Poilâne — Specialty Store in Batignolles, Paris
Poilâne on Rue de Lévis in Batignolles sells bread, and the flat apple tart is the other thing to buy.
What Poilâne is
Poilâne is a specialty shop on Rue de Lévis in Batignolles, a short walk from Brochant station, and the everyday bread is the reason to come: loaves rich enough that one customer described eating them like cake. The flat apple tart is the other thing to buy. A hazelnut and walnut galette des rois for four is €33.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
Bread, tart and a Batignolles counter
Poilâne is a branch of the Paris bakery name, and this one sits on Rue de Lévis in Batignolles, where the shop's branding and layout read as standardized.
The everyday loaves have a richness that lets you eat them like cake, and that is the pick to build a visit around. The flat apple tart is the other signature: an apple-topped bake.
For a sharing occasion there is a hazelnut and walnut galette des rois, sold in a size that serves four at €33. The nut flavour is mild and the sweetness low, so go in expecting something restrained rather than rich.
You can be met with a smile and useful advice on what to buy.
Monday is the closed day; the rest of the week starts at 7:15 am and runs to 8 pm, with Sunday shortened to 8 am to 3 pm.
What to look for
Bread loaves
The everyday bread is the strongest thing here, with a crumb rich enough to eat like cake.
Apple tart
A large, flat, apple-topped tart.
Hazelnut and walnut galette des rois
A sharing galette that serves four at €33.
The pick list
What to bring home
Apple tart
A flat, apple-topped tart that has long been the bake people single out here.
Hazelnut and walnut galette des rois
A large sharing galette that serves four, sold at €33, with a hazelnut and walnut taste one taster found mild and not very sweet.
Bread loaves
The everyday loaves are the strongest draw, and one customer puts it plainly: rich enough to eat like cake.
Who is this for
Anyone who plans a Paris morning around a loaf of bread will find the reason to walk to Rue de Lévis here, since the everyday loaves are the thing to carry away. If you are putting together a shared table for a winter occasion, the hazelnut and walnut galette des rois serves four. And if you are staying in Batignolles and want a bakery counter within a few minutes of Brochant station, this is the one on the street.
If you want to cook rather than carry bread home, Marché de Levis on the same street has a stall for Mexican and Latin American ingredients.
The verdict
The bread earns the trip.
Keep exploring nearby
La Maie des Anges
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Fromager Androuet - Terrasse
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Marché de Levis
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Monoprix · Batignolles
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