Miel Patisserie
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6303
Phone: (215) 731-9191
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 8am-6pm
Editorial Review for Miel Patisserie – by Lauren McCutcheon
In Short
It's been decades since Center City has seen the likes of a pastry shop as fine as Robert Bennett's. Enter beneath a stained-glass window depicting a bee, reply with a polite "hello" to the proper clerks and prepare to salivate. Bennett uses the same sophisticated methods to create identical, affordable versions of light-as-air mille-feuilles, banana-centered gâteaux bebe and hundreds of high-end chocolates, along with eclairs and lemon squares, the likes of which you've never had.
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User Reviews for Miel Patisserie
06/17/2008 Posted by sari_beth
It's a beautiful, glistening bakery. You kind of want to buy everything. But then you taste it, and it's a bit of a let down. I think I've tried about 10 different products from this place over the last couple of years (from scones to tarts to croissants) and I have never really been impressed. I do like the chocolate chip scone, but I wouldn't make a special trip for it.
05/04/2008 Posted by DBLIVY
HORRIBLE, HORRID, and NASTY! We ordered from the Cherry Hill store. Delivery was 1 hour 45 minutes late and owner shows up with his kids. I ask why it is so late and he states he had 2 other deliveries and the invoice doesn't have the time - though it was clearly printed 1-1:30 not 3:15 when the event is winding down. I wrote on the invoice the lateness of the delivery but he said there is not complaint because he is the owner. He loudly declares across the event venue that he does not want ME to frequent his establishment, clearly blaming me for his lateness. I then tell all my guests not to ever use Miel Patisserie for any event now that the old regime is gone. Lat year Miel under the old owners made my 5 wedding cakes and they were amazing so even with the recent bad reviews I used them anyway. Willard still worked there and he is awesome - he was fired two days before this event. This new owner made every effort to humiliate me in front of our guests at yesterday's event - our son's adoption party when the owner was at fault. The cupcakes tasted like cake mix and in fact not one child ate theirs after the first taste. The main cake was made with liquor (FOR A CHILD'S PARTY!?!?!) and flowers (FOR A BOY'S PARTY!?!?). It was not a pleasant tasting cake either although no one at the party tried it because the party was actually ending and it came so late. We did try it at home and just were not pleased and in fact many of us thought it was disgusting. If you want a nice experience, a place you can count on for delivery ON TIME, great taste using the finest ingredients, and actually receiving what you order from an owner who wants repeat customers, DO NOT PLACE AN ORDER FROM MIEL PATISSERIE! Since the new owner took over, this place is a risk and a liability! You'll have to go to court just to get what is rightfully yours. Oh yes, we got our encounter on video!
Pros: ABSOLUTELY NONE
Cons: Nasty & unconcerned owner, unpleasant tasting products, UNTIMELY DELIVERY
