In Bordeaux, comfort food, charcuterie and cheese are just as popular as sweet treats. If you’re a fan of fine pastries, tea rooms, coffee shops, cookies dripping with pleasure or American-style doughnuts, this article is for you! Bordeaux Secret has unearthed the best places to enjoy a snack in Bordeaux. Follow the guide!
The best places to eat in Bordeaux
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Pépite Cookie
Located on rue Porte Dijeaux, Pépite Cookie is the place to go if you like tasty, gourmet cookies. At Bordeaux Secret, we don’t hesitate to say they’re the best in town! These cookies are both warm and melt-in-the-mouth, served fresh from the oven, and that’s what we love about them. Here, every recipe is worth trying! White chocolate-caramel, blond-hazelnut, dark chocolate and walnut, milk chocolate chips with a choco-hazelnut heart, or even double chocolate… A real treat! Every month, Pépite Cookie also offers its customers an ephemeral recipe. Right now, you can discover a cookie inspired by popcorn! It has a crispy popcorn exterior, with a caramelized corn and fleur de sel spread at its heart. Available in three different sizes (pitchoune, classique and daron), these cookies are sure to enhance your snack break!
📍 86 rue Porte Dijeaux
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Bergamote
If you’re in the mood for a snack like no other, head for Bergamote! Just a stone’s throw from the Place de la Bourse, this tea room offers a wide range of 100% home-made pastries. In a charming, cosy setting, you’ll discover some real gustatory masterpieces. We’re telling you, these sophisticated creations will knock your socks off! Here, you can indulge in both the great classics and bold, original combinations. Our favorite? The tart with kalamansi, a lemon from the Philippines, and black sesame , and the citrus meringue tart. The latter consists of a sweet pastry, lemon almond cream, citrus marmalade, sudachi insert, lemon-bergamot cream and a thin layer of Italian meringue. Enticing, isn’t it? If you like macaroons, Bergamote offers a fine range: bergamot-basil, vanilla, apricot-tarragon, passion fruit-milk chocolate, raspberry-verbena or caramel beurre salé. Accompanied by a cup of coffee from l’Alchimiste, you’ve got the perfect snack!
📍 8 rue Saint-Rémy
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Chouette Pâtisserie
Chouette Pâtisserie specializes in choux past ries and choux pastry-based cakes. Made with quality raw materials, carefully selected from authentic producers, these pastries are deliciously good. Chouette reinvents cabbage with surprising flavors! Passion cabbage, peanut, salted butter caramel, apple tatin, lemon, chocolate-banana or coffee, each variation is worth the detour. The great classics are also on display: chocolate chou, vanilla chou, religieuse, éclair au chocolat Weiss, éclair Paris-Brest, Saint-Honoré… Making a choice quickly becomes complicated. When you visit, we recommend you try the large raspberry-almond chou! It’s made with chou pastry, raspberry compote, light almond cream, raspberry coulis and white chocolate glaze with almond slivers. The boutique also has a small grocery section, with three products on the menu: Piedmont hazelnut spread, pecan spread and salted butter caramel spread.
📍 71 rue Judaïque
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Books and Coffee
One of Bordeaux’s most popular cafés is Books and Coffee! Located on rue Saint-James, this café is the ideal place to satisfy a sweet tooth, while enjoying a good book or a game of chess. Here, you can enjoy homemade pastries with a hot or cold drink. The à la carte menu features a wide range of mouth-watering treats! Paris-Brest, chocolate and hazelnut financier, banana bread, kouign amann, chocolate religieuse, tarte tatin and vanilla ball, lemon tart… There’s something for everyone! You’ll also be able to discover original coffees selected and roasted by the Books and Coffee team. For tea lovers, there’s a choice of 130 different teas!
📍 26 rue Saint-James
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La Diplomate
La Diplomate is the tea room where you’ll enjoy chatting with friends while sipping your cup of tea! This temple of flavors is housed in a historic house in Bordeaux’s Saint-Pierre district, a UNESCO World Heritage Site! Its warm ambience invites you to share and travel, as each cup of tea accompanies peaceful moments, set to a background of Jazz and Soul music. Homemade pastries are prepared each morning with fresh, local ingredients! And they’re the perfect accompaniment to your drink! La Diplomate selects organically grown products. A place of gentleness, history and discovery awaits you for your afternoon snack!
📍32 rue du Parlement Saint-Pierre 33000 Bordeaux
We hope you find this list of the best snacking places in Bordeaux useful!