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How we read reviews →Carlton North micro-patisserie famed for Melbourne's best almond croissant.
A tiny shopfront with just three outdoor tables. orders are taken from outside and pastries are baked from 3am, giving it a quietly anticipatory, almost Parisian corner-bakery feel rather than a café to linger in.
A four-tray oven baking continuously from 3am, French-speaking owners happy to chat in French (informal lessons on offer), and pastries frequently served still warm from the oven.
A French expat reviewer of over a decade in Melbourne says the pastries 'taste like home every single time', and staff will converse in French with customers who want to practise.
Pastries run roughly $7-8 each; one or two reviewers call it pricey, but the overwhelming majority say the quality easily justifies the cost.
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