The smell of freshly baked bread, a crumbling croissant, that very first taste of coffee. Sturdy white porcelain, a newspaper. Simple pleasures that make any morning a luxurious experience. And every morning is the same at Aubaine.

Aubaine’s breakfast follows the formula of butter croissant, pain au chocolat, baguettes with home made jams and country butter, a grande crème or a mug of unctuous chocolate.

But our idea of ‘continental breakfast’ is actually quite new. French breakfast used to be hard biscuit, thin soup and porridge. That famous croissant? The word means ‘crescent’ and arrived in Paris from Vienna where under the Ottoman occupation they made this distinctive pastry shape. The croissant is one of France’s most attractive contributions to civilization, now available in London. We believe Aubaine’s are the best.