I am not a big dessert person and I don’t like macaroons especially so the only reason I’ve shopped in Laduree in the past is to buy gifts for friends. One of my friends loves a macaroon and Laduree especially.

If you fancy a treat it is a special place. With the signature pale green packaging and quite lovely interiors, which ever cafe shop you visit.

There are a few scattered around London,

Ladurée Covent Garden: 1 The Market, London WC2E 8RA (Features the signature soft-serve ice cream cart).

Ladurée Burlington Arcade: 71 / 72 Burlington Arcade, London W1J 0QX.

Ladurée Selfridges: Confectionery Room, Lower Ground Floor, 400 Oxford Street, London W1A 1AB.

I had no idea they have soft serve ice cream, but when I saw the cart outside the shop just off Grosvenor Square, about a 5 minute walk from Park Lane and Oxford St I had to stop and try it.

Ice cream or gelato I am mad for.

There are few options you can go for from a single scoop cone at £4.95, a single serve tub at £6.50 or the £12.50 Ispahan Ice cream sundae which goes up to £14.50 if you decide to sit down and eat it.

I went for the tub because the cones are signature crunchy macaroon cones, which I didn’t fancy.

The ice cream glaces, basically an icecream sandwich where the icecream is sandwiched between two large macaroon shells appeared to be the hot choice by customers with flavours of Rose, Pistachio with Raspberry, vanilla and Chocolate and coconut with simple Strawberry. They call them Les Plaisirs Glacés. Ice cream pleasures.

Again these didn’t really appeal to me. They look absolutely stunning but you gotta like a macaroon.

If you are looking for plant based they do have a good selection of fruit sorbets.

I wanted to go for the Neapolitan combo in a tub. But the small tubs are already pre prepared at £5.50 to go £6.50 to eat in. Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry was the question.

I ended up opting for Chocolate which did look pretty delicious but ended up being only OK. It was not bad, just not the best ice cream I’ve eaten.

Could have been because it was very hot and a bit runny and messy. Also very sweet and not that chocolatey.

The product didn’t live up to the packaging and marketing for me.

Would I go back, probably on a cooler day. Laduree definitely delivers the Parisian vibes in a posh cafe setting.

And if you love a macaroon like my friend I am assured there’s no where better.