Of all the 3 stars I've been to, L'Ambriosie earned its stripe from food more than any other. The ambiance is lovely, but nothing compared to The French Laundry. The service was crisp and professional, but nothing exceptional. All of the praise goes to the kitchen for making amazing food that is incredible despite being traditional. It's worth the visit. read more

It was superb, including the service. The ambiance is old-world Parisian dining tucked into the beautiful Place des Vosges. This is not a restaurant for those looking for the hottest trends in cuisine; this is a temple of traditional haute cuisine. It delivered on that expectation magnificently. May it never change! They have a stunning wine list that one could peruse all afternoon, but I chose something rather quickly -- a Condrieu that went perfectly with the meal. One might want to study the list online ahead of time to make a deeper selection. Everything they served was excellent; the sweetbreads and foie gras dishes were standouts. Oh, can't forget the amazing sea bass. Or the dessert souffle! The bill was stunningly expensive, so be forewarned. However, given this echelon of dining and that L'Ambroisie is not likely an everyday experience -- in fact, it might be a once in a lifetime experience -- I'd say it was money well spent. read more

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To preface, this is our 4th Michelin star restaurant review. Upon walking in, we were greeted by a few waiters - haphazardly and gave our name and reservation. My expectation from a 3* is a dedicated wait staff and perhaps a phone call for confirmation (in lieu of an automated text message) We were seated in an area with coincidentally (or not) with all other tourists. I could audibly hear other French guests in a separate room. Part of my expectation for a 3* restaurant is the vibe. If a restaurant is pro-actively segregating tourists with locals, that's not the kind of establishment I am looking for. Upon seating, we were offered wine/rose. Unbeknownst to me, this was not complimentary, nor was I informed that it was $50 per glass. I could have requested an entire bottle for just $100 more and had at least 4 more pours, but I digress. All the food selections were great. I understand many of the ingredients are hard to come by and preparations were meticulous. Overall, I would give the food taste/presentation/delivery a 3* experience. We were offered wine a number of times, but all the offerings were way more expensive than what normal restaurant wine prices were so we declined. Dessert was a souffle and by then, the heaviness of our entree, and all the bread we had eaten had caught up to us. Great nonetheless. I think given the expectation of it being a 3* restaurant and that it was good but not a "WOW" experience, I think 2 out of 5 stars is where it should be. read more

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My wife and I went to this place to celebrate our 5 year anniversary and we had high expectations since we heard that this restaurant has maintained Michelin 3 Star for 30 years. The staff there told us this is a very formal and traditional French restaurant, which is why their menu is entirely in French and they speak only enough English so that you know what you are ordering. We had ti rely on Google Translate to read the menu. The service was great with all staff very friendly. We loved the snails. They created the shell using pasta and put snail meat in the shell, it was very delicious. We also loved those extra snacks they provided. The dessert Tarte chocolat & vanille Bourbon was also lovely and delicious. We were told that's the dessert that they kept on their menu for over 30 years and I agreed it should stay that way. Their menu changes seasonally so you may not find the same items when you visit. The reason for 4/5 is because the veal we had was overcooked. Also there were 2 flies in our room and I had to make sure they don't land on our food. You can find those 2 flies in the last photo. Overall I think this is a great restaurant but I'm also slightly disappointed. read more

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My absolute favorite restaurant in Paris!!! My husband and I were here 15 years ago. Amazed by their venue, food and services. Went back on Thursday for our 20th anniversary. And this place is still unforgettable. We were greeted by Pascal, a French gentleman. He saw their 15 years old menu in my hands and knew that we are a return customer and a long time fan! As soon as we sat, he asked if he could look at my 15 year old menu. And he showed us the table we were sitting at 15 years ago! How sweet of him. He went through the menu we had and told us what they have that day. Then the Sommelier Axel introduced himself and offered his help. We both started with a cup of coffee and tea...he did not seem offended that we did not start with a glass of champagne. Once we inhaled our caffeine, we started ordering. And just like 15 years ago, the lady's menu does not have prices, only the gentlemen's menu has prices. That's so French and we still share this story with our friends and family. We started with a delicious Langoustine, best in its class! And then we moved onto escargot and the green egg with caviar, the veal for two, cheese and desserts. Everything was delicious and decadent! There's a team of waitstaff there, almost outnumbered their customers. That's 3 stars service for sure! We got very lucky, we had a team of very friendly French who spoke English with us. Kudos to Axel, our awesome sommelier! He's super fun to work with and made perfect suggestions to our wine. Every single glasses paired perfectly with our dishes including cheese and desserts! Laurent and Pascal are the most thoughtful guys there! We were offered the best service and had another amazing experience there! I will always love this place. And L'ambroisie will always have a special place in my heart. read more

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I don't really get what this place is going for. It's a 3 star restaurant offering no tasting menu but rather a standard a la carte menu which they feel they can justify jacking up the prices to ridiculous levels. The food was so-so. Some was great, others was awful. Whoever decided an asparagus puree on top of a soft boiled egg was a good combo obviously never tasted their own food. It tasted about how you would imagine. The veal was good and the sea bass looked spectacular but then again not sure if $225 is what a good sea bass is worth. Suggest avoiding unless on an expense account. read more

The service was excellent. Not quite the ballet of servers as other 3 stars in the city, but on point. The presentation of the dishes was top notch as were the menu choices, but that said, the food and wine selection was subpar. As someone who has eaten at many top restaurants around the world, corners were cut in the kitchen. It was also interesting to note that the servings were American sized and the languages of our neighboring tables was everything but French. Most were tourists who may not miss the refinements of true Michelin French cooking. We paid 3 star prices for gastronomy that wasn't as good as many Bistros we've eaten at. read more

I left with some very mixed emotions after dining here. For a three Michelin star restaurant with a lot of history, I was ultimately disappointed. Food: The food was beautiful but often lacked crucial elements. You could tell how much care and technique were poured into some very amazing dishes. The star of my tasting menu was the langoustine. The dish had an incredible sauce with a hint of curry which complimented the protein in an adventurous way. I was a big fan of the added texture from the crispy wafer but was not impressed by the bland spinach base. The sea bass was a stunner with its presentation, a truly luxurious dish. It played on some very classic techniques that had been upscaled to perfection. I would return to this restaurant for this dish alone if not for the chicken. I had such high hopes for the chicken but the breast was bland and dry. Even worse, the chicken drumstick was raw. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I tasted the piece to confirm my suspicions. Cold and rubbery, a complete failure. Service: the service way good overall, but there were too many hiccups. The staff accommodated us nicely as we arrived around 5-10 minutes early. Everyone was very friendly. However, it was very weird as the wait staff just stood there and stared at us. During the service there were many awkward disturbances, continuous bumping of our chairs, knocking our glasses, dropping a metal pan in a very quiet room. One too many to go unnoticed. For the special birthday event, the staff prepared a very lovely dessert which was excellent. Ambiance: It was creepy. There was no background music at all so we had to whisper for the majority of our dinner. I could hear the other patrons conversations like they were sitting right next to me. As mentioned previously, the wait staff staring at me while I ate was very unnerving. Overall: I left with the feeling of unfulfilled desire for excellence. I had such high hopes going in but left wanting much more. I would return to L'Ambroise for certain aspects but they need to clean up their act if they want to impress. read more

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We were in Paris this month staying at a wonderful hotel in the Marais area. Our neighborhood guide mentioned this 3 Michelin Star restaurant on the same square as our hotel. She also said that the French president brought President Obama there when he was in office. It was my birthday week so even with what we knew would be Really expensive we would do it. (this was my 3rd birthday dinner :). The space looked beautiful. The initial waiter, when handing out the menus to us, rather bluntly told us they do Not have an English menu. Even though the smallish dining room we were sitting in were just about all Americans. Even though the cost for my hubby and I with one bottle of wine 200ishEuros) and 2 glasses of champagne which I thought were complimentary given it was brought to us as soon as we sat down. At check time we were charged for a bottle of champagne too. Total bill just over 1100 Euros! Given the warm menu reception we should have just walked out. We stayed! We were hungry. This meal was definitely interesting, some parts good, some just a bit above OK. There was a lovely amuse bouche, we had something with foie gras (of course this is Paris!) and shared an interesting hen baked in chestnut butter, brought roasted to the table to show us it's beauty, it was gorgeously roasted. The. the hen returned plated in 2 different ways, well done visually, just above ok taste wise. The wine sommelier was quite nice, and another waiter decent. There was a palate cleanser and good desserts as well. In my business I've always said you get 2 chances with people, the 1st and last impression. Both poor here. The No English menu guy was #1 and at the end, our credit card + check was not picked up for maybe 20 minutes. We sat there wasting time while 2 of the waiters were having a chit chat with the next table from us. We finally got the credit card taken when I got up to leave. Bad experience coming , bad going. Not sure how one gets Michelin stars but it I were the evaluator, this place would definitely not cut it! read more

The restaurant itself has a great atmosphere. Service is outstanding. There 2 dishes I found outstanding: the chocolate bitter pie and the langoustine (appetizer). I found the poultry to be chewy and not that surprising in terms of taste. Their egg caviar specialty was disappointing. Overall I didn't feel like I had a cullinary experience or discovered anything or observed a consistency in the excellence of tastes, which I usually expect when I go to a 3 michelin stars. read more

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A classic place serving excellent classic French cuisine. One of the best services we ever experienced; waiters, maitre and sommelier worked as an orchestra serving perfectly executed dishes (we had lobster and lamb as a main, preceded by an amazing ile flotante de truffes and finalized with an outstanding dessert of chocolate gateaux and vanilla ice cream - the very best we ever tasted). No wonder this restaurant carries 3 Michelin stars for such a long time - well deserved...!!!! read more

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I have eaten at dozens of Michelin 2 and 3 stars. The worst experience was here yesterday. 3 stars means exceptional food and service. The food was good but had far better at 1 and 2 stars in Paris this week. I also noticed no menu in English. Such a French attitude and ignorant. The whole dining room we were in were Americans and everyone was translating with google. Why? If you are about service then why do this unless you are just pretentious. And then when my partner who doesn't drink asked for a coke or sprite the waiter seemed offended. Why? Why not just stack some in a fridge for such customers as you pretend to be 3 star??? The other 1 and 2 star Michelin in Paris this week had Diet Coke. Finally, I ordered wine by the glass yet did not offer me a taste? When one is paying $40-80 a glass, offering a small taste is customary!! Again, all over the world I have always been offered a taste. Such service does not deserve 3 stars. PS: sent beef back because it wasn't chewable. Still charged us! PSS:when we sat down they forgot to offer my partner a purse hook though other tables had them. Another failure to pay attention to details! read more

Food was amazing! Our group start our meal with an aperitif. The followed by our appetizer which a heated eggg with black truffle. Super buttery and delicious! Everything tasted very good. I have the lamb ribs and my friends had the lobster. The only reason I give this place 4 stars is due to the service. I expected better. Our waiter kept forgetting what he had ordered and wasn't in tune to what we needed. read more

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Heavenly, this is why the French have the best lifestyle and most beautiful and delicious food on the planet. Perfection! read more

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So, I'll couch this review with the statement that my experience seems not to be common, but... I had a horrific, overpriced, badly-served, poorly-executed, took-way-too-long meal here. Nearly €500 netted me: - A decent cup of soup - Some stale bread (yes, stale) - A terrible, over-rich pile of white truffles with an egg - About 2 ounces of lobster with two fingerling potatoes and some garlic - Some undercooked, way over-spiced lamb - Some mignardises And... That's it! Service was absent and curt, for the most part. Decor is beautiful, but that doesn't make you feel any better about getting taken to the cleaners for a bad meal. At the end of the day, three-star restaurants have to hang their hats on their food, and this place was a complete miss for me. A complete course-by-course description can be found here: http://www.threestarepicure.com/blog/2015/10/26/france-lambroisie- read more

So glad an institution of classic, fine French food like this is still going strong. The cooking here is excellent. Lots of classics still on the menu, for good reason. read more

The four of us started our with an excellent appetizer, then came the entrée -- a Bresse chicken. Since there were four of us, we order two chickens of 520 euros worth of chicken. It was prepared in the classic way with truffles under the skin. Our first bites of the breast were excellent -- flavorful, moist, perfectly prepared chicken. As we ate more of the breast it became dry and overcooked. Then came the dark meet. Totally undercooked. What a mess. Desert was a mediocre: Marrons glaces, formage blanc, the biscut chaud a la madaring and chocolate tart. The best part the complementary madeleines. All in all it was a very disappointing dinner costing 1396 euros with a "cheap" 100 euro bottle of wine. read more

We had spring menu No complaints about the food - ok appetizers, both foir grais as well as frog legs. Really impressive fish(file of sole with cheese inside), very tender and juicy pigeon that my wife had. Deserts were probably the best. They both looked beautiful and wereyummy May be im spoiled, but It was not a wow experience though. Good, but not great. Nothing really memorable It was also expensive, although at this type of place you expect to be charged a lot. read more

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Very refined, extremely elegant, over the top. Yes you'd better like truffles. Immaculately presented..how could you go wrong. It's a traditional French Culinary experience. And one of the top €€€€ read more

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I've been to a few Michelin-rated restaurants, and a few three-star ones in Paris at that. L'Ambroisie does not do a tasting menu, and they serve a very traditional appetizer, fish course, meat course, and dessert course menu. With so few options, you'd think every dish would be outstanding, right? Especially compared to restaurants who do 20+ dishes on their tasting menu where maybe only 50% of the dishes end up being stellar and memorable? I found it unfortunate (and maybe a little too easy) for the menu to have several dishes containing truffle, caviar, or foie gras. If there were 4 options per course, two of them would have truffle/caviar/foie gras. It is very possible to order an entire dinner with truffle in all of your savory courses. Of my four courses, the fish course was the most mediocre. I got a dover sole with celery and truffle, and while the fish was nicely prepared, the flavor combinations just wasn't that remarkable. I thought the smoked salmon amuse bouche was perfect, though - meltingly tender fish. My favorite course of the night was the oyster appetizer - it was six oysters topped with caviar on watercress with a watercress sabayon. Perhaps this is just my personal preference, but I think I prefer smaller dishes but more variety. While I enjoyed every one of my six oysters, I felt like I could've stopped at three and the magic would have still held fast. My meat course was sweetbreads with citrus and small carrots/potatoes. I thought it was prepared very well - crisp and flavorful on the outside, the citrus cutting the fat. Another thing I want to remark on is the service. Our waiter had recommended that we split the fish course because it would have been too much food. He was right. We were fit to bust after all our savory courses, and even after choosing to split the chocolate tart for dessert, was on the verge of throwing up. This may also be a matter of personal taste, but I think I prefer whimsical and innovative flavors like Pierre Gagniere and L'Astrance. I can probably stomach more food if they're all differently flavored. And one last thing - It was so annoying that the square tables had legs on the corners instead of a central stand in the middle. Do you know how difficult that makes it to get in and out without kicking the table? It seems like such a small thing, but I would expect every detail to be considered at a three-star Michelin restaurant where the total meal comes up to around 800 USD (two appetizers, one fish course, two meat courses, one dessert, two glasses of champagne, one glass of white wine, 1 large and 1 small bottle of carbonated water). read more

Excellent no other words Can describe the food from this place . So far the best I've had here in Paris

I had been to this restaurant when I was 9 years old and it was a one star; I remembered it as one of the best meals of my young life. 40 years later I returned and it was so disappointing. The waiter was rude when I asked for a non-alcoholic drink. The scallop appetizer was lukewarm and lacked flavor. I had a much better scallop dish at Le Grand Controle at lunch today. My cousin had the baby lamb which like another reviewer stated was also fatty (and undercooked) for her. The Bresse chicken has no flavor (and is also undercooked). They serve a few meager slices of a whole chicken (and probably eat the rest in the back themselves, if they can stomach it themselves). The dessert was probably the best part. But the whole experience was stilted, uncomfortable and unappetizing. An absolute let down. read more

My favorite restaurant in Paris. Unlike the other three star Michelin restaurants in Paris, L'Ambrosie's decor is much more modern and intimate. The cost is brutal. A modest dinner for two will set you back $1000. Like all restaurants of this status, they serve lunch as well as dinner. The tab will be still be high, just not as excruciatingly expensive as dinner. I do not generally eat shrimp, but the food server convinced me that I could not pass up "the best appetixer in France". I do not know if he was right but it was one of the more spectacular dishes I have had. The preparation of the shrimp was unlike anything I have had anywhere else and was delicious. What I appreciate most about this place is that it demonstrates what a bargain the best restaurants in America are. The French Laundry stands out as one of the best and most expensive restaurants in the USA. It is a bargain by comparison. read more

Where do I start? This was underwhelming to such an extent that I regret wasting the money on this meal. I am a foodie, I seek out expensive, decadent and interesting meals and consider them life experiences. However, this was a meal I wish I had skipped. There was no innovation, none.... None. Every course tasted like the last. We got what our waiter recommended. First course: poached egg and black truffle in a foamy egg sauce. Second course: ravioli with black truffle on top in a foamy egg sauce. Third course: soft cooked prawn with black truffle in egg sauce. Fourth course: sea bass with black truffle chunks in a black truffle egg sauce. Are you catching the theme here? Black truffles and egg. Monotonous. Duplicative. Boring. Course after course, the same texture, same ingredients, same lack of balance. There was no brightness, no acidity, no heat, no textural changes, no new flavors. And the amount of truffle was overkill. Giant hunks of it, or thick chips of it, or chunks of it and having it in the sauce in the same course. They seemed like they were riding on reputation and expensive ingredients to cover up for bland, boring food. To be honest, we had issues with the service too. Our waiter never once asked us if we liked the food. If he had, we would have said the truth and maybe then he could have recommended something different.... Like anything besides eggs and truffles. I didn't even eat 1/2 the entree because I didn't like it. That should have been obvious for him there was a problem. In addition, when I went to the bathroom, the server took away my wine glass even though we had more wine in our bottle. He even returned to fill my husband's glass and ignored my lack of a drink. Finally, 10 minutes later he asked if I wanted more wine and brought me a new glass. When we didn't order dessert (fearing it would be eggs and truffles and by then just wanting to leave), I felt like we were punished. The waiter was pushy about ordering dessert and when we said no, he left us - never offered us more water or ever came back. He attended all the other diners in the room. We even sat there and talked about how we were being punished like petulant children. We had to flag him down, after sitting there for a good 20 or 30 minutes, with no food or drink in front of us, to request the check. I don't want to be punished passively aggressively by my waiter when I spent 875 euro on a meal I didn't even like... read more

In all the world, I love this restaurant the most. Food heaven for all the food obsessed people out there. It delivers beyond exception in all categories of dining and service. We ordered everything a la carte. The food servings are substantial I'd say for a fine dinning establishment, so don't over do it thinking you'll still be hungry. Trust me when I say you'll leave here full. Very full. They have their own L'Ambroisie champagne I recommend you get before you start your meal. The sommelier here is exceptional and his recommendation for our meal was spot on (I can't say the same for Le Meurice). How to make reservations? I simply emailed them and a gentleman emailed me back a few days later with a confirmation. This restaurant isn't about pomp and circumstance at all despite looking very lovely, it's all about the the mastery of classic french cooking and creating an impeccable fine dinning experience, this place was my favorite. If you want a restaurant that is all about pomp and circumstance but doesn't deliver as well on the food and waiter service, I recommend Le Meurice which was my friends favorite of the two. read more

Very Parisian it's obvious you don't speak French but they give you the French menu that you can stare at for 30 minutes and then returned to ask for your order when they know you can't read it. Afterward they return to explain the menu in English leave you for 10 minutes with the oral version and then ask for your order. Been waiting 30 to 45 minutes between courses with little interruption and they return again and with some luck if you ask for the check you may escape into an a half hours. The food was reasonably of good quality but hardly worth the €550 for a party of two. Possibly there are connections with the concierge network in Paris they're able to survive wouldn't be my recommendation read more

If you want surly nasty service with mediocre overrated food this is your place. Don't complain though unless you wish to be berated. Sommelier disappeared with the wine bottle and returned it half empty . Poulet Brest was reduced in size to a few morsels . It appears that the sommelier has a lovely meal. The perfect caricature of a perfectly fine Parisian restaurant . Good Luck ! Best wishes !! read more

My husband still refers to this lunch as the lunch where we ate WAY too much. We came here for an early lunch that was planned right after a night out with friends where we also ate too much. We weren't even hungry yet but we came anyways. The restaurant is beautiful and the service we received was unsurpassed. I mean, like nothing I have ever had before. The food was rich and plentiful. Our bill was big and fat. I definitely do not love food enough to give this place enough credit. But it is something special that you will remember. read more

I am a foodie and have had the pleasure of eating at over 10-3 star Michelin restaurants in Paris, New York, London and San Francisco areas. During this trip to Paris, we were staying right next to L'Ambroise so we made reservations and walked to the restaurant. Amongst all the Michelin starred restaurants that I have been to, this was definitely my most disappointing experience. Overall, the food was very good but the restaurant lacked the necessary service and stemware to be even considered on the Michelin list. Consistently, the sommelier brought me the wrong vintages from what I ordered. While I ordered a white burgundy, the som talked me into an earlier vintage of the same which was not as good. The second wine, I ordered 2009 chateau Lascombes Margaux 94 pt rated, the som brought out the 2005 vintage instead, a 88 pt rated wine. Thankfully, I sent it back before he opened the bottle. It seems they were pushing to get rid of their not so good vintages for the same price. To top it off, the restaurant proceeded to serve both the white burgundy and the Margaux in the same small, general purpose wine glass. The restaurant proclaimed that they only had one type of stemware. For a 3 Michelin star restaurant where you are paying on average over $500/bottle, I was shocked. When I protested that I was not going to drink this Margaux in the tiny all purpose glass, the Sommelier was nowhere to be found. The waiter finally went back and brought back slightly larger red wine glasses. I have never had worse wine drinking experience in any restaurant, let alone a Michelin starred restaurant. If you love wine pairing with food and enjoy wine as much as I do, I strongly urge you to avoid this restaurant. I don't know how Michelin even rated them given the choice of stemware. Other than the sommelier, the overall service and food was very good. read more

What a man would do for elegance, respect, and L'Ambroisie's chocolate tart? A fond memory of l'Ambroisie, its perfect service, its rhythm, its attention for details. read more

stepped into L'Ambroisie by accident tonight.... just 5 mins walk from where we stay. never had such service before, so not sure how to rate it, I guess worth the money. as far as Food goes, not sure worth the money, basically over 100 ero per dish.... except the baby lamb (Carre dagneau en croute de poivre, 98 ero) was excellent... mainly due to lamb itself. lobster (Navarin de homard au romain, 135 ero).... any skill chief can cook that. it is 3-star Michelin, French President Francois Hollande had working dinner w/ Obama here last Nov. as we told. if we knew that, we would not go. basically, 200 ero per person. you can find very decent food in Paris about 100 ero per person. read more

A very special place from the food and service to the decor. Amazing tapestry and other ornaments decorate the walls and the place, giving it an extra sense of speciality. Pacaud is amazing in the kitchen. He keeps it creatively simple. So, what you get are potentially hearty dishes served with simple elegance or refined fine dishes with appropriate visual appeal. Take for instance 'Escalopines de bar à l'émincé d'artichaut, nage réduite au caviar golden' - chunks or wedges of seabass placed like petals of a flower served with artichoke reduction and caviar... Simply amazing, comes with hefty prices, most appropriate for a special occasion I.m.o read more

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Hier ist es: einer meiner weltweiten Tipps: perfekt. Das Essen ist perfekt, und, dies tut dem Genuß sehr gut, das Ambiente steht dem nicht zuwider. Man mag es in Paris lieben, das quirlige Treiben in den Restaurants, große Tische, viele Gäste, viel Wein aber hier ist das Essen der Star. ...aber das dies nicht falsch verstanden wird: man ißt hier nicht nur mit dem Gaumen gut, man fühlt sich wohl. Man fühlt ich wohl, weil alles stimmt - ohne einen Hauch von perfekter Langweile. Der Place des Vosges ist der richtige Ort, schon hier beginnt ein Paris, dass auf geschlossene Stimmigkeit komponiert ist, und nicht durch Vielfalt, sondern durch Stimmigkeit überzeugt. So gleicht das Betreten des L'Ambroisie nicht dem Betreten einer geschlossenen Welt, die ein Gastronom sich ausdachte. Man bleibt in Paris, und erlebt endlich das, was man hier sucht: höchsten Genuss. Zum Essen selber erlaube ich mir bis auf Jubelschreie zu schweigen. Das ist einer Kritik vielleicht nicht angemessen, es ist es aber dem Essen angemessen. read more

Been because of my favourite place in Paris, in a beautiful palace under the arcades of the royal Pl. of the Vosges. The best for Gourmets absolutely. 8 weeks in advance reserve and plastic money in put. But it is worthwhile itself. Rather once in L `Ambroisie money spend, when often the middle class french restaurants visit, from which one usually something is not realy good, because simply do not tune price performance ratio. Here however everything is correct. The evening becomes the celebration. In a wonderful palace one feasts absorbed Forrest Mushrooms , are poultry balls to the Calf meat served. Evenly undisputed traditionally. The service is naturally excellent. It is really worthwhile itself, even if only starting from approx. 60 euros a menu is to be enjoyed. read more

L'Ambroisie, Paris My Full photo and text review: http://tinyurl.com/6gggykh Event: Lunch at restaurant L'Ambroisie, Paris When: Friday March 25th 2011 12:30 Overall rating: 10/10 for the food (divine tastes) Same for the impeccable service that I've experienced there. The meal: -Langoustine, ananas, velouté de crustacés - the langoustine itself was a treat (divinely tasty, moist) but the amazement did not stop there: that little complimentary 'brunoise' of pineapple (mixed with dices of green, red peppers) was not your next-door brunoise. Think of a luxurious, geniusly-concocted brunoise that sets the reference for all other brunoise. The velouté was very tasty too. -Chaud froid d'oeuf mollet au cresson , asperges vertes, caviar oscietre gold The oeuf mollet (the egg is successfully half cooked as it should) was covered with a layer of watercress sauce (I enjoyed the interesting kick brought by the sourness of the watercress to the egg) and served along asparagus (they have mastered the doneness of the vegetable pretty well) and caviar (typical oscietra thin flavor, a rich quality salty fish roe as I expect at such heavy price). -Another excellent dishes were the Sea bass and artichoke atop a caviar (Ocietra gold from Iran) white butter sauce (slightly less impressive than the first two, but largely a well concocted dish, with the idea of mixing caviar and fish being an absolute recipe for deliciousness) + the "tarte fine au chocolat". read more

I am the least foodie guy in the world. I love McDonald's fish filets and Costco hot dogs (who doesn't) as much as I like a cow-sized slab of prime rib at a nice steakhouse. My wife and I of 30+ years met in high school but have never traveled. With the loss of our oldest son, we have decided to hit the road once a year and do things that we would never usually do. You can imagine us as among the most middle of the road, simple, American types to travel to Paris. Since we were only there for a few days, we asked the hotel guy where we should eat if we wanted something really special (since there were no handy Costco's). He suggested L'Ambroisie and made us a reservation. Without having much advanced food vocabulary to explain the experience I can simply say that it was one of the most wonderful evenings I have ever had with my wife. The food was crazy, amazing, never-put-in-my-mouth before stuff and I shamelessly snapped pictures of each dish when it arrived to share with our younger son's at home so that they could be there with us. The part of what made it so wonderful, was the staff. They started off super serious but once they realized early on that we had no clue how to act or order they relaxed and treated us as if it was our wedding night. They were friendly, sincere, helpful and professional as hell. They asked my wife what kind of wine she liked and ordered a bottle that was so good, I took a picture of that too. (it wasn't even that expensive, just the right one) I asked our waiter which dish he might suggest that had the largest portion much to the medical grade eye rolling my wife gave me and without hesitation, the waiter suggested a couple of dishes with larger portions and both were amazing. That is probably a question he doesn't get a lot but that is an important question to someone like me and he handled is with grace and helpfulness. The rest the evening, they made sure to stock extra bread (The best I have ever had at a restaurant) and brought out other tastings just because. The waiters and staff treated us as if they truly valued our patronage and they made the experience magical. I would recommend this place unequivocably to anyone that wants to share a special, romantic evening with someone they love. The best part is that my wife's menu didn't have any prices so she was happy to order what she wanted without worrying about the finances. Even though she will pass on the fish eggs, she loved the experience. At the end of the evening, I left a good tip on the table for the amazing service and as we walked outside, the head waiter came out, shook our hand and thanked us once again for visiting and hoped that we would be back again soon. The sum total of incredible food, gorgeous back drop, world class service and damn professional waiters enabled me to get lucky later that evening so the dinner was worth every penny and more. Thank you much L'Ambroisie. Looking forward to our next visit with our boys! read more