Bontemps Pâtisserie exterior (façade)

©Catherine Le Nevez/Lonely Planet

Bontemps

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


As pretty as a picture, with freshly cut flowers adorning marble tables and glass lampshades overhead, this salon serves buttery sablés (shortbread biscuits), a punchy tarte au citron (lemon tart) and other exquisite treats from its adjoining jewel-box-like pâtisserie (cake shop). Everything is served on floral bone china with gold trim and summertime spoils at peppermint-green tables in a romantic courtyard.

Brunch and lunch too.