One almost feels like you're intruding a private party when you walk into some of these small corner cafés, but within minutes you're part of the conversation and become part of the family. Our waiter clearly appreciated our effort in communicating in French and it wasn't long before we were getting language lessons. It was a chilly day, so authentic French onion soup fit the bill. We added an Italian salad (lettuce, prosciutto, ham, etc.) we'd call it an antipasto, they call it a salad. Either way, it was very good. The soup? Just perfect. A hearty beef/onion broth topped with sliced bread and covered with melted cheese. It was so good I just kept "dunking" my bread in the broth for the flavor. The bar was hopping as well. All that was missing was Sam Malone. (IYKYK) read more

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Great late night vibes with friends or groups. Like sitting here and watching the city go by. Good food, ambiance, yummy wine, service is good, timely. I'd go again. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Duck and frites - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

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The food, the service, the ambience is very good. The food is very tasteful, especially the lasagna and the cappuccino! Pristine

This restaurant was in a great and busy location. After walking so much from the Paris Catacombs and the Notre Dame Cathedral, we decided to stop by here for lunch. Since it was a gorgeous day, we sat at the outdoor area. Our server came to greet and gave us the menus, and took our orders right away. We waited quite awhile for our dishes to be served. Our server was nowhere in site and when we tried asking another staff, they told us that it wasn't their area. They were pretty territorial with their service. We ordered: CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD, CROQUET MADAME, CROQUET MONSEUR and SPAGHETTI BOLOGNA. I liked the salad, it was delicious. The rest of our orders were just alright. Nothing really impressed us. Besides the good location and outdoor seating area, this restaurant was just okay. The service was very slow as well. It was a good spot for us to sit, relax, and take in the beautiful morning we've had in Paris though. Merci. read more

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Decent food but waiter completely forgot my coffee and my husbands water we asked for with dessert. They also seemed to be less attentive to our table, maybe because we from the United States. And then the server asked for a tip. A tip for what, you barely served me? read more

Food was perfect and dessert awesome and our waiters Willy and Claude super attentive and awesome read more

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This is my first time here. My waiter was excellent , Willy. Im American and they were very friendly and very attentive. I would definitely recommend this restaurant . The ambience is very French. Food was amazing!!! read more

Duck was very tender and delicious. Onion soup was good too. This place was not crowded, however it was very late for dinner. Restaurant environment was acceptable, price was reasonable as well. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Effectively a tourist trap with mediocre-at-best food catering to mostly Americans. If that's your thing, fantastic, but Paris has FAR better to offer. We knew this going in, but our 6-year-old son was starving. He's a super picky eater and we were pleased to see they offered fries. Basics can go a long way. But wait, there's more... Our waiter was actually quite nice on the surface, and for the most part service was attentive. I had the Quiche Lorraine. It was meh. My wife got the Crepes Chantilly, which she shared with our daughter. They were among the worst crepes I've ever had in Paris. And, of course, my son just got fries, which was all he would eat. He liked them. Decent service notwithstanding, when we received our bill we noticed something funny. "ASS FRITES" was listed as one of our items. You don't need to know much French to understand what was meant by that. What's frustrating is, even if it's in jest, I couldn't stand that the waiter treated us one way, yet clearly he and/or the establishment itself has a certain perspective about yet another group of Americans ordering fries. Look, if you're going to be such snobs about serving food that's apparently beneath you, then (1) don't run a tourist trap restaurant in the first place, (2) don't serve fries at all, let alone to children, and (3) serve dishes of at least basic quality, and which are minimally representative of the cuisine for which your country is supposedly renowned. At least then you'd have something to explain your attitude toward people that were otherwise excited to visit a country that, at that time (April 2022), was clearly still reeling from the drop in the very tourism you seem to scoff at. Will never visit this place again. Not recommended. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Receipt. - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Wonderful service and great food. I was so sick on vacation when we stopped in for lunch. I had the onion soup which was fantastic. I also had two pots of tea, just started a head cold and that was so soothing. They have this amazing raspberry tart/cake dessert that was so amazing, I wanted to lick the plate! read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Rainy day and hot tea in Paris, life is good! - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

This corner is a popular location being so close to the fountain meeting place, bus and train station, and Notre Dame. Upon entering at 1pm, they asked if we wanted meals or snack.  They seated us outside when we reply as snack.  We ordered simple food, everything was satisfying.   French Coffee - with sugar, cognac, and cream.  can't go wrong. Quiche - it filled the spot perfectly Foie Gras - very good, glad they gave us extra bread to finish it up Crepe with grand marnier - it was fine. read more

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Go back to your country ! That's what the skinny and bald headed waiter told me and my family to do after he insulted us in front of other customers around 11pm Monday night. This is all over a gyro I purchased elsewhere and Im here sitting down to have a few drinks. He was furious and loud to us and refused service. We immediately got up and leave, and he told us to go back to our country. If you are a tourist to Paris, make sure to avoid this place or else you will get his DNA sample in your food as he does not want you in his country. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Go back to your country ! The waiter told us. - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Stopped by to get some ice cream on the way from Notre Dame to Orsay. We had a very friendly waiter and decide to sit outside to enjoy the view. Everything was lovely until a couple of chain-smokers sat next to us and ruined the experience. It was a shame because the ice cream was delicious. We started to get nauseous and had to leave. Would go back and recommend the place, but make sure to sit inside to avoid the cigarette smoke. read more

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Eh. Just, Eh. Waiter tried the "give you a drink you didn't order trick" in hopes we'd drink it. Food was decent. Best things this place has going is the location and people watching but they are plenty of other places to do that within a few blocks. read more

As we were strolling in the area, we stumbled upon this corner restaurant for dinner. We chose to sit under the patio where we could people watch --it's a very popular thing to do around here, especially on this busy corner. Even though we encountered some rain halfway into our dinner, we were luckily sheltered by the tent. To start, the four of us got a bottle of Medoc wine (€24.00). For the main course, I ordered the Carbonara (€12.60) while the rest of my table ordered the Preserved Duck and Frites (€14.90), Grilled Beef Ribeye (€21.00), and Steak with Pepper Sauce and Frites (€15.50). Although all the other dishes were good choices, I could not be happier about my carbonara. It was cheesy, creamy, and topped perfectly with an egg! Despite this place being on a popular intersection where many find tourist traps, I truly enjoyed my meal here. The food was great and in a lovely environment too. I could only imagine how much better it would've been if we came before sunset. read more

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0/10FUCK THIS PLACE: I brought my child with me, waited over 45 minutes to get a macchiato. They waited several people before me, even though they saw that I was there waiting patiently. The server pushed my child while attending a customer behind me! Who came 30 minutes after me!!!! He didn't even apologize he scoffed at me as if it were my fault. Truly an asshole. For a place that called them self a dignified and respectful, it was disgusting the service that I received. This is discrimination of women with children. I finally got up and asked for a macchiato and a child milk. The server came out with a latte. And a huge glass of milk. I was soooo upset I got up and talked to a different staff stating my discontent. I didn't drink my drink although I took a few sips and was not going to pay. As I was leavint the 2 waiters HARASSED and cornered me and my child!!!! and pulled my child's hat out of his hand demanding I pay. Who does that?! It was horrific. YOU CAN SHOVE THOSE 12 euros up you ass fuck heads STOP MEN from being disrespectful to women and children. I am utterly shocked. read more

very charming and great service! Breakfast was delicious and so was the champagne. Merci Jacky! read more

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Really enjoyed it here. Food was very good. Great wine. Bread was on point. But the best thing was people watching. Just sitting watching was the big thing. Be warned, finding a great table is hard. So many people go here. They stand around or switch tables to get the best seats. I do t blame the people because its so nice read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Outside - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Really good food for reasonable price Service was great . Sitting area is best than other restaurants. I loved this place. read more

Love Le Depart Saint-Michel. Great food and drinks. Highly recommended if you find yourself in Paris in the Latin Quarters. read more

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Outstanding meal...traveled with my family and trying to get a meal after visiting the concierge and we were served with a very delicious meal. Starting from the onion soup, the fried duck, quiche, mussels and the desert...can't ask for more Parisian meal than this!!! read more

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The day we stopped here to eat & drink, they had tables set way out to very near the street and we had a good views of the fountain saint-michel and the seine. Our waiter was great and attentive, the food was good, we enjoyed the place and would recommend. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Right on the seine in the heart of Paris across from Notre Dame. Service was exceptional and everyone from greeter to wait staff was very helpful with menu. I ordered the fish soup to start(it's 34 degrees and raining) and was not dissapointed. The amount of flavors in the soup where very welcoming and gave the soup an amazing taste. For lunch I had the croque campagnard which is like a croque monsieur but served open faced on pain poulaine. You can never go wrong with the classics read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

On my way to Notre dame, I stumbled across Le Depart. Fixed price breakfast menus....parfait! I ordered the crepe breakfast which came with orange juice, coffee/tea, and both bread and croissant with jam. The food came out almost instantly; literally under five minutes! The crepe was awesome, the croissant was light and flaky, and the Orange juice tasted freshly squeezed. The service was great too but I had to grab another waiter for my check since my first one disappeared! It was a great filling breakfast people watching and view of Notre Dame before climbing the 400 steps in Notre Dame to work it off! read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

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Truly awful . Ordered tap water. Server confirmed, but brought bottled anyway. And charged us for it. Ordered veal in white sauce with mushrooms, got fried veal with spaghetti. Daughter ordered fish soup . I still don't know what she got but I am French and grew up on my mother, grandmother, and great grandmother's fish soup and that wasn't it. They served it with mustard! And the cherry on top was that they added an automatic tip to our total. Extra gratuity, just because. I recommend you go to the food vendor on the street before you eat at this place. read more

Our waiter was attentive and super friendly, yet giving us space. We enjoyed a glass of white wine and a crepe while watching life go by. Lovely place, excellent location! read more

One of the few places open at 12am-1am near Notredame with sub par food. The best part was the French onion soup but that may have been heavily influenced by the fact that I was very hungry. When the main fish course came out I was really disappointed. Vegetables weren't cooked properly, rice was bland and fish as well. May have well been eating microwaved food. Despite my hunger I could not finish it. The price was also not well worth it. Cute atmosphere though - I would perhaps return just for coffee. read more

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I wanted to give this place more stars because I did enjoy it, BUT when I sat down at my table I had been given a menu, and as I was about to order the manager(?) took the menu I was using and replaced it with a new one... that had more expensive prices. Now I'm sure it's just due to the hour of day, but it was fairly odd to change the menu while I was already ordering... Other than that it was pretty good. The server was friendly enough but in typical French fashion it was almost impossible to get his attention to order more wine or dessert. The food was decent. The people watching was amazing. 3 stars because I wasn't wow'd by anything. read more

If you are looking for a place that is open early in the morning. This isn't it. Ignore the awning and all the hours you see online. I arrived at about 6am to get breakfast before a 7am tour, and they were closed. A man was inside, on his phone, and would tell everyone who approached the door that they were closed. They should post accurate hours so people (like me) don't plan on stopping there. read more

This is a cute typical Parisian cafe overlooking the beautiful Saint Michel square in Paris's Latin Quarter. It features inside and outside seating, but we opted for tables overlooking Saint Michel both times that we were there. We were tourists on foot so I have no idea of what parking may be available. The service was very European; direct and to the point and without too much pleasantry and with minimal interaction. The menu was pretty extensive, and featured some special plates as well as a full bar. Pricing was on par with similar establishments. We visited similar cafes during our trip to Paris, but none came close. Highlights of the menu are the Beef Bourguignon, the Veal Milanese, the onion soup, the baguette sandwiches, and the crepes. We were not very fond of the steaks, but mid-priced steaks in Europe never measure up to their US counterparts. Overall, this restaurant is a good affordable option when out and about in Paris and not wanting to spend a lot of time and money on a meal. We will definitely visit again when back in Paris! read more

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Great outside seating for people watching. It's right off the metro station and less than quarter miles from the St. Michel church of Notre Dame. We had cafe latte, meat pie and strawberry sundae. Perfect combination for a Sunday. Beautiful dry weather made everything perfect!! And the wait staff is quite cute ha! read more

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This place is located just across the Seine (to the south) from Sainte-Chapelle, and close to Notre Dame as well. We had actually come to the area after touring both of those nearby sites earlier, in search of an Asian fusion burger place. It turned out to be more burger than fusion, so we kept looking. This was just up the block. It is on a busy corner with a Metro station entrance just outside. They have interior and sidewalk/patio dining available. The menu seemed fairly typical of Paris cafes (from limited experience). Prices were a bit high, but I imagine their rent here is as well. The biggest plus was the convenience factor. We were able to grab a quick meal and continue on to another museum. I believe two of us had different types of sandwiches (both baguette-based) and the third had a pasta dish (served with an egg). My sandwich was a veggie, and it wasn't bad. However, it wasn't something I'd order that often. No one disliked their food or left hungry; it just lacked any extra 'wow' factor. No complaints. read more

For convenience this place gets it. For everything else, it was kinda eh. This banters to tourists, easily, due to the breakfast, lunch, and dinner bundles. For example, I ordered the Crepe Breakfast which was a sweet crepe (chocolate or sugar) served with bread and a croissant, along with a coffee and orange juice. The orange juice was practically served in a thimble. Oh well. The crepe was ok. It was a lot chewier than I expected and it was filled to the brim with very dark chocolate. It was a little overwhelming. The croissant and bread was good, nothing remarkable. For the amount of food it's a good deal before hitting up Notre Dame or other miscellaneous sights, but it's all only ok. Take your fussy eaters here, not in a bad way, but in a way to please everyone. Wait staff was extremely slow. You're gonna be here for a while. read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - Crepe breakfast 12.60 euro - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

Pretty decent cafe along the Seine River. Good wine selection, decent food selection. But I must tell you, that grilled chicken sandwich with the cheese bread melted was so delicious. I decided to add this to the food arsenal for sure. Not too far from Notre dame to stop by and get something to eat. The service was, ok, could be better! But if you are in the area, check it out! Grade: C read more

After viewing what was left of the Notre Dame Cathedral we were looking for a good spot to eat, sit outside, people watch and just enjoy the nice weather. I've been to Paris before so I wasn't expecting much on the food front but geesssh. My food was so bad and inedible. I ordered a medium steak and fries. I couldn't chew it. I was literally chewing and chewing and nothing was happening. It was like rubber. I just stuck with eating my fries. My suggestion is if you see this place, continue walking right by it. Don't stop, don't make eye contact. I gave it 2 stars because the drinks were good and my son's chicken dish was bearable, dassit. read more

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One of the many nice cafes in Paris. It's very close to Notre Dame so we passed by several times before deciding to visit. The restaurant has been open 24/7 for the past 40 years or so, I can't remember the exact number or years but it's pretty popular. The nice thing about this cafe is that there's a cab stand right on the sidewalk which is very convenient for tourists that want to eat and go. Having wifi was a big plus as well. We ordered a bunch of different items in our group. I ordered the cheese and cold cut platters. The cheese in Paris is phenomenal and the bread that comes with it is very fresh and soft. The cold cut platter is called the ham platter but it has everything you'd want to pair up with cheese. I really liked the salami and fresh butter that came with the bread so I alternated between the two. The wait staff was very helpful but as they say, don't expect quick service in Paris. They don't rush through meals as servers do in the US. It's more of an event than quick bite. Besides, you don't want to rush when you're sitting on the sidewalk and taking in the sights. read more

This place is pretty casual yet bright, comfy chairs, big outdoor patio, an overall upscale diner kind of feel to it. Besides our appetizers coming in within a reasonable amount of time, the wait for our meals was too long, especially considering that it wasn't busy at all. Our server was friendly enough but not attentive. They have the option to get an entree and plate for 19€ so we went with that. For my entree I got the vegetable soup which I thought was delicious! I was kind of expecting a watery consistency that tasted like tomatoes (which I wouldn't haven minded as I love tomatoes) but I was pleasantly surprised it had the consistency of a purée almost (not as thick though). It was super tasty and I'm thankful it was a decent portion as I was starving. My niece got the French soup (she'd been dying to try it while in France) but unfortunately it was overly salty, so much so she left some back. For my main dish I got the salmon, rice, and green beans meal and so did my niece. I'll start off with my opinion of it which is that I thought it was gross! The salmon had no flavour and it was so bland that even the salt and black pepper I added on to it couldn't save it; the rice was super dry and bland making me drink water after every forkful; the green beans and the roasted tomato were good because you can't really screw up on vegetables; lastly, the creamy sauce over the salmon was so gross it's actually making me nauseous thinking about it--it was very oily and tasted like melted butter! Weirdly enough my niece said she's rate the meal a 3 because "anything is better than the nasty rubbery chicken Cesar salad that wasn't actually Cesar" salad she had last night elsewhere. I'd never come back here again. HELL TO THE NAAAAH! read more

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Maybe my expectations were too higher but I had a very medium experience here! I thought the steak looked yummy as I saw someone eating it through the window as I was passing by and it turns out it was not very good. The sauce was only okay as well! The service was very friendly though and the place itself is very cozy! Atmosphere: 5/5 Service: 4/5 Food: 2/5 I would imagine that their in-house made desserts are very good though! If you're stopping in, perhaps give those a try! read more

Not sure why others give it low reviews Great tasting food Comparatively low prices Free fast internet Great location Outdoor patio read more

Le Départ Saint Michel - With wife :) - Brasseries Near Me - Paris, 75

The location of this place is convenient. Right by the RER/Metro station and close to Notre Dame. However, I was floored with the service of this restaurant. Our waiter was originally friendly but after a while, I found he kept wanting us to order more such as drinks and desserts which we've said no. The service was quick initially and then it started to slow down near the end especially when we wanted to get the bill. The food was okay. I had the escargots, and some steak and asked for medium. It was pretty much well done and the knife they had (butter knife) was not up to par which made it difficult to cut. The steak was super chewy but everything else was okay. Time for the bill story. we got our bill. We paid with a 100 euro bill. The waiter left a few coins for us at the table at first and then went somewhere to get some cash. At first we were just going to take the change and then leave but after looking at it again - we noticed we were short change by 10 euros. The manager/boss of the restaurant happened to have been walking around so we got his attention. We told him we were short changed and he immediately got the waiter to give us back the 10 euros. He dropped the bill at our table and left abruptly without saying anything. read more

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