Mamatte is a bakery in Lille Centre, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The Mademoiselles pastries and the cinnamon roll go first. Come before 11:00 at a weekend.
Address: 35 Place Rihour, 59800 Lille
Boulangerie Myrtilles on Rue de la Bassée in Lille is a working neighbourhood bakery, croissants and pain au chocolat with sandwiches and coffee to go.
Tip: Closed on Saturday and open Sunday morning, which is the opposite of most Lille bakeries.
Worth the queue: Roulé pomme-cannelle
Maison Miettes on Rue Lepelletier in Lille is a small pastry counter in the middle of Vieux-Lille, open six days a week from mid-morning to early evening.
Tip: It opens at 10:30, later than the bread bakeries, so it is an afternoon stop rather than a breakfast one.
Worth the queue: Seasonal tartelettes
Boulangerie Mosin on Rue Colbert in Lille is a weekday-only bakery of tradition baguettes, croissants and apple turnovers, with cakes made to order.
Tip: Weekdays only. This is a workers' bakery, not a weekend destination.
Worth the queue: Chausson aux pommes
Oxalis et Bergamote on Rue d'Angleterre in Lille bakes cinnamon rolls, financiers, brioches and flan, and pours a chicory latte to go with them.
Tip: Sunday is a two-hour window only, 10:30 to 12:30. Everything else is afternoons.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon roll
Maison Scarlett on Place des Patiniers in Lille runs a pastry counter of tartelettes, pavlova, madeleines and cannelés, with savoury plates at lunch.
Tip: The savoury side, quiches and sandwiches, makes this a workable lunch as well as a cake stop.
Worth the queue: Cannelés
Méert has traded on Rue Esquermoise in Lille since 1761, and its flat waffle filled with Madagascar vanilla sugar is still the counter's signature.
Tip: The waffle is meant to be eaten at room temperature, not hot. The tea room at the same address opens at 12:00 Tuesday to Friday and at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Worth the queue: The Méert waffle
