Le Restaurant De Paul

Update : after the whole 3 years (thanks to the pandemic) tried to phone the restaurant this morning to make the group reservation again, but got answered rudely (sigh) (Think they’ve changed a bit since the lady left, she was the manager there, very organised and friendly, we used to contact her for all our bookings) So one star less now for this place. ——————————— Had afternoon tea here, and even booked it for my groups. Food is lovely and staffs are friendly and helpful, highly recommended!! 👍👍

So, another day, another excuse to find somewhere nice to eat (and drink tea of course!) Like many places, most people have a tendency to window shop and say ‘that looks nice, I should come back and try it out’. I have lost count of the number of times I have done this myself. Today I didn’t . I was wandering around Covent Garden at 8.15am (as you do!!) and spotted ‘Paul’ was open. I have walked past this establishment on a number of occasions thinking ‘that looks rather nice’ without coming in. Today I had no excuse, and as on other occasions, I was pleasantly surprised. The staff are welcoming, polite and very professional. They didn’t even blink an eyelid when I brought my service dog in with me. Brilliant !!! The pastries and other food looks (and tastes) amazing and Pippa (the dog) and myself throughly enjoyed the turkey ‘sausage’ roll, although as the assistant warned, it was extremely sweet. The apple turnover was also extremely nice. The place itself was extremely relaxing and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. I think the only thing was slightly out of place was the Hawaiian version of ‘Jingle Bells’ blaring out in the background, but that was only one small objection to an otherwise very enjoyable experience. I do like independent coffee/tea shops, but this is really worth a visit.

Paul’s was a lovely little cafe which offers a wide variety of lunch and pastry ideas. I had a chicken & pepper baguette with a raspberry macaroon for lunchtime dessert. The team are very friendly, and it’s an all round lovely pit stop for a busy day in London. Little on the pricier side but still a pleasant trip!