With so many chinese restaurants around , its good to sit at this kind of a place , order some bread stuff and coffee and may be some cookies too.
I have had best breads from here but sometimes average too. But it feels good to visit this place.

Ne changez rien...c'est exactement comme à Paris!!! Il y a seulement un petit problème... pain au chocolat, croissant, tarte au chocolat, mais qu'est ce que je voudrais manger aujourd'hui? Et toujours avec un bon expresso.... :-)

The breads are dependable and perhaps the better than most places.
Its fun to buy some new varieties of cakes or cookies they experiment.
Good for bachelors like me.

I completely agree with the previous reviewer. Although the sandwiches and pastries and coffee are excellent, the haughty attitude of the people behind the counter really grates. I have been to two locations - Lido and East Lake Club - and found the same thing at both.

YES - your food is very lovingly prepared for the high end of the market. However, this doesn't give you license to be as obnoxious as possible to your customers - a little service with a smile would not go amiss if you truly love your work (which looking at the quality of what's prepared, it looks like you do).

This place wouldn't last five minutes in New York or London with such sultry service - the only reason it does so well despite the appalling manners that accompany its product - is because it's really the only chain of its kind in Beijing.

Nevertheless, damn good pastries.

I have always been a regular customer of this place but the last time I bought the bread , It was a bad bread, with bacteria inside.(green dots)

This happened only once ,may be its summer . Open the wrapper, check the bread and then take it home !

I was back in Beijing 2 weeks later and it was too late to talk about it to the staff.

Will buy again but will check it before taking it home.

This bakery have many delicious food and sandwiches .It is much better than fast food like pizza or hamburger .It is good for your healthy , so if you have time you should eat there .The place is also relaxing

We have ordered their sandwichs many times, well, they are quite efficient, the food were delivered on time. The bread is ok, which i liked the most was their tuna sandwich. Well, i would say that they are a nice competitor of Subway. For our average customer, the more choices the better:)

I went to Comptoirs de France for the first time last weekend (Dongzhimen branch) and came away pretty impressed.

My friend and I had their American breakfast. Although not cheap, the price wasn't outrageous, and it made for a huge meal that really hit the lazy-Sunday-brunch spot.

The toast was great (in a city where it's not easy to get great toast), the eggs were cooked just right, and the hash browns were light and non-oily. The only slight let down was the bacon, which was a little dry and tasteless. But that's a small quibble - on the whole the meal was very tasty and definitely worth the money.

Oh, and the coffee was great too!

Looking forward to checking out their sandwiches some time.

The environment, service and various sweets and treats are top-notch - as good as it gets in Beijing - and I enjoy their coffee and sandwiches. I just wish they'd expand their non-bakery options a bit - I've been there around lunch time a few times craving something more substantial than their somewhat limited selection of sandwiches.

Generally speaking, it's one of the best bakery you can get in Beijing, especially for the mini cakes they sell (at a high price).
Service is good and very friendly and locations really makes you feel you're in a luxurious french bakery.
But I have one comment on the Gallette des rois, the king's cake on usually buy on the first week of January, it's a catholic tradition to get such a cake and to find inside a little scultpure of a king and/or queen or even a Saint as well as a paper crown.
But in the cake I bought at Comptoir de France, I got a piece of china with an Eiffel Tower on it, I asked some friends to buy another one and they got a piece of china with the TGV (the French speed train) !!!
Is this some patriotic joke !?!? Is it too difficult to find the real thing in China ?!?!

it's like dressing as Napoleon for Xmas !

The basic aim of this cake is the King's game with the crown...so now I am the King of TGV, I'd rather have a train controler's cap then ! :-)

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I came back the other day and tried the brunch menu...

I have to say it is one of the best in Beijing in terms of price/quality...

There is no other place you get a basket full of good bred and pastries + egg, cheese and ham for 79RMB.... fruit juice and a Latte !

I am coming back ! that's for sure !