Le Petit Prince

Authentic Parisian pain au chocolat, oh how I miss thee!
This is the closest outside of Paris, on this side of Michigan.
The prices aren’t bad either.
My Professor du Français highly recommended this place because my cravings for French pastries were not being fulfilled via Panera.
I was highly satisfied and will return soon to try other goodies:)
Can’t give 5stars because this place is a lithograph of the real thing! Lol.

Love this place … 5 stars. Attn Staff please post on this web cite the days you store will be closed, vacation to France etc etc I come from Belleville Mi and this would help greatly. Thank you in advance .
Joseph

Yes, the interior is simple, small, poorly lit and dated. Yes, the parking is limited. Yes, they close for the entire summer (most retail businesses in northern France do that). Yes, everything is a little pricey. But the almond croissants bring tears to my eyes. Their baguette is so tasty I can’t ever imagine freezing it. And everything else, well, you can probably guess by now. Everyone has their talents, and the old woman who owns this shop REALLY knows how to bake fabulous, delicious pastry. Arrive early, because they run out of the best stuff first. Go there now, buy lots of goodies, hurry back again — because nothing lasts forever.

We came to royal oak to get some donuts at the daily dozen, but they were closed.
A lucky turn of chance, because this was an excellent, probably better alternative! Of the three pastries we’ve tried, which were:
Pain au chocolat with almond paste
Two other pastries I’m unaware of — I believe they were name pointu and mistral. One had cream and blueberries, the other raspberry and almond paste.
The pastries taste exactly like the pastries of Paris. Not too sweet, but rich, buttery and full of flavor. Chocolate was dark, berries were clearly fresh. What a treat to have in Michigan!
The only difference between Le petit prince and the Parisian bakeries is the price. Pastries are quite cheap in Paris compared to everything else. The shop sells these pastries for about 3.50 each. Although a bit pricey, the quality of the ingredients is unmatched, and she certainly does not skimp on them!

This is a simple, wonderful touch of France á la French baked goods & confections in an unassuming part of Birmingham/​bordering Beverly Hills. Breads, sweet treats (many in the shape of cute animals), single-​serving quiches, pastries, and croissants, etc. Owners are French (and naturally communicate in French) but happily speak English for those who prefer. Charming and friendly, reasonably priced, very delicious. Get there early… they’ll close when they run out of goodies. Note: CASH/​CHECK ONLY.

They seem to have gone out of business. Arrived at 9 and they don’t look like they have been open for a while.
Someone mentioned to me that they go on vacation for a month. Would have been nice to have a note on the door or something.

Great pastries. And if this was 1986, I’d give it five stars. That is my guess as to the last time the owners cleaned the place, offered anything new, or changed any fixtures or signage. Half the shelf space is perennially empty. I once suggested they offer baguette sandwiches, and the owner scoffed «but that’d be too much work.» Seems that they’re trying to not have much business. I get the feeling that they don’t much care about anything… and that is never a good feeling when entering any kind of food establishment. If you want a chocolate croissant, you could bear the somewhat depressing in-​store experience and emerge with something tasty. But the fact that they do have good pastries makes it all the more frustrating that this is not the inviting neighborhood French bakery you’d hope it would be.

Great bakery! It has been a long time since we lived near a great bakery. You can taste the love. The French bread is even better than my hometown of New Orleans… and it should be. Everything is outstanding.

I should have came here on a day that was not national donut day. All I wanted was a donut. What I did get was good but I was hoping to find something else.
The pictures that others post look so good. I’ll be coming back to try something else

Such a treat to have a fantastic place like this close to home.
Croissants are delicious. Chocolates are creamy milk. A little pricy but for $ 20 I have a full bag of treats for easter and the breakfast pastry.
Will be back!

This is only Four Stars because I’m currently on a no-​sugar Lent mission but I’m sure it’ll be five stars in a few weeks because I’ve asked my hubs to buy all my Easter sweet treats from here.
It’s an exquisite torture to venture inside this tiny baking grotto when you can’t buy even a tiny morsel of goodness. Luckily their bread is fab (the sort of bread that is made specifically for being artfully perched in the whicker basket of a Pashley bicycle next to a bunch of daffodils, taken to a river bank and devoured with a wedge of cheese before some mysterious off-​duty banker turns up and makes love to you right there in nature). That’s right –Tis the stuff of dreams!
If I had to buy just one thing at Le Petit Prince, it would have to be the pain au chocolat. Pretty much the best French pastry I’ve eaten outside of France and with a character all of it’s own — half pastry, half-​macaron in texture, it really is a thing to be savoured, and unfortunately for the Prince, it renders the croissants a little pedestrian.
Looking forward to those chocolate cockerels (and pretty much anything else on sale) after Easter nom nom!

Two words: almond croissant. That is all. If you come here and don’t have to force yourself to leave before you select every dessert they have, there is something seriously wrong with you. The family is wonderful too.

Local bakeries have gone the way of mass food production, but not at Le Petit Prince. For the holidays I stopped in to pick up baguettes for d’ordurves and I was not disappointed. Most recently I had been buying my baguettes at a local up scale grocer-​but no more. I will return to Le Petit Prince for the best baguettes this side of France. For treats we will pick up an almond croissants and they are also a made in heaven. Support your local bakery so we can continue to enhance our life with fresh made baked goods. Viva La France!

Based on the reviews I went in here for the first time today to pick up a few goodies for some coworkers, and oh my… The place is a little dated and dingy, but it kind of feels like walking back in time in to a bakery your Grandma would take you to.
I got a few of the grand marnier ganache as well as the coffee, palmier, chocolate meringue, as well as a couple others I don’t remember the names for. Everything I tried was absolutely delicious, and normally I don’t like really sugary things.
I’d love to go back and try some of their bread or quiche!

Everyone has already mentioned the wonderful almond croissants, the pain au chocolat, the delightful little seasonal cookies. And they’re right, le Petit Prince has the sweet baked goodies market well and truly covered.
What I’d like to speak about is their loaves of pain de mie. These small loaves of white bread are what I think of most when I head to le Petit Prince. Sweet, airy, with a chewy hint of crust that doesn’t distract from the whole. Their understated elegance lies in their simplicity. Sliced thin, a bit of pain de mie pairs perfectly with just about everything, from soups and sandwiches, to chocolates and cheeses.
It’s almost a perfect mirror of the bakery itself. Small, beautiful, and brimming with quality and craft. Bread and sweets can be found anywhere. The best pain de mie is found only here, at le Petit Prince.

Quite shocked that I’ve not written anything about the best bakery I know of before now. It’s a real French bakery, as in closed during August authentic. There are a lot of good things and you’ll have your favorite. Mine are the turn overs. I’m a sucker for anything with cherries, or currents. Which is why I also love the… oh I don’t know what they call them because I just point… butter pastries with currents throughout rolled in granulated sugar while hot. Then there’s the pain au chocolat… oh my.

About the only thing I could criticize is the fact that the place is small, and there’s no onsite seating in which to enjoy their absolutely wonderful pastries. The absolute high bar of pain au chocolat can be found here, and only here. My girlfriend loves their almond pastries.
I’ve been coming here for over 25 years, and I’ve tried other French bakeries in the area. The only other one that I find good is Give Thanks in Rochester. LPP is the tops, though GT would be a *very* solid second place… and not second by much.

Sorry to say but for all the hype that had raised my expectations for the Little Prince bakery I was hugely let down to the point of 2.5 stars. One reviewer said the shoppe was dark and a little dingy and unfortunately I’d be inclined to agree. I came in for the baguette, which I had heard was the best in Metro Detroit. I also picked up a pain de mie loaf and a bag of 7 ganache macaron.
The baguette was nice but very thin, really soft and more akin to an Italian bread. It was missing that crusty exterior and a bubbly crumb I look for in a superb baguette. The pain de mie was very very light as if it had over risen and it was a little dry. The macaron were, well, not what I’ve come to expect from a Parisian macaron. The meringues were peaked and crumbly dry and while I liked the ganache center the cookie was a big let down for me. To be fair I did come later in the day which could have contributed to the dry loaf and a more limited selection to choose from but for all the praise I’ve heard of this place it was really disappointing. If you really enjoy this bakery then you need to try Cannelle Patisserie down the road… I think you’ll be blown away. That said, the prices here are reasonable and I should give them another shot earlier in the day.

Despite it’s obscure, strip mall location, this is the best French bakery in Michigan. Their pastries are authentic and absolutely delicious. As such, they’re certainly not 50¢ items! But they’re worth the extra coin now & again for a tasty treat. I’ve brought goodies from here to get-​togethers and they’re a hit.
Oh! And the family that runs the place are WONDERFUL.
They close for a couple months during summer. Opening again in September. Those are sad summer days. :)

I actually tried to avoid this place, because every time I come here I always get way too much delicious baked goods. That being said, I can never resist coming here when I’m in the area. There croissants are buttery and flaky, absolutely delicious.
Something you must try that I haven’t seen other places as a croissant filled with almond paste and chocolate, it’s chocolate heaven every single bite.
Like I said, it’s an addictive place for sure, if you’re in the area definitely don’t miss out on it