Boulangerie Basil

The owner and staff are all so nice! The shop is very cozy. My friends and I bought Oman rolls, chocolate bread, banana bread, and coffee—everything was absolutely delicious! It's also super easy to find. Highly recommend!

The cinnamon rolls are absolutely amazing, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!

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Excellent products! Beautiful loaves—perfectly baked, which is rare—made with sourdough and local flour, and light, flavorful brioches. The savory tarts I tried were also excellent: the crust was crisp and fragrant, the filling melted in your mouth with just the right amount of cream. The flan was simply incredible, silky and rich on a perfect puff pastry base. One of the very few Parisian flans made with real ingredients—no industrial powders, no additives. The pastries and cakes were all excellent as well. I read in some reviews that the prices per kilo are extremely high, but frankly, at this level of quality, I don't see anything cheaper in the area (and even beyond). I also think it's much more cost-effective to consume nutritious, high-quality food than to eat poorly and rely on supplements. Just FYI, with Basil's bread, no one is gluten intolerant because the real sourdough starter and slow rising process make the wheat perfectly digestible. So, it seems clearly advantageous to me compared to this trend of eating processed gluten-free products and making a string of unnecessary appointments with gastroenterologists. (I'm not talking about people with celiac disease.) Basil is an independent artisan baker, and supporting your local community while enjoying delicious food and improving the quality of your diet is definitely worthwhile.

An excellent neighborhood bakery and pastry shop (which isn't exactly overflowing with them...). Everything seems homemade, and the products appear to be of high quality (I use "seem" because, to be honest, I've never actually been in the kitchen). The products are rich and generous, with a very traditional, sweet feel; it's not a place that emphasizes tangy or fruity flavors. Besides the breads, especially the excellent "black basil" (the spelt is also quite good), there are excellent pastries and viennoiseries, notably the cinnamon roll and the crumble (again, "rich" is an understatement). As for the prices, they're all reasonable considering the quality and the time put into the work, even if you can quibble occasionally. The only "criticism" is the lack of innovation. They recently had a very good muffin, but I think regulars like me would appreciate seeing new items (seasonal) more frequently. Even though it seems to me that there is a real desire to avoid waste (yes, at Basil you don't arrive at 6:30 PM with an unlimited choice, you should know that, and this is not a criticism, on the contrary).

The lemon cake I bought had a disgustingly moldy taste.

"Your review seems suspicious. Why not leave a review in-store instead of using this channel? And above all, why did you include a photo of the baguette from the neighboring bakery?" You deleted this message when you replied to my comment, didn't you? If the photo of another bakery ended up there, it was a mistake on my part due to the GPS location, and I replaced it with a photo of your baguette. Rest assured, I did buy my baguette from your shop. In any case, it's not just this once: every time I've visited, you've been unpleasant. Since I moved here, I've come three or four times since the beginning of the year, and the service has always been just as unpleasant. Even when there was only one customer, or even no one at all, you were unfriendly. You were the ones who didn't even respond when I said hello first. And you placed the wrapped bread on your side without offering it to me: a perfect example of rudeness, as if to tell me to fend for myself. When I ordered my baguette, a male employee started looking at his phone while serving me, clearly flustered, and he laughed in my face, looking me straight in the eye. You're the one making customers uncomfortable, so I absolutely don't understand why you suspect me. Do you really think you're being polite?

€3.90 for 54g of "small" spelt bread, that's over €72 per kilo!! I didn't notice when I bought it, but at that price, it's outrageous. Even if the product is good quality, such a price is completely disproportionate... Goodbye Basil!

Excellent sourdough bread. The 100% rye is my favorite. The chocolate flan and roulades are excellent.