The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.
Ladurée at 16-18 rue Royale opened in 1862, and is the original, the upstairs tea rooms, decorated with restored woodwork and frescos, were where Jeanne Souchard fused the patisserie with the café in the 1860s and effectively invented the modern Paris salon de thé. The brand has expanded into airports and hotel lobbies worldwide, but this is the room the rest is copying. Order the macaron and a pot of Marie-Antoinette tea upstairs (not the ground-floor takeaway counter); request the upstairs salon when you book.
Skip every other Ladurée location and visit only this one, the upstairs salon is the original (1862) tea room. The brand's many branded outlets dilute the address; this single room is where it is real.
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