Paul's Pastry Shop

"Stopped in at Paul’s on a recent Saturday morning to pick up a King Cake on my way to NOLA as I’ve done many times before. There were plenty of king cakes available, and plenty of available flavors to choose from. As always the cake was fresh and tasty. My only issue was that the checkout process took forever. I waited over 20 minutes just to pay and I was only behind about 3 people. What should have been a 10 minute stop on my trip turned into a 30 minute stop. Will I stop again? Yes. Do I hope this information encourages Paul’s Pastry’s to improve their checkout process? Also, yes."

"My mother in Mississippi called the bakery in Picayune to have a King Cake shipped to us in Virginia. When it arrived, it was from a bakery in New Jersey, La Bon Bake Shoppe. Neither the person taking the order nor Paul's website says anything about outsourcing their baking to another state in another region of the country. We have been loyal Paul's King Cake buyers for years, but will not again. La Bon Bake Shoppe website does not hide the fact they are selling "The Original Paul's Pastry Shop King Cakes," they promote it. I wonder why Paul's hides this fact? Additionally the cake we received was pretty bad compared to years past."

"Wife had the Rueben with fries and loved it! I got the Tuesday lunch special which was a burger fries dessert and a drink. The handmade burger was fresh and juicy. Fries has right amount of salt. The fresh slice of king cake was the perfect way to end an awesome lunch. We also bought the med berry deluxe king cake . The wife and I have to say it’s the best king cake we have had! So fresh"

"Mixed, mostly meh reviews at the king cake party. Dense pastry, kind of dry, no butter/cinnamon folded in to the dough. Someone said it reminded them of McKenzies king cake. On the plus side, the cream cheese filling was seemed true cream cheese rather than chantilly or Bavarian cream."