Ok this place is more like a 2.5. To be honest, for the quality of food that we had, it wasn't that awful. Maybe we expected more for Paris standard, or maybe it was just the restaurant's standard for tourists. Whatever it is, I am not satisfied, esp after reading the amazing reviews this place gets on TripAdvisor. Like the other reviewer mentioned, I am pretty sure this restaurant microwaves the food for customers. We ordered from the set menu (26.5 euro), and my husband added a duck foie gras for an additional 6 euro. The final bill game to about 60 euro.
For the entire time that we were there, we kept hearing a buzzing sound. It turns out that, in the background, behind the red curtain , it's not a chef, but a microwave working the magic. There were 3 other tables dining with us, and we kept hearing the microwave buzzing in the background. When the food finally came out, esp the dessert that my husband ordered, some pear pie, it was clearly microwaved where it's hot in the outside but cool-ish in the inside... NOT from the oven. My dark chocolate mousse, while not "bad", it tasted powder-y and waaaay too sweet. Even my husband who's always clueless in the kitchen, heard the buzzing and asked if that was from the microwave...
I mean, if this place was on the cheaper end, I'd think this is a nice home made meal; however, because it's priced at a higher range, I expected more. I would compare it to the frozen meal selections that you get from Trader Joe's and nothing super impressive.
I'm sad my last meal on my Paris vacation was not as good as I had hoped. I wish I could give it a higher review, but I simply cannot. Yelpers be warned. read more