perfect little wine shop. no lists, just talk to the owner and he'll help choose a bottle. there's…read morea 10 eur corkage fee to drink in, and you can take your leftover wine to go as well. Had a nice bottle of wine with cheese and salami and it was the perfect Paris afternoon

Yeah, this is the place…read more This is the place that when you wonder what day to day wine and drinking culture is like in Paris you picture. This is the place when you daydream about having a wine shop you dream about having. This is the place you wish was your own wine version of Cheers. This is the place you wish was on your street. This is my favorite wine shop I have ever visited. Great selection generally in the 15 - 35 euro range, but mostly in the 15 - 20. Rhone Valley seems to dominate and I believe the common thread was that they were all natural wines (in short more than organic, close to bio dynamic, picked by hand and only natural yeasts used amongst other restrictions...) Add seven euro and the owner will give you a glass, a plate of whatever charcuterie and cheese he and his wife have in the back, and a place to sit and have your bottle. There isn't a more perfect place to sit on a small winding Parisian street and contemplate nothing at all while the world carries on without you.

On a recent trip to Paris, my husband and I stopped in here for a quick lunch. Do it!…read more L'Avant Comptoir is a tiny wine bar in the 6th arrondissement which serves an assortment of small plates. The menu changes daily, and every item is fantastic! Beautifully plated, quality ingredients, imaginative choices, warm welcome, fast service. Top notch.

Unfortunately the young girl wasn't friendly like Anthony Bourdain said…read more No English menu which was fine, but they can't really help on describing. She was also rough slamming utensils and dishes which was wild. Squid Ink Croquettes was very good in my opinion. Lots of ink and chunks of squid. Good flavor. Shrimp Ravioli in Seaweed Soup was more like a dim sum dish... A glass of white wine was €10 which is high. Butter was very good though as expected.

What a pleasure it was eating at this restaurant. From the moment we walked in, the owners made us…read morefeel extremely welcome. They saw we couldn't speak French so they switched for us and then proceeded with translating the menu as well. Simple but really fresh food is their style and I have to say it lived up to it. The Fois Gras, Goats Cheese Samosa, the chicken main and the veal main were just spot on. Desserts were also great. I like a restaurant where the owners make an effort to get to know you. I could see the passion they had for their restaurant and that's what makes all the difference. All the best guys

Fantastic meal with great patio! The butcher's choice steak was incredibly tender with pepper cream…read moresauce.

What a great restaurant, that now accepts SHIB as payment! They deserve 5 stars. Looking forward to…read moreheading by this restaurant for lunch again soon.

The spot seems very popular, but a bit too crowded and loud for me though…read more They have English menu.

This was hands down one of my most favorite restaurants and experiences I had during my Europe…read moretrip. Frenchies is a wine bar with a number of tapas..think fusion. I was lucky enough to be seated in the first round of customers since I got there 15 minutes before seating. They do not have a reservation system and the wait can be a while after first seating since all the food come out one at a time for all groups. So think, if groups got a specific dish, they'd all get that dish and then the staff would work on the next one to serve, etc. The wine list is endless and there were so many options to try! Note: more bottles than single glasses but worth it considering the ambiance and conversations you can have! Staff is so patient and knowledgeable about the options and even let me try some before I made my decision! I tried 3 of the dishes available, the pork cheeks, the Agnolotti, and the Shrimp Toast. Everything was delicious and I still dream about that shrimp toast to this day. Wish I went with a group so we could try everything on the menu but this just means, I have to go again!

Went in here for a glass ended up having a bottle. Amazing list and just really friendly people who…read morewant you to have good wine. It is hot inside, but worth it. We only went for a peak and sat outside to eat some fresh meats and cheeses, and enjoy the views. Good for a quick glass or a long sit down.

Descending into the cave that is this wine bar, heat sneaks up on you. A reddish hue fills the…read morecellar's chambers, and the energy level is high, the mood festive. Table after table is crowded, and there is much merrymaking: revelers mosh and dance and grind and laugh and hug to the DJ - Pierre - behind the bar, where an Israeli flag proudly hangs next to Canadian and UK flags and retro pin-up models. When Pierre played "Hava Nagila", all hell broke loose. Later, we asked Pierre if he was the owner (he wasn't). He invited us behind the bar, then poured us hefty glasses of wine for free. Discovering we were Americans, he blasted the American national anthem - twice. Friends and I emptied a few bottles of Sancerre (Domaine Paul Cherrier, 2008). We put one aside, where strangers accidentally finished it. They apologized profusely, then bought us yet another bottle. Needless to say, my time here was a blur of awesomeness.

We were a party of five and every one of us enjoyed our food and wine. We shared, too, because we…read morewanted a taste of each other's dish! And then there is dessert! The chocolate cake. And a strawberry cream something. Put that on the chocolate cake! We did Scooter and bike station just outside. It's a lovely and lively place.

Nice location, pleasant atmosphere but poor service. Waited 15 mins to order, 20 mins for refills…read more... might help if you're not a tourist.

Great location, nicely prepared fish and chips, very friendly service. We've had better, but the…read moreatmosphere was great, and the hostess was very attentive. Definitely nicer than the surrounding options.

A nice little neighborhood cafe on a lively side street. Good choices of food for a casual meal…read more Our server was friendly and spoke English to help decipher the menu! We had the duck confit and a cheeseburger. Both were tasty.

Revisited this place in our latest trip to Paris. Had a wonderful few hours there. Great food and…read morewine recommendations as was the case on all our previous visits.

A typical Paris discovery...while walking down a side street on the way to lunch, we noticed this…read moretiny (TINY!) wine shop and wine bar that had some rare empty bottles displayed in the window. So on the way back to the hotel we stopped by and within a short while we were best friends with the charming co-owner, Vincent, an ex-sommelier (speaks passable English). Don't expect anything too fancy as you squeeze into the table with a half dozen seats (there are also a couple of tables on the sidewalk), and we were apparently here on shipping day so the floor was overflowing with cases of wine. A steady stream of locals stopping by for a glass of wine and a bite at charcuterie at lunchtime. But Vincent really knows his wines, and if you do too, you will have a great time. We sampled what was open and then bought some special bottles to take back to the States. We also got a tour of their wine cellar, which is a very dusty basement that looked like it was dug out sometime around WWI. To top it off, Vincent decanted one of our purchases (we couldn't wait), and then we came back an hour later to share it with him along with some complementary charcuterie. Très magnifique!

As you walk the streets of Paris, you see all these Cafes with locals and tourist seating outside…read moreenjoying a coffee, wine, croissants, and more. It's become like a set image of what one, as a tourist, should do in addition to the Eifel Tower, The Louvre, etc. We had only one day in Paris, and wanting to make the most of it, we avoided a lot of the touristy stuff like tours, and crowded restaurants to save time. As you can imagine, the mentioned cafes were packed, with wait lines and on top of that it was hot outside. So instead we kept walking to find this cute little place, on Rue Jacob. One outside table seemed to be waiting just for us. There was construction outside so maybe this is why it was not as busy as the rest of the places but to us that was perfect. We grabbed that one table, wanting to do the "must do" outside seating Paris thing, and immediately the girls that worked there came out with waters and menus (English version). They set the table for us, and allowed us some minutes to make our choice. They had some food options, including meats and cheeses to pair with their wines. We were planning to eat somewhere else so decided on wine only. Debating on which one to get, they brought us samples of 3 different ones. After our first glass they came out and recommended others, also allowing us to try them before purchasing. They also brought some fresh prosciutto on the house to accompany the wines. The staff was so nice, prices so reasonable, and the place so cozy, we spent there more time that we had intended and loved it. This was a lovely experience and one I would repeat if I find myself in Paris again.

Want that hidden out of the way spot in Paris? It's something we wanted, but we keep our hopes up…read morefor such a thing. As we walked miles through Paris on our own walking tour we put together, we walked past many wine cafes with dozens of tourists. It didn't look personable or romantic or necessarily fun, so we kept going. Then, as we walked down a somewhat quieter street on the Northwest part of town, we came across a quiet place with a large bay window, Le Petit Jacob. we walked in and asked about a table, but then we spotted that there was one solo table out front. the gal there said she would bring out wines for a us to taste, "don't worry" she said, so we got a spot on the sidewalk. She came out with a couple of red wines. We tried both and ended up getting a glass of each. Very nice pours by the way. It kicked back in out chairs and couldn't believe our luck. It was a great spot, in the middle of a "T" of 2 streets, so we could see things going on in every direction. after a bit, the girl came out again and offered to get us another. We tried 3 more reds and chose 2 more glasses. We were tempted to try some of their bites, but we had more walking to do. The menu looked tempting though. After some time we headed out, after we had paid there extremely affordable check. I think water would have cost more. I'm not sure when we will be back, but Le Petit will be one of our stops again, 100%.