Finesse Pastries

Manchester, United States

3.9

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20 reviews

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+1 603-232-6592
Website:
www.finessepastries.com
Address:
968 Elm St, Manchester, NH, 03101
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Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
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Yes

Today

Today 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Manchester) 2:50 PM Thursday, November 28, 2024

Business hours

Monday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Finesse Pastries is an authentic French patisserie specializing in croissants, cakes, desserts, macarons, chocolates and artisan breads. We also offer a wonderful selection of homemade sandwiches, paninni’s, soups for lunch or anytime.

History

Established in 2012.

Finesse Pastries opened it doors in the summer of 2012 under owner and head pastry chef, Chelsey Erickson. Since opening, Finesse Pastries has received numerous awards including The Hippo’s Best of the Best Desserts and Best Bakery in Manchester two years running. Our coffee éclair also received New Hampshire Magazines Editors Choice Award.

Meet the Business Owner

Chelsey E.

Business Owner

Finesse Pastries’ head pastry chef and owner Chelsey Erickson studied at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts under Master French Pastry Chef Delphin Gomes. Chelsey was the valedictorian of her class and received numerous awards of excellence from the school for artistic and technical pastry skills. Chelsey makes regular trips to France to study new trends in the world of pastry as well expand and enhance her pastry skills.

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20 reviews of Finesse Pastries

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Place rating: 5
Holmes, NY
This place is great, pastries, coffee, cookies, everything here is amazing! I honestly cannot get over how great the eclairs and cream puffs are. Keep up the good work!
Place rating: 3
Atlanta, GA
We ran in late in the evening as it was one of few dessert options open late (past 4pm) in the area. Our desserts were pretty good. Not amazing, but fine. However, the atmosphere was terrible! The décor was severely dated and smelled of cigar smoke. There were at least three people behind the counter staring at us while we looked around. No greeting or assistance even when we dropped hints like «I just can’t seem to decide between…» I asked for plasticwear and she pointed across the room and said «over there» and walked off. Maybe they were just tired after a long Saturday? In any case, we ate our desserts in the car. Not in a rush to go back, also not sorry we made the stop.
Place rating: 2
Everett, MA
Had plans to come here for dessert but left after looking in the window and seeing a dismal display of pastries. It looked like the apocalypse had hit as there were very few options of available treats. Ended up not even going in and going to Ben & Jerrys instead.
Place rating: 4
Manchester, NH
My neighbor recommended this place for lunch and she was right. Very nice sandwich and panini menu. I had the three cheese panini and my husband had the turkey, bacon and swiss. Both were very good. Be warned, if you have a sweet tooth, the pastries look delicious. We had the chocolate chip cookies. Delicious. Will definitely go back again.
Place rating: 5
Arlington Heights, IL
I was going for a massage and was early so I popped into the shop for my coffee. I was very nervous as I don’t drink regular coffee, I am more of a foo foo coffee drinker. I ordered the salted carmel latte. Oh my god, heaven in a cup. Also ordered the regular éclair. Fantastic. The array of macaroons looked like watercolors. I would definitely go back.
Place rating: 5
Belchertown, MA
I’m in Manchester quite often for work and Finesse has become part of my morning routine. I’m a coffee addict (like the majority of twenty-​somethings) and their iced coffee is simply wonderful. They have a wide variety of flavors to add, and the pricing is on par to any other coffee stop. You also can’t go wrong with their lunch boxes. It comes out to about $ 10 for a big sandwich or panini with chips, drink, and two cookies. I can’t wait until the end of the month when I’m back in Manchester so I can stop in again.
Place rating: 1
Manchester, NH
So my best friend and I went in to get treats for my younger sisters. My best friend was so excited she loved the look of the place all the choices but the servers were so rude we couldn’t pernicious all the names of the desserts and I felt that annoyed them. At one point I could see the two girl looking at each other and making a face at us for not knowing what to get I don’t recommend going to this place. Being waited on by some one stuck up and rude not very comfortable.
Place rating: 5
San Pablo, CA
I ordered the lavender macaroon, a cappuccino chocolate cookie and a lemonade. They all taste delicious and customer service is superb. Price is much affordable compare to other bakeries. I really can’t complain anything about this place because the quality and price match
Place rating: 5
Yonkers, NY
Ordered a cake for my Boyfriends birthday/​graduation weekend! It was a chocolate peanut butter cake, and it was divine! Such a hit! Will order more from here!
Place rating: 4
Brookline, MA
Very good pastries. We had a cream puff and raspberry and orange macaroons. Both of the macaroons burst with flavor. The cream puff was French style, meaning pastry dough with light cream, not a heavy or custardy filling, and a bit of chocolate as an accent instead of a heavy coating. Also had a ham & cheese croissant, mostly notable for the rich buttery taste of the croissant, and a tuna sandwich, which was very good. Coffee was smooth and rich.
Bought a country bread to take home. It’s excellent, with a wonderful crust and a moist interior with a good, consistent crumb.
One quibble is the easy listening music is perhaps soporifically easy listening.
Place rating: 4
Moretown, VT
What a great find! I was looking for a dessert to bring to a dinner party. I was originally planning on getting a full-​size cake, but they don’t offer full-​size cake for walk-​in purchase.
I ended up with 4 different «individual» cakes, which was perfect, as we all got to try a little portion of each. All 4 were wonderful, but there has to be favorite… :-)
1. Citron — my favorite, the lemon wasn’t too sweet, and the mousse texture was perfect. The was so moist and light.
2. Coffee & Cognac — if I didn’t love lemon to begin with, this would be tied with the Citron as my favorite. The meringue sticks are such a playful treat. Perfect balance between the coffee & cognac, and perfectly moist.
3. Savoureux — if you love peanut butter… you’ll love this! Not overpowevering. Absolutely wish I had a glass of milk with it.
4. Chocolate Cheesecake — the flavor was really good, though I think I would’ve prefer it be dark chocolate, and it was also a little dry.
Looking forward to the next time I’m in Manchester.
Place rating: 5
Pelham, NH
Finesse Pastries is this little bit of heaven in downtown Manchester. Their hot chocolate is the best I have ever had.
Fantastic selection of desserts and I have yet to taste one that was not incredible tasting.
Your most difficult decision at Finesse might be deciding on what to get, because they offer so many delicious looking treats.
Place rating: 1
New York, NY
After dinner Friday evening we decided to pop over to Finesse for dessert. We arrived around 8:30 pm which was 30 minutes before their closing time.
As we browsed the cases we were trying to make our decisions as we were being glared at from one of the two servers working who we felt we were putting her out.
We made our selections and decided to eat our desserts here instead of taking them home and were reminded they were closing in 20 minutes.
Although the desserts looked fantastic they tasted like they had been out all day. The chocolate cheese cake was dry and the coconut raspberry cake was rock hard.
Poor and unpleasant service and the deserts were not much better. Apparently you need to get there early in the day for anything fresh, certainly not recommending it for after dinner desserts.
Place rating: 4
México, D.F., Mexico
Lovely place! Lovely service! I will definitely go again, Cappuccino was really great and the little treats I got where really amazing.
Place rating: 4
San Diego, CA
Mark my words, this place will be the death of me.
Every single carbohydrate I have sampled at Finesse has been nothing short of exceptional. My personal favorite is the selection of macarons, which are both rich and airy. (How is that even possible?) Aside from that, the tarts, cakes, and meringues are also divine. They also make a pretty decent cappuccino.
There is ample seating, staff is friendly, and prices are fair. (Naturally, the price is going to be higher than that of a scone and a latte at Starbucks, but you get what you pay for. In this instance, Finesse unquestionably emerges as the winner.)
Place rating: 4
Holmen, WI
I’ve been in my fair share of French cafés so I stopped by Finesse Pastries to see what they had and compare a bit. I also had heard that Manchester has a large French heritage population so I was looking forward to a pretty authentic place.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I was impressed with their pastry presentation and general ambiance. It was around lunch time so I was really looking for the traditional French Croque Monsieur or Croque Madame «sandwich» options. They didn’t have them. I settled on a ham and cheese croissant with an espresso which were good. I sat outside and enjoyed people watching in downtown Manchester even on a Friday afternoon.
It’s worth a stop of you enjoy French pastries but I expected a bit more in a city with so much French background.
Place rating: 4
Norfolk, VA
Love this little French pastry café. Plenty of seating.
Place rating: 4
Boston, MA
Finesse is a beautiful café. They have plenty of seating as well as a big case of baked goods. I had a hard time deciding on what to get, but ultimately decided to try things that I’d never had before.
The chocolate orange tart was delicious. The chocolate is soft and decadent, and I believe the orange flavor comes in the form of a layer of orange jam underneath the chocolate. It was the perfect 4 bite dessert.
I also had a chocolate macaroon sable. Which is– a pie shaped slice of sable (that’s a French sugar cookie, ya’ll), edged in chocolate, with a blob of coconut macaroon on top. I liked it, but liked the tart more. The macaroon was actually pretty hard, it hurt my teeth. All the tastes were there, however. A nice, buttery sable. Yum!
I would love to go back and try everything else… next time I make it to Manchester!
Place rating: 4
Orlando, FL
Be warned, there’s a great selection of pastries here that can entrance you with their bright colors or soft creamy folds! You just might be stuck staring at the display case.
I’m glad I got the chance to stop by and grab some stuff to go. Since there was so much variety, I just grabbed whatever I thought my family would appreciate for dessert. I like how they had some items I never seen before like the Paris-​Brest and the Calisson D’aix. I also want to note this place is so spacious! There’s plenty of room to stretch your arms before diving into your morning cup of coffee and pastry.
The only qualm I had was the price for what you get. Some items are priced reasonably while other’s leave you feeling cheated. An example? Typically there would be almond cream in an almond croissant, but when I cut into mine there was nothing. I would like to imagine the pastry chef dozed off while assembling my croissant, (–_​-​) zZz maybe?
Anyway, great bakery, worth a try if you have company over!
Place rating: 5
Arlington, VA
Wonderful selection of little baked goods and pastries. I’ve only stopped in to pick up pastries to-​go while I’m in the area, but I haven’t been disappointed. My favorite were the macaroons (in a variety of flavors and eye-​catching colors), which were the perfect combination of soft, textured, and creamy.
All in all — a sweet little «pâtisserie» worth seeing at least once.