelina is a horrible, horrible place. Its pastry display, for example, is quite bright and lovely…

It certainly is difficult to ignore the imposing army of mont blanc that lines the window. I wonder how many of these they sell each day.

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