Petite Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie

Excellent brunch. Varied menu that offers something for all appetites. Several locations across town. The standard brewed coffee was excellent. Large portions offered a second meal either a take-home box.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place for a Saturday brunch! It was beautiful inside the restaurant, and the pastries were delicious! Highly recommend. Great waitstaff as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good lattes and chocolate croissant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I went to Petit Provence Boulangerie on Alberta Street and bought an almond croissant.
For those who don’t know, almond croissants are made with a frangipane filling — a mixture of ground almonds, sugar, flour, and raw eggs that gets baked inside the pastry a second time.

Unfortunately, the frangipane in my croissant was completely liquid inside, meaning it was essentially raw. That’s not just unpleasant — it’s unsafe, since it contains uncooked eggs. It was absolutely disgusting, and I had to throw it away.

I’m definitely not coming back, and I’d recommend others avoid this place — or at least steer clear of the almond croissant.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

I thought a glass of water, no ice, and dripping wet was not the way to begin my dining experience.

Food was amazing and priced for that level of amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

The food is decent and a great portion. Every weekend they are not very busy if you arrive early.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Nice cozy breakfast spot. Food was delicious and the service was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hi I’m on the hunt for the perfect croissant and I developed my own rating system. Here’s what I think about the petite Provence croissant, each category is scored out of 10:

1. Exterior 0

2. Lamination / Layer Definition: 6/10

3. Butter Quality & Distribution: 9/10

4. Interior 0

5. Aroma: 6/10

6. Freshness: 6/10 @ 11:00 am on Wednesday

7. Shape & Presentation: 8/10

8. Mouthfeel: 6/10

9. Aftertaste: 6/10

10. Overall Pleasure Factor: 6/10

Composite average: 6.2/10

good butter, mid bake, pretty face, lacking in soul. A better flake would easily take this 2-3 point higher.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a delicious place for coffee, pastries, and/or brunch!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice outdoor and indoor seating. Server was super nice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Highly recommend for breakfast

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

I went for brunch so Ill break it down by food, coffee, pastry, service. Food didnt have much flavor, just relied on sugar or salt. You could get better coffee at mcdonalds. Pastries were decent. Service lacks care/attention.

Food: 3 stars
Coffee: 1 star
Pastries: 3.5 stars
Service: 3 stars

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Great! Mushroom omelet was fantastic!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My friends visiting loved this place, we'll bring them back soon*

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is super adorable. I love how aesthetic it is on the inside. Cozy seats as well. I got the Salmon Hash, very tasty and lots of salmon in it!! I thought the dill dressing was just a bit overpowering but I think that’s a personal preference. My partner got the quinoa cakes, both dishes came w a choice of butter croissant or toast. We did one of each. Both came w a fresh strawberry jam that was very tarte!! Which I loved, I don’t like a very sweet jam and this was perfect!! I ate all my toast (which I never do). All of this was pretty reasonably priced as well, but maybe I just think that’s bc I’ve been use to SoCal pricing for a while hahaha. The only quarrel I had was w our servers lack of attentiveness. Not so much w us, but as the restaurant got a table about every 10 or so minutes it was taking longer and longer to get waters to the table to the point that the table next to us complained. It was only about 5 nicely timed out tables so that was strange. Anywho, very nice, would come back and try something new!