La Chataigne

Best croissant I've ever tasted. Feels like I'm transported back to France. Perfectly thin and crispy outer layer with a soft, pillowy, and oh so buttery inside. I am now unfortunately hooked, not sure how I can resist this place every weekend. less

So yummy! I love coming here for a treat. I highly recommend the croissants & the butter (it's in the fridge)! less

I have one word: Canele'! That's it, however, I'm forced to write more in order to post my review. One of the most delicious and delicate things I've eaten before. I will be coming back again for another and another :)~ less

Super! While visiting my parents my mom took my son & I here for a kouign amann. It was hands down one of the best I have had. Anyhow, fast forward 4 days and we have tried all pastries from here. They make their croissants in two different types, French butter & domestic butter. I never thought the butter would make such a big difference, but it does! We have tried: Chocolate croissant French butter & domestic butter croissant Bear claw Morning bun Quiche Loraine & mushroom onion quiche Kouign amann The winners: Chocolate croissant & domestic butter croissant & quiche Lorain Also great lattes! (And no up charge for almond milk) Yes, there can be a smidge of a line, but wait. It's worth it!! less

The coffee and French pastry are great here. I had a fruit tart with a large milk chocolate mocha. Wow, I forgot how good this place was. Keep going La Chataigne less

What a great place to stop and grab a bite to eat! The ambiance is fantastic: there is outside seating, and parking right next to the shop. All of the bakery staff were busy preparing sandwiches, pastries, and other delights for a steady flow of customers. I really enjoyed the baguette sandwich. I surprisingly didn't enjoy the deserts as much, but that may have been my personal taste: the kouign amann's bottom layer seemed very thick (too thick?) to me, and was incongruent with the rest of the very flaky and light pastry. It reminded me of a sticky, caramel version of See's Candy peanut brittle. I normally wouldn't count something like this against a location, but La Châtaigne seems to aspire to be counted among the top bakeries in the area, and as such, for me the kouign amann did not seem to meet that standard. La Châtaigne is definitely worth a stop, and I will also be taking a look at alternatives that others have recommended as well! less

Would order again: 1) Isigny Ste Mere Croissant (Normandy butter) croissant and 2) sandwich of the day ham and cheese baguette sandwich. The Normandy butter croissant is about $0.70 more expensive than the domestic butter croissant and the staff described it as being more fluffy and more rich. So good. I could smell the butter on my hands 15 minutes after eating it, yum. They're ham and cheese baguette sandwich was also very delicious. It was just the right amount of ham and cheese. There was a small amount of balsamic vinegar and scattered pickled peppercinis. I was a little afraid that the baguette wouldn't be as fresh because a sandwich is refrigerated but I was wrong! It was crispy and crunchy! Wouldn't order again: cheese covered sacristain and kouign amann. The Sacristain was the same price as an Normandy butter croissant with only half the amount of joy eating it. The kouign amann was dense and not as crunchy. The bottom also had TOO much sugar. They only have outside seating and it was really shaded when I was there around 11am! +1 to all the other reviewers about the service you get here. Before I ordered, three of their workers were shit talking when people who don't speak French try to order in French. I felt the weight of judgment when I had asked what's the difference between their two croissants as if I was a peasant. I left our water bottles at home so I asked for two cups of water as temperature were climbing to the 90s and I had this gaze from a worker of "how dare you have me walk to the back to get you water. You should just buy a coffee". less

I love good-quality baked goods and pastries, and I am happy that I got to try some of the items from this place. Croissants - these croissants were so good and fresh, and even when I consumed it a couple of days after I bought it, the croissant was still soft and the buttery taste really came through really nicely. Not to mention that the look of these croissants was stunning. I especially loved the shine on the outer crust of the croissants. These croissants were gorgeous. Bostock - I'm glad that I tried new things, but honestly I am not a big fan of this one. From the look of it, this pastry looked like it was going to be dense like a lemon bar or something, but upon the first bite, the texture was more akin to a croissant, weirdly. So maybe because the texture I was getting did not match what I had expected, that really threw me off. I also didn't think that the slivered almonds added anything to the pastry. It was in general still pretty good, but I probably wouldn't get this again. All in all, the baked goods from this place are great. less