Established in 1903, Angelina has been serving tea and other gourmet delights to Parisians and foreign visitors for over a century! Here in 2012, it is still a must see place for those who enjoy the best that Paris has to offer. Once known as Rumpelmayers, this Belle Époque salon de thé is set in a frescoes-and-gilded-mirrors décor enclosing closely set cloth-covered marble-topped tables set for Parisian ladies & blue-jeaned tourists who are treated equally in these rich surroundings. Though busy serving a full house, the service is usually very good and friendly. The waiting lines can be long depending on the time you come, but they do move quickly…

Whether you stop in for tea or their famous hot chocolate or maybe a mille-feuilles or their equally famous Mont-Blanc, you will be in Heaven. The hot chocolat l’Africain (6.90€) is a thick dark chocolate served in a pot for one with a side of fresh whipped cream, not overly sweet but perfection when mixed together. Coupled with the Mont-Blanc pastry (6.70€), a meringue base piled with chestnut purée & whipped cream, your senses will be overwhelmed ! Angelina also serves delicious salads, quiches, desserts and the like. Famed French writer Marcel Proust, who loved their madeleines, declared they could transport him back to childhood… Isn’t nice to fall into a sugar coma sometimes?

'Angelina' is open every day from 9 am till 7pm. 226, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris (métro: Concorde)