Visited Paris last week and had an amazing experience at La Renommée! I booked the reservation exactly 30 days in advance right when they open and was only able to get a 10:15 pm spot.
The highlights:
- Space itself is amazing and almost feels like you're transporting back in time in Paris
- Definitely upscale feeling, even a tad more upscale than I expected
- French 75 cocktail was classic and perfect (we didn't actually order wine this night, so can't speak to the wine list at all)
- Butter was probably the best butter I've ever had, literally was eating chunks of it. The server finally realized I wasn't eating the bread they did offer to bring me GF bread but by the time it arrived, our entrees were already being served.
- Since it was a late reservation, we skipped appetizers. Can't speak to any of the starters.
- We ordered the filet, ratatouille, fries, and rabbit pasta with GF pasta. It was all really really amazing. The steak was cooked perfectly and the sauce was delicious (it was my fave sauce of the other steak frites we had in Paris). The rabbit pasta was really rich, I'm glad my husband & I shared this and I couldn't have eaten the whole bowl. Ratatouille was also fantastic (living my Remy dreams!)
- We were the last reservation spot and the food didn't come out until after 11 even though we ordered pretty quickly. The manager did feel bad about the delay, so brought us the chocolate mousse on the house and it was unreal.
- Ended with tea service which was posh and really nice. They also offered to go cups so we could walk out with our tea (since it was after midnight by now, haha)
To note:
- Service is very typical French service. Don't expect small talk with your server... that's just the way of the French!
- We arrived about 30 min early for our reservation (9:45 pm) and checked in that we were there. They said our table wasn't ready, which we expected, but that the bar was full and basically to come back in 30 min. I really feel like this type of restaurant should at least offer to let you order a drink and wait outside. Little bummed we had to stand around waiting with not even a drink in hand.
Very glad we got to have dinner here and would highly recommend! Not sure I'd be in a hurry to return, however, it would be my top choice if we wanted another upscale dinner in Paris (since it really doesn't feel like a bistro type spot, much more upscale) read more