Chamboule - Boulangerie 🥐🧁🥖 — Specialty Store in Montmartre, Paris
Chamboule - Boulangerie on Rue Custine is where you go for the croissant. The Montmartre bakery also turns out a cruffin with a light cream filling.
What to know before you go
Chamboule - Boulangerie is a specialty shop on Rue Custine in Montmartre, and the croissant is the reason to come. The cruffin, with light cream inside, runs it close. It opens at 7:30 am Tuesday to Friday and is closed Mondays.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
A Montmartre bakery worth the walk east
Chamboule - Boulangerie is an independent bakery on Rue Custine in Montmartre.
The croissant is the one to order. It breaks in your fingers with a crisp sound, smells of butter, and carries just enough sweetness. The cruffin follows close behind, a coiled pastry with a light, balanced cream filling and a crust that stays crisp around a soft centre. The pain au chocolat is generous with its chocolate, and the lemon croissant earns its place beside them. For bread, the sourdough is the loaf to take home: flavourful, easy to digest, and it keeps well. The pain suisse is a good discovery if you have not tried one, and the sandwiches use a brioche-like bread that makes them something more than a quick lunch.
You order at the counter and carry your own purchases.
Prices sit high for a neighbourhood bakery: a single flan runs €5.50, a mini quiche €6, and a quarter loaf of bread €10. Baguettes are often gone by midday, so if that is what you want, come early rather than late. The croissant and pain au chocolat remain the best value on the counter.
The queue can build here. It suits anyone chasing a proper buttery croissant in a less touristic corner of Montmartre.
What to look for
Croissant
Breaks with a crisp sound in your fingers, smells of butter, and has just enough sweetness. The first thing to order.
Cruffin
A coiled pastry with a light, balanced cream filling and a crust that is crisp outside and soft at the centre.
Pain au chocolat
Generous chocolate filling and a texture that holds. A close second to the croissant.
The pick list
What to bring home
Croissants
The croissants are flaky and buttery, the kind that break with a crisp sound in your fingers.
Pain au chocolat
The pain au chocolat is the one to get first, with a rich chocolate filling and a satisfying texture.
Bread
The bread is excellent and keeps very well, so a loaf is worth carrying home.
Cruffin
The cruffin is the standout: a light, balanced cream filling inside a crust that is crisp outside and soft in the centre.
Sourdough bread
The sourdough is the reason to come, flavourful and easy to digest, and the loaves are made with care.
Who is this for
This suits a traveler who wants a proper buttery croissant in a corner of Montmartre that feels less touristic than the square around the Sacré-Cœur. It also works for anyone staying nearby who wants sourdough bread that keeps well for a few days.
If you need organic groceries and pantry essentials rather than pastries, La Vie Claire on the same street stays open until 9pm most evenings.
The verdict
The croissant and cruffin are worth the trip.
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