Maison Desplanches in Genève

The staff is not very accommodating and doesn't seem to be very eager to respond to guests' needs. It's difficult to order in English as the staff only speaks French. The food is also not of the best quality. The cakes were indeed very tasty.

It is located in a good location, it is busy. The service is a bit slow, because the workers there also serve at the chocolate place. The cakes are good. The hot chocolate is made on site.

Fancy coffee bar located near the Bel Air roundabout. A great pitstop before, during or after your shopping spree in Geneva's city center! ☕️🥪🍰

Cold, sloppy cappuccino, no newspapers. Too bad not to have the bases in such a good location

Weak/cold coffee, bland cake, tourist trap, overpriced for what you get. 🥲

Quite a nice place Accessibility ♿️ But there are no disabled toilets 😪

An establishment whose pretension far exceeds quality should be avoided.

I ate the worst sandwich of my life today. The sandwich had more butter than bread. I only ate a quarter of it a few hours ago and I still feel nauseous. To review.

pastries were not fresh, overpriced, athmosphere was dull

What a mistake to return to this place even after several years the service is still catastrophic, not knowing how to respond to a 3 year old child in a polite, adult and above all human way is unacceptable, the little girl, she was polite as it was a bad experience for the child. Place to avoid 100%, it is not a house with values.

Very sad no homemade hot chocolate on December 27 only ovo 2 unfriendly people to serve a lot of waiting. Not worthy for the Tourist Center of Geneva and in the land of chocolate😥😥

I loved their hot drinks, the place is very nice, coated in the smell of chocolate. Despite this, it is not the most welcoming place, does not seem accessible to armchairs and strollers (stairs) and I found the staff unsmiling and not very patient when taking orders.

Great service, the team is great!!!

Disappointed with my visit.... The wait was long (we left before receiving our entire order), and unfortunately, the products were not up to par. The staff was friendly, but visibly overwhelmed, which impacted the experience. Let's hope for an improvement, because the potential is there.

The homemade hot chocolate is excellent. But it depends on the days and who prepares it apparently

The so-called Manager, makes me wait to supposedly free up a place for me while the mother and her daughter before me offered them 2 tables, puts me at the table but without anything else, the least he can do is offer the menu . And there is a way to communicate with your team, of course it is the manager but respect remains strong. Fortunately the waitress and the waiter are there to raise the level, they are smiling, attentive and caring

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Deplorable service... two tables of us left after waiting half an hour without being served... The young man was as unpleasant as possible. Leads her colleague who shows good will. This young man is also ineffective. The café was far from full despite a Sunday Escalade race! It's really a shame.

Quality pastry, but rather slow service. Neutral to cold atmosphere. No follow-up for the drink service, not enough people at the bar.

Great time, thanks to the service!

While passing through Geneva I went to this shop at the beginning of October to buy a pastry. I was very well received by a charming young girl who was very smiling and pleasant.

Undrinkable coffee served cold. The waiters offer hot water to customers to heat the coffee.

Worst carrot cake ever eaten in my life. Industrial is better. It arrives on the plate not even unwrapped yet in its plastic. The reception is a bit limited given the prices charged. For example, we expect at least table service

Thursday morning I went with a friend and ordered a cappuccino. It didn't look like a cappuccino at all, more like a coffee with cream and they didn't even put chocolate powder on top, I asked them if they could put a little chocolate powder on top, they just put on on the one hand very very little I was really disappointed. The service is not great.

The cookies was not that good compared to the price.

Very nice place, very convenient

Always perfect! The products are of excellent quality, and the service is absolutely perfect. I have worked nearby for several years, we come regularly with my colleagues, and are always delighted. I absolutely don't understand the negative comments.

The coffee is terrible, the sandwiches are OK. The service is polite but doesn't speak english.

Bad service, confusing, tasteless products. Coffee, hot chocolate, chocolate bomb, raspberry mille feuille, key lime pie, that was all we ordered and we didn't like any of it. It's really not worth it, not even the simple coffee was good.

Quiet places to have a hot chocolate or enjoy a homemade pastry. The chocolate making place has been open to the public recently (July 2023) and is worth the detour!

We had a chicken sandwich and different desserts suggested by the staff there. The desserts were amazing and I wish I could taste more. The staff there is also very helpful.

Bright and clean premises, lots of choice, friendly staff, but prices a little high.

I love the strawberry tartlets from Desplanches. I bought one yesterday at noon: at 8 francs, I would have appreciated it being of the day. Yellow cream, sliced, stained with pistachios, candied strawberries, soaked dough. Disappointed by the brand. It is not the first time.

Café and patisserie okay. Dirty and wobbly tables on the terrace

Sweets very good, service very bad. If he does it so reluctantly, he should change his profession

Good welcome Well received Good products

Inefficient checkout service, two queues so you have to choose the right one, a lot of waiting just for a coffee and a croissant.

Very good address, good pastries with quality service! A little nod to Kevin and his team who will always serve you in a good mood!

I find the coffee a little strong for more than Fr. 5.-- and no better than in another restaurant. From now on I will go elsewhere!!!!

Very good time, with a smiling and welcoming team. Excellent pastry too. I recommend !

Very friendly and warm place. Upstairs, you can sip your coffee in comfort. Excellent reversal by the way. The pastries, pies and other pastries are delicious. We like to meet friends there and have a good time with good things. Very pleasant and well-organized setting.

nice coffee place in the city. hood place for a coffee and small bites.

Very pleasant welcome, non-invasive, but efficient.

Wonderful pastries and Tristan provided excellent service he took the time to help us select our meal

Courteous, friendly and helpful staff. Good food

One of the worst bakeries, honestly. The hygiene of the shop leaves much to be desired, it's greasy everywhere, hair visible through the window. The employee's hands are not even cleaned between each task. I could make a complete list but I prefer to stop here and soothe my heart! DO NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL! TO FLEE

Cold coffee and was initially served the flattest pain au chocolat the world has ever seen. When asked if this was normal I was told with a shrug “they’re all like that”. So apparently it’s ok to serve pastries which look like they’ve been stepped on now? Extremely poor. Half-hearted service and was over-charged when I left. This place has definitely had its day by now.

The staff never came to take our order despite having been at the counter to ask for someone to come! 45 minutes lost to end up going to the café next door

Warm welcome, fast and efficient service. The pastries are excellent. I definitely recommend

After a while of waiting, we left without even being able to order anything... And yet there was no crowd!

Order of pancake but no bean in it, which left some disappointed at home…. We went back to tell them, the staff was not welcoming. I won't come back again, it's a shame because the pastries are good

Central location, good savory tarts, average welcome deplorable quality of service Dirty and poorly maintained toilets Partially cooked ham croissant Bad quality/price ratio Eur/CHF exchange at unreasonable rate We won't set foot there again... and I hope you won't either...

I have bought several pastries there and I am never disappointed. The red fruit Christmas log was delicious and the chocolate and coffee éclairs were exquisite. I will come back again and again.

Hot chocolate served lukewarm not made by the Machine for a price of 5.90 much too expensive or the quality is not there compared to the price slow server and not at all responsive.

I bought the pot. For the price I paid, I expected better quality chocolate. The pot chocolate sold in the supermarket is much better! Very disappointing!

We had here some dessert after lunch. The large selection of desserts looks very good and the service is very friendly. The quality and taste were really very good. We can recommend that place.

Really nice selection of desserts at good prices. The people working there are friendly too.

Very well located. Very friendly staff. Yet too expensive for what they offer.

Welcome and quality at the top, thank you 🤩

A very pleasant place to have lunch, the savory products are excellent and the sweet products are wonderful, just like the welcome from Kevin whose politeness is matched only by his elegance.

Nice welcome and good service. Everything has a price, so quite expensive

Good tea room with a varied choice of pastries, tarts, cakes and other delicacies. To eat in or take away. The choice is yours.

Top staff and very good and quality products 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Maison Desplanches cozy Cafe Bar in the city center. The Entrance is a bit discreet and the street number is not visible. The entrance is same as the UBS bank at the street corner of the busy Bel Air roundabout few steps from Confederation Centre. They have wide varieties of pastries & sandwiches.

Impeccable service, especially from Mr. Kevin with (the glasses). Very good homemade confections, perfect for a quick coffee or a meal on the go.

Random discovery while wandering the streets of Geneva. Hunger in our stomachs and a tempting window display make us enter the store. Very smiling welcome from the gentleman at the cash register, who explains how it works (à la carte choice or buffet formula). Here we are seated at the table. Order taking and very laborious service! However, our beautiful brunette waitress was very pleasant and very professional. The decor is pretty, however, the floors are dirty (stains and hair, etc.) and the toilets deserve to be better maintained. As a result, I enjoyed our snack less, which was also judged good by the rest of the table. We didn't have desserts, although they were tempting. Thank you for the friendly welcome From France!

Great welcome in this restaurant in Geneva! We were welcomed and served by Siham who took great care of us all throughout the meal 😃 It’s true, a kind-hearted person who knows how to take care of his customers 😀 Many thanks to her and her colleagues for this very pleasant moment and this very good cuisine!!! I 200% recommend this restaurant if you pass through Geneva!

Used to be lovely. But now has gone downhill and the service is terrible. Maybe it was because I was with a black friend, who was very large or maybe they are just too busy being aggressive to hear what you are saying. We left. Too many nice places on the road to waste time being abused. The food certainly isn’t worth it. And yes, it was here that we had the bad experience. I deleted the posting where you said you only had one employee and posted here because this is the establishment to which I referred ( apparently around the corner) So yes. It was this place Thank you for your clarification

Good quality of products. Prices a little excessive. Beautiful presentation.

The desserts were incredible Charlotte advised me on drinks, desserts etc. I recommend 100%

Expensive but delicious. Very nice home. To recommend

I went there during the week at 7 a.m. to buy 10 croissants 🥐 and 10 pain chocolats 46frs big disappointment not for the price but the products were from the day before and I know the pastries

A "trendy" place but too high a price for certain products...

Very nice place, efficient and smiling service. Thank you Kevin 💥standing in Geneva

Very warm welcome by Anais and Charlotte, and the gentleman at the checkout. Kindness and smile and professional. I love coming to this tea room. ❤️🙏

It's been two years since I last returned to Gilles Desplanches and the service is unfortunately still terrible, as proven by the comments left on Google. Too bad, because the place is well located (Rue Confédération in Geneva), cozy with a nice decoration... Very slow service despite the place being almost empty, several employees chatting at the bar... 15 minutes to wait before the order was taken for a simple coffee, and again it was up to us to signal. Waitress more than unpleasant (we have the impression of disturbing). I order a chocolate muffin, the latter comes back to me 10 minutes later saying: "they will be delivered tomorrow" in a nonchalant tone, without offering any other alternative. I ask if other muffins are available, the latter replies: "ha no" and leaves. Cheese ramekin served without cutlery or napkins... you have to ask, and again you feel like you're disturbing. However, the same waitress was much more cheerful and quick when serving the owner of Maison Desplanches who was seated at a table opposite mine. Once again too bad, the products are good, but the service ruins everything: avoid! In response to your comment: Do you understand that this is not a question of stock of muffins? Indeed they are excellent and I therefore understand why you were out of stock. This is the unacceptable behavior of your waitress for a renowned house such as Gilles Desplanches. Instead of "they will be delivered tomorrow" followed by "ha no...", which the latter said in a more than unpleasant tone, rolling her eyes before leaving... . we could have expected a "we have no more muffins, can I invite you to follow me to the counter to choose another dessert?". Nothing worse than feeling like a nuisance in a service establishment. Good day.

3frs a simple syrup for a child!!!! I thought for this price at least leave with the bottle?????

Address to AVOID! Rude but above all tasteless desserts! Bought 7 cakes today March 18, 2022, 3 were outdated and beyond stale. This pastry doesn't get any better, yet every time I hope to be disappointed for the better! I always end up amazed at the mediocrity of the desserts at such a location!

The decor is a little outdated, the bench near the entrance is more than tired. The mille-feuille is as good as in a supermarket. When you come to Maison Desplanche, you expect much better Excellent Earl Gray tea. When I talk about an outdated decor, because of the used chairs and benches. I remain aware that tastes and decors remain an assessment. I would go and test your other point of sale. I hope to be happy when tasting your products.

Very nice place with attentive staff. I recommend salads to eat on the go or to take away.

Heartwarming welcome. Felt frame. Fine pastries! The only downside is the prices. We are in Geneva if you have forgotten that.

Very questionable hygiene and the products do not seem fresh! To avoid... yet a few years ago it was an excellent House...

A quiet little corner with good pastries

The restaurant offers a good variety of courses for dining in or take away. We had a solomon sandwich for take away.

Very good address...but a little expensive...

Lots of different fruit and vegetable juices for those who like them and classic drinks for others. The setting is nice and colorful

This is THE place to come for a great dessert! The coffee was not a highlight but the desserts are absolutely amazing.

Really cool for discretion and discussion

Very good homemade hot chocolate

An excellent bakery and pastry shop with professional teams who are diligent in their work, very good quality of the different products I recommend.

Excellent patisseries...great to meet up friends and have coffee, cakes etc.

I bought some products at the station. Bowl of cous cous not good, bitter, almost nothing in it, and too expensive! Expensive, tiny slice of cake! The competition on site is much better!

Well there is something for everyone

I ate the croissant and pain au chocolat there, needless to say they were hard, old at least 3 days... avoid!

I cam every now and then to take some croissants and escargots. I don't know how it works the logistics but one out of three the escargots and croissants are not fresh and hence not tasty anymore.

Do not know the rules regarding covid certificates. No director present to discuss. Customer service 0. Avoid at all costs

Too good . The chocolate and the spilled coffee. Offers very good products Great location.

Gilles left Petit Lancy yesterday at 5 p.m. Sells pastries that are absolutely not good at all and inedible. There were 2 saleswomen who said that the pastry was in the morning. And there you have it 🤔🥴

Pretty good but too expensive for what it is

Took pride and had patience to explain all the wonderful selection. The little rolls were tasty and priced right!