Fleur de Cocoa

Los Gatos, United States

3.3

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20 reviews

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+1 408-354-3574
Website:
www.fleurdecocoa.com
Address:
39 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95030
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Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes

Today

Today 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Los Gatos) 07:14 Thursday, 12 June 2025

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 9:30 pm
Saturday 7:30 am – 9:30 pm
Sunday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Fleur de Cocoa is an upscale, authentic French Patisserie, Chocolaterie, and Café in downtown Los Gatos. In addition to award-​winning mousse cakes, classic pastries and handmade chocolates, we also serve bistro lunch, coffees, and our famous, decadent hot chocolate.

Some of our most popular pastry items include: almond croissants filled with baked almond cream, Royal cakes with dark chocolate mousse and a crispy hazelnut praline layer, Parisian macaron cookies in various flavors, lemon curd tartelettes, and classic milles-​feuilles (Napoleons). For lunch, customers come back for Croque Monsieurs (ham & Gruyère cheese sandwiches), quiches, and French Onion soup.

For special occassions, Fleur de Cocoa provides canapes, croquembouches, hors d’oeuvres, and other specialties.

History

Established in 2000.

Fleur de Cocoa was founded in October 2000 by its husband-​wife owners, Nicola and Pascal Janvier. In July, 2012 the Janviers sold the business to restaurateurs Craig and Julia Anderson.

Meet the Business Owner

Craig A.

Business Owner

Myself, Craig Anderson, and my wife, Julia are thrilled to continue the high quality food and service standards set by Chef Pascal Janvier and his wife, Nicola, who started Fleur de Cocoa in 2000.

Chef Julia trained at Le Cordon Bleu and has extensive experience with pastry.

We owned and operated our own restaurant for years before finding the opportunity of a lifetime in Fleur de Cocoa. Julia is the executive pastry chef. Her passion is pastry and it doesn’t get any better than in the world of the French patisserie.

We intend on maintaining, even improving, the food quality and service that our customers have grown to enjoy over the past decade. We look forward to serving you.

Craig and Julia Anderson

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20 reviews of Fleur de Cocoa

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Place rating: 1
San Jose, CA
Bad bad place to go! My friend was on the line to order and I sat at the table and a lade walks up to me saying I need to move! Because it’s the stores policy to order first and take the table. How rude! A minute later, a waitress cleans bigger table, she immediately moved.
Unbelievable! I will never go back!
Place rating: 3
San Jose, CA
Parking was tough to find on a Friday afternoon. Food was okay. Ambiance is great.
Place rating: 1
Santa Clara, CA
I’ve been visiting here for nearly 15 years since my french teacher told me about it. When Pascal owned it with his wife, this place was just super. The petits gateaux had a wow factor in them. But, that’s not why I’m writing this review. I had no idea that the place had switched hands to the Andersons. Today, we walked in with our 14 month old, my wife takes a seat at a table right next to the cashier, and I stand in line to place our order. Almost immediately, this server jumps to tell us that their policy is that you can’t sit at the table as you have to stand in line and order first and then take a seat. I told him do you expect the entire party, especially with little kids to stand. You enter a coffee shop, you sit at a table and place your order. Never in our years of coming to this place, or any other café/​restaurant have we been asked to get up from our table. It was a horrible experience for us. Had I not had my daughter with me, I would have loved to create a scene and would have just sat there. Then I stood at the kitchen entrance and asked to speak to the owner/​manager. So, this Julia Anderson, comes forward reluctantly, stone-​faced, and tells me that that’s just their policy. We just left. Apparently, the Andersons seemed to have missed the hospitality and customer service class from the Janviers! Besides, the gateaux and the milles-​feuilles that we had from our previous visits do not taste the same anymore — they are definitely drier, may be cheaper ingredients. Plus they have increased the prices. We were utterly disappointed with the treatment we received. I hope if the Andersons have young ones, how they would feel if they were treated like we were when they visit any place. So, stay away.
Place rating: 1
San Jose, CA
Great food. You’ll just never get anything you came here for. If you have zero expectations and lots of money to spend you’ll love it. But every single time we come over here for lunch they’ve got an excuse for why they aren’t serving food today. Summer hours. Staff party. Weather. Ran out of food. Today’s was, «kitchen closes at 2:00.» We’ve been here 100 times and the kitchen has never closed at 2 PM on a busy Sunday. So that’s it. We are done and never coming back. So long occasionally available tasty French-​ish pastries. Your service is just too French.
Place rating: 5
Los Gatos, CA
This is such a little gem. Every drink from hot chocolate to black coffee has yet to disappoint. But oh boy those desserts! They are all amazing, i do not have one complaint about this little shop. The ambiance is cute and welcoming, and the hours are great too. I like to come enjoy a dessert and coffee a little later in the day and they always seem to be open when I’m craving them. The staff here are always friendly as well, and very helpful.
Place rating: 1
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Wow the salted Carmel latte did not taste like salted Carmel at all. I ordered some of their special chocolate, it tastes rotten and bitter, I asked for something else instead, and the girl said «No!» I won’t be back! What ever happened to the saying «make sure the customer leaves happy?» There was garbage all over the floor too! If your deciding between Starbucks and this place just go to Starbucks!
Place rating: 4
Sunnyvale, CA
Dessert addicts beware! Busy weekends means hectic parking, which will put a delay on getting your hands on these delicious desserts.
A friend of mine ordered a birthday cake for another friend, a chocolate lover, and boy, was it chocolatey — a chocolate explosion, to say the least. It was divine. I’m not much of a chocolate person (cue the gasps), but it was quite good. I also recommend the coconut pastry; I think Gordon Ramsay himself would call, «Absolutely…*dramatic pause*… incredible.» Clearly, I’ve been watching too much Master Chef (Junior).
I was also giddy to see that they served Verve coffee, and soon after met with disappointment as it was too burnt. :/​Otherwise, fantastic place! Yay.
Place rating: 1
San Jose, CA
Very poor customer service. We walked out.
We were in line to order some pastries and since we were taking a little longer to decide we let a couple who was behind us order ahead of. 2 of us decided to take a seat at a table while the other 2 were ordering. A minute later we were asked to get up so the couple we let ahead of us could sit down. We stopped our order and left. Got our dessert fix down the street at an awesome place which has great desserts and great service.
Place rating: 4
Monterey, CA
A cute little french pastry shop in Los Gatos, California. Had a Croissant aux Amandes and my husband had a Pain au Chocolat. Having had a «knock my socks off» experience at Christophe Artisan Chocolatier in Charleston, South Carolina, unfortunately Fleur de Cocoa does not quite match up, therefore the four start rating, instead of five. The Croissant aux Amandes was moist and fluffy, and my husband’s Pain au Chocolat was average. The place was lovely with nice music on in the background, and there were plenty of desserts that were very tempting to try. Customer service was good, the gentleman at the counter kept checking in with all the tables to make sure everyone was still doing okay, which I appreciate. Overall it was a pleasant experience, and worth a try, but not a place I would NEED to come back too.
Place rating: 4
Clearwater Beach, FL
Nice quaint and clean setting. Beautiful display to choose from. Everything was baked nicely, nothing overdone or heavy. Mocha and hot chocolate were decadent. Soothing music in the background as if you were on a country ride in Europe. There are 6 tables to choose from so I wouldn’t try and bring a large group. Overall, good spot.
Place rating: 4
Fremont, CA
Breton, baby, Breton! (That’s a Sea Salt Caramel Latte, and it’s true to its name.) There are a number of reasons to go visit the upscale community of Los Gatos, and «Fleur de Cocoa» is one of them. That is, you dig luxurious desserts of rich, rich chocolate with whipped mousse. I really like the 5th Avenue: Dark Chocolate Mousse, Pistachio Mousse, Sponge Cake, Pistachio bits on top. If you get a horde of desserts to go, whether it be raspberry cake, a torte, or carefully sculpted truffles, they tape down everything inside a golden box so it won’t shift around in the car. Lots of care here by a staff made up of bright young men and women. #foodslut
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
Delicious food and very friendly staff! Had the Croque Monsieur which is basically a French grilled cheese with ham. It was delightfully light with the bread and the cheese was to die for! Totally recommend this item! They have a white mocha which is pretty good I prefer mine iced which the the staff were really kind to switch it for me even after I ordered it hot. I will definitely be coming back here on my next day off! YUM!!!
Place rating: 5
Los Gatos, CA
Finally got a chance to check out their dessert. Perfect combination of moose and cake. Not too sweet and the presentation was great.
Will definitely be back.
Place rating: 1
San Jose, CA
I dislike writing negative reviews, so would like an employee to respond back if possible if maybe there’s a decent explanation. This review is just regarding the hot chocolate. The service was very good, so this has nothing to do with that.
I ordered 3 hot chocolates to-​go, based on this week’s Unilocal’s «go loco for hot cocoa» email. The hot chocolate was pumped out of a Thermos, which is OK with me, but not what I expected. I like rich hot chocolate, but what really surprised me was how sickeningly thick it was… almost like some sort of thickener was added. Not sure if maybe we got the very bottom of what was in the Thermos. I was able to drink ¾ of a large size, but couldn’t finish it, which is a first for any hot chocolate. When I opened the cup to pour out the remainder, there was a thin ring of oil around the edge surrounding the hot chocolate. I love hot chocolate, so was pretty disappointed with this. Anyway, I’m sure there are many items that are delicious, so just a reminder that the hot chocolate is something I would NOT recommend.
Place rating: 5
Campbell, CA
With the French celebration «epiphanie» around the corner I had to find my «galette des rois»!
The rumor had it, flour de cocoa will honor this French tradition and have the galette for sale.
While I type this review, I can’t keep myself from eating the few crumbs left in my plate…
I can only judge the place by this very special cake, and for this one it will be a 5 stars!
The galette was up to and even surpassed my expectations!
I can’t wait for next year!
Place rating: 4
San Jose, CA
Didn’t realize how small this cozy café was, had planned a brunch for seven people. But they were very cordial and allowed us to pull the tables from the wall to seat everyone using two tables.
Very nice setting in and around the small café, good for taking pictures, browsing, or walking around.
Place rating: 5
Pacifica, CA
Julia’s elegant, succulent croquembouche made our wedding so special! Brides — book this woman, she’s a gem!
We were looking for something very special, not a cake, and Julia and Craig made our dreams come true beyond our wildest expectations. No single bakery in the greater San Jose and Monterey are would touch our order of this fine French dessert — mostly because aside from being rare to find at all, they are near impossible to transport safely. Craig and Julia worked together to find a creative solution to come on site and build the croquembouche there. They were honest and realistic about things like the humidity, and still made it happen for us.
IT WAS AMAZING!!! A central highlight of our wedding. Hearing Julia talk about her philosophy on her craft, about trying to achieve balance and harmony in her work, we felt so happy to have found her — and lucky that they were adventurous and creative enough to take on our project. Craig was great to work with on the logistics and always prompt. Their prices were completely reasonable, on par or less than most wedding cakes.
We also ended up getting chocolates in the gold boxes for our wedding favors. They were beautiful and classy, and looked lovely on the tables. The chocolates were delicious and uniquely flavored, I think it was the Julia that had a hint of pepper that we especially loved!
Thank you Julia and Craig for your beautiful work and creative spirit!
To readers — I highly recommend Fleur de Cocoa, especially for large orders for any kind of event, they will exceed expectations!
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Palmier. On point. Even at like 10pm. GOD I love palmiers.
Macarons. So the guy couldn’t tell us what flavors they were. Made it a little more fun to taste them and discuss. I’ll let the unprofessionalism slide.
Place rating: 5
Saratoga, CA
A quaint bakery and café in downtown Los Gatos that has been around for some time now. This is one of the best places in the area to pick up a cake or tart for a special occasion. All of their baked goods are beautifully hand-​crafted and delicious!
Our ultimate favorite is the chocolate tart, which is sinfully rich and decadent. If you are a lover of dark chocolate, you should try their chocolate tart. The Royal is a good choice if you like hazelnut and chocolate (I believe it’s one of their best sellers).
We have also enjoyed their:
–Fleur de Cocoa (extra dark chocolate mousse with chocolate sponge cake and Grand Marnier)
–Salango (70% Salango dark chocolate mousse with chocolate cake, cocoa nibs, almond sponge cake)
–Dream (chocolate mousse with chocolate cake and carmelized bananas)
–Red and black (dark chocolate raspberry mousse with chocolate sponge cake)
–Strawberry tart (fresh strawberries with almond cream)
In addition to cakes, they have chocolates, macarons, croissants, sandwiches, coffee, and tea.
Prices are on the higher side, but you are paying for the quality of ingredients and outstanding presentation! Limited indoor seating (mostly tables for 2).
Place rating: 3
Milpitas, CA
Small shop down in Los Gatos. You know you’re in the right area if you smell popcorn as it’s right next to a theater. As you enter you already see the display of chocolates. Nice set of artisan chocolates. I wanted to buy them all! But I was on a mission. The mission was to get a chocolate almond croissant. To my luck, there was one left. Only one. It was like it was meant for me!
So as one Pokemon master said, «I choose you!» Well not really. I said, one chocolate almond croissant and a mini butter croissant please. And the total was rung. Wah?! Over $ 6. Clearly I was not paying attention to prices. The regular size almond croissant was $ 4.25 and the mini butter croissant was $ 2. These better be the BEST croissants in my lifetime otherwise I’m never coming back.
We finally got home after the shindig at Jack Rose and said okay. Time to tackle this croissant. The mini butter croissant tasted off. Like sour milk. Maybe that’s how they are meant to taste, but it was quite off putting. The choco almond croissant was pretty special. Flaky, bitter sweet chocolate, almond paste galore… yes it was pretty heavenly, but would I go out of my way to get it? Probably not. $ 4.25 is pretty steep for a croissant that size. Now if it were $ 3, okay, I’d be all over it.
So maybe if I’m ever in the area again, I’d consider it, but it was definitely a good to try.