Angelina, Rue de Rivoli

Angelina Paris – Rivoli

1903 tearoom: thick hot chocolate, chestnut Mont-Blanc

⚠ 30–60 min waits

Hours

Mon–Thu 08:00–19:30, Fri–Sun 08:00–20:00 (official)

Budget

€15–25 pp

Address

226 Rue de Rivoli, 1st arr.

Under the Rue de Rivoli arcades opposite the Tuileries, a salon de thé open since 1903. In a Belle Époque room of gilded mouldings and murals you drink 'L'Africain', a thick hot chocolate, and eat the Mont-Blanc: meringue buried under strands of chestnut cream. It's also famous as a place Coco Chanel loved. Both are very sweet, so two people sharing one of each is about right.