Artisan Boulanger Pâtissier Genest

I moved to an apartment near this boulangerie a few months ago and the ladies that work there as well as the baker are all very nice people. I have to laugh at the Unilocaler that said they weren’t about to learn their language to ask about a pastry item. How about trying to learn just a few basic sentences or questions then? I didn’t speak much French when I moved here, but I did try to learn a few basics to interact with the people.
In any case, about the bread and pastries. They are great. I often get my breakfast croissant or pain au chocolat here or from another boulangerie down the street. If you come here in the morning, you’ll be treated to their fresh baked croissants, pain au chocolat and other items. The straight out of the oven croissants and pain au chocolat are soft, buttery and melt in your mouth. The chocolate in the pain au chocolat at that point is still liquid and gooey. I could probably eat 2 of each all in one go, when they’re that fresh. Granted, if you get the same things a day later they’re not so good. They get a bit dry, but I know I’ve experienced the same from the other boulangeries because they don’t really use conservateurs (I chose that the word that preserves things — if you know French, you’ll know why. Haha.).
Their ‘tradition’ (baguette type) is also very good. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. But when you get a tradition, eat it the same day.
The beignets are small, round and always filled with something (caramel, apple jam, apricots jam, etc.). I think they’re pretty good.

Never got to try the food as when we asked a question about something, we got the «I don’t speak English» in perfect English. I don’t speak French and I’m not going to learn the entire language just to ask about a pastry item. Even if she «couldn’t speak English», an attempt to talk to us would have been great. This really put a bad taste in my mouth regarding my trip to Paris as I’ve always heard this type of thing happens, but I’ve never experienced it.

A good baguette with the right mix of chewy and flavor. I enjoyed and would recommend you visit.

Two ladies work here and neither of them speak english. The shop is super cute filled with yummy looking pastries, desserts and bread. We came in specially for a baguette and dessert for our picnic by the Eiffel Tower. We bought a baguette and a chocolate filled eclaire for € 3,50. I guess it’s cheap… but i have nothing else to compare it to. It was certainly delicious! The only reason I didn’t give it more stars is because one of the ladies seemed irritated that she had to help Americans who don’t speak French. But it wasn’t anything that would leave me with a bad taste about Paris and it’s wonderful people!

Terrible place for tourists maybe bordering racist, just ignored us for 5 min, and we were the only other people that walked in the door. They just kept talking amongst each other like I didn’t exist.

Can only comment on the traditional baguette — it was delicious. Traditional is mandated by the French government in 1993 with a decree that created a special designation: «the bread of French tradition.» That bread has to be made exclusively with flour, salt, water and leavening — no additives.
The «tradition,» as it is called, is more expensive than the ordinary baguette, which uses additives, a fast-​rising process and mechanization.
It seems like a mainly French speaking establishment and service was good.

I was in Paris for 6 days and this was the only place that had the rudest lady at the counter. The neighborhood here is beautiful and all the shops seems friendly enough, but this lady was just foul to be foul, don’t know if it was because I didn’t speak French but she had a horrible attitude and couldn’t be bothered with me buying a croissant which was easy enough. I went there a second time thinking she may have had a bad day as my hotel was in the neighborhood and again, such horrible behavior to show a customer. I would not spend any of your money here, walk a block down and there is a great pastry shop on Rue Cler and Avenue de la Motte-​Picquet. From reading the other reviews, apparently I was not the only person she was rude to. Does not deserve your business just on this fact alone.

The most unfriendly shop we encountered while in Paris for 7 days! Just a half block from our hotel, we went here three times. The first time I asked the clerk (in French) if she spoke English. She simply said no, and made no attempt to serve us. We left. The next time, we looked around, but they ignored us so we left. The third time (we only went back again because it was our last day and my daughter really wanted macarons), we walked in and said Bonjour, to no response. The clerk (someone different) was on her phone and didn’t bother to look up. A minute or so later I got a Bonjour reply, but still no eye contact. I asked if she spoke English, she said a little, and we made our purchase. But once she rang up the order and gave us our total (in French, which I didn’t understand), she walked away and expected me to put my cash into the machine at the register. She never again made eye contact or said a word to us. Not thank you. Not goodbye. Not anything. It was an awful experience. I will not return.

We went here daily for some pastries and especially the bread! The «tradition» baguette is fabulous. Our family consumed 4 each day. The eclairs are also delicious. I can’t recommend the macarons there. I had one and it was just okay.

The Artisan Boulanger Pâtissier was an average ³⁄₅ star pastry shop… i had the macarons — chocolate, vanilla, and apricot. It wasn’t spectacular nor memorable.
There’s a better Boulanger Pâtissier called Bretteau Jean-​Marie Boulangerie patisserie 2 minutes away… Where I had better macarons.
The service at artisan was awful. One of the ladies was nice enough, but the other who helped me with my macarons, was rude and it felt like I wasn’t welcomed and I wasting her time.
When across the street at the le TriBeCa restaurant, even the servers told me to go to the Bretteau Jean-​Marie Boulangerie patisserie and not to the artisan patisserie.

We had the pastry with sliced pears on it. One of the single best pastries I’ve had and makes this place worth the trip.
That being said, I give it a ⁴⁄₅ because we had the eclairs which were lackluster.

Perfect for a croissant/​cookie/​pastry on the run. Located on the corner of Rue Cler and Champ de Mars.

This is a very busy little patisserie in the 7^th. It is lined up out the door at lunch with both locals and tourists. They have a great selection of sandwiches, and are a short walk to the Champs de Mars. We really enjoyed getting a couple of sandwiches and eating them in the park.

Went back twice more. Once the server was standing doing nothing and when I waited and then tried to order she abruptly told me the ladies still looking through the cases were ahead of me. I backed off.
The next time I came in I was the next in line and began my order. I hesitated just a few seconds and was told (in very rapid french — translated by a nice English lady) that the server would wait on someone else and get back to me.
Contradictory responses from the same server. I must say that over the last 12 days in France (7 in Paris), shopping, touring and eating all over, this was the first time I encountered someone not only unhelpful and unfriendly, but with a nasty attitude.
Their pastries are still very good (4 stars), but they go down to 3 stars (if not lower) due to the very poor service. By the way, there are at least two other shops in the neighborhood which had BOTH excellent products and good service.

Really mean baguette.
They had brioche lag that looked un real as well.

My favorite boulangerie on Rue Cler, and some of the best pastries I had in Paris… and I’ve had A LOT of pastries in Paris! There’s a nice selection of breads and pastries inside — fantastic croissants and pain au chocolat — and an outdoor kiosk with savory stuff like quiches and croque-​monsieur. A few seats under the awning outside, if you want to eat there. Good prices, too: € 1 for a croissant seems pretty fair to me!
Very friendly service. They don’t speak much English, but we always managed to figure it all out, even when making sure my girlfriend’s tree nut allergy wouldn’t be a problem. I just wish they opened a little earlier, so we could have gotten a few baguettes to bring home with us!

This was another favorite spot of ours on Rue Cler. The sandwiches are simple, nothing fancy. However, It’s the bread… OMG, the Baguettes are so fresh and delicious. We observed the locals in the morning/​evening purchasing the bread (by itself) and just noshing on the Baguette while walking home. It’s that good.
Oh. Let me tell you about the Macarons. This was our first time experiencing Macorons. (yes, it was an experience). Holy $h!t … Macarons are just divine… they are little pillows of ecstasy. You savor every bite. We bought boxes of Macarons to take back to our hotel in London (we ate them every night when we returned back to our hotel). I don’t know how these Macarons stack up against the famous Pierre Hermé Macarons but the Artisan Boulanger Patissier has a special place in our hearts.