Another great recommendation from my hotel concierge! We couldn't resist ourselves ordered too much and loved everything, see the pictures, all was delicate and so tasty and so French! read more

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We have eaten here twice and it has been great. The food is delicious and the atmosphere is lovely!! Would definitely recommend!!

A terrific restaurant in a very local setting, with a unique and tenured interior. The food is absolutely amazing and the staff spot on. We came actually a second time during our stay. Highly recommend. read more

Le Petit Rétro - Bar at the entrance. - Bistros Near Me - Paris, 75

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Pleasant bistro. Young and energetic staff. Excellent food - limited menu. Mixed crowd of tourists and locals. Lobster raviolis and white asparagus with eggs for appetizers. Both excellent. Veal stew with rice and baked chicken with morel sauce for entrees. Both also excellent. No room for dessert. Everyone having a good time. read more

Le Petit Rétro - White asparagus with eggs. Lobster ravioli. - Bistros Near Me - Paris, 75

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It has high ceiling, tiled walls and ceiling. Pretty quaint and neat. Again, English is spoken more than French. The area is on the expensive so you're paying for the real estate. Good service but food is average. I like the decoration more then food they service.  One of desserts is Lost french-toast ... sorry didn't try. I don't think everything has to match but the handles of this tea set are all different. The tea pot's handle is the easiest to use. read more

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Great bistro that we just happened upon during a Sunday stroll. Wonderful menu, great service and beautiful art deco interior

Cute resto in Paris, the food was really good, a little bit pricey though. We shared the gazpacho soup + the ceviche and the cod fish as a main course. The deco is elegant and French. Lindo lugarcito en paris, la comida fue muy rica aunque un poco cara. Compartimos la sopa de gazpacho + el ceviche y como principal el cod fish. La deco es elegante y bien francesa. read more

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Just go. The food is top notch and the staff is professional and polite. Not much English but no matter. The decor is very charming 1930's original. It is next to La Coïncidence, another very good choice. read more

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Trés bonne! Absolutely loved this place. We were actually headed to a restaurant down the street while we were in the area and they didn't have space to accommodate us and we happened to stumble upon Le Petit Rétro. The waiters and owner were very friendly and the food was delicious and fairly priced. I highly recommend the cod, absolutely amazing! Probably the best fish I've eaten and the best food we encountered while in Paris! With the exception of the French couple next to us who couldn't stop staring at my family lol..... we had a wonderful experience. Merci beaucoup á tous! P.S ouvre un restaurant en Los Angeles lol. read more

Le Petit Rétro - Cod, so good! - Bistros Near Me - Paris, 75

My team came here for a holiday dinner and, in terms of ambiance, we couldn't have picked a better place. The staff was all smiles, the décor festive and on point, and it wasn't too loud so we could have a decent conversation. The food was fine, but it wasn't the highlight. We were escorted to a large table at the back, and could admire the floral designs on the walls and ceilings as we walked through the front room. They must cater to lots of tourists and fun groups, because they have a plethora of hats and feather boas hanging from hooks in the hallway leading to the bathroom--and when we asked our waiter to take a photo of us, he asked if we wanted to dress up with hats! The bilingual staff was incredibly attentive, and though our waiter sternly refused our request for mayonnaise in which to dip the fries, he ended up bringing out a small pot of homemade mayo anyway. I'm not sure why he put up such a fuss: fries go with mayo in this country, and he didn't want to serve us mayo because he said they needed to keep the ingredients for mayonnaise for another dish... and we wouldn't have minded if it were store-bought! The fries were good, though not the best I've had (and I had high expectations: their menu underlined their fabulous home-fried potatoes). I ordered the beef, and was disappointed. There was lots of fat, it was tough to cut even with the appropriate knife, and the shallot sauce was fine, but nothing to write home about. If I'd planned ahead, I wouldn't have had fish for lunch that day and would have ordered the seared tuna here instead. The waitress made a big fuss over adding different salts and peppers and garnishes to the tuna plates. Three in our party had ordered it, so that was a lot of fussing! Two vegans among us ordered the veggie bowls, which had more variety than the vegan bowls you can find in other traditional French restaurants, but they could have been more inventive there. Why not add quinoa, or rice, or some sort of sauce or nuts, or even cashew cheese? It was quite literally a bowl of veggies. Both wines were good, the red and the white, and our nightcap of herbal tea (lime blossom and chamomile) could have come with an extra pot: we shared three small pots between five people. read more

STAY AWAY! I couldn't believe the experience I had at this restaurant. If you go, please heed my warning and check your bill! I have never had an experience before where I felt so taken advantage of for being an American or tourist. I am very well traveled and half way expect some of this in Paris, but my previous experiences over the years proved me wrong, UNTIL this place. The entree was fantastic, the wine was good, the plat was duck and it was terrible, the desert was an eclair for 2 and was heaven on a plate. All ruined when I got the bill & questioned an item on the bill only to have it return with the charge in question removed and another higher charge added. WHAT??? Well we were 4 people and only ordered a 3 course meal (35€) and a 2 course meal (30€). The dessert with the meals were for 2 people, but since we were 4 people eating 2 eclairs they decided we should pay for another eclair (20€). No problem, if they told us this when we ordered or had the extra person charge noted in the menu. I argued the extra charge (the new one) and they had no idea what my issue was with paying for a desert that clearly states for 2 people but does not list a surcharge for 2 people splitting it. I asked if one person ordered if they would only give them half an eclair (logical, right??) and they said "no" that they would get a whole one...so what is the issue?? You wanted us to order 2 of the entree/plat and then split a desert? For our guests, this was their first meal in Paris on their first trip to Europe...needless to say, they are not fond of France. Hoping the rest of the trip shows the the wonders of Paris and Italy and that this experience will escape their memories and they remember the rest and not THIS experience. I think this is my first 1-star review. Our bill totaled 100€ (they finally conceded and removed the 20€ eclair after threatening to call the police & 3 different people arguing with me for quite some time). Our hotel recommended this place; I hope they stop because this place does not deserve positive recommendations (especially from a high end hotel). Blah! ***TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!**** read more

This was recommended to us by the concierge at our hotel, Le Metropolitan as top notch French food for a good price. Absolutely insane. The decor is very old world and the staff is extremely nice. It's located on a one lane street in the heart of Paris. My wife and I ordered the 3 course menu and added snails as a appetizer to share. I've had escargot once before, but this was ridiculous! I told Gregory, our host, to pick for me what he would eat and he did a great job. The entree of guinea fowl was my first time and it's basically chicken if it were prepared for a prince. I'll let you decide what you want from that statement. The only drawback of this place was that much of the food had bones in it. I'm pretty sure it was meant to be that way and maybe someone really high class would look down on me for saying it, but I just think that's annoying. I rather just eat my food with no risk of having to give anyone the Heimlich maneuver. Other than that, Le Petit Retro can hang with any great restaurant in NYC I've been to. read more

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Not sure why the app isn't allowing me to give 3 and a half stars, but that's what I want to give them. Lovely little place with more lovely staff. Had a 'deconstructed' escargot dish that was okay, but seemed to be trying too hard and missed the mark. Hubby had the lamb, which was very good, and I had lobster ravioli with a roasted red pepper sauce and caviar - that was tasty as well. Overall, a very nice place that we actually went to a couple of times during our week long stay in Paris. read more

Le Petit Rétro - Lovely little bistro - Bistros Near Me - Paris, 75

great food, typical french restaurant. The only thing is that the service is a bit slow, but the whole experience (design, music, waiters) makes the wait go away. read more

The food was wonderful. Our waiter was very attentive and engaging. Our best family meal in Paris

What a wonderful experience. Recommended by our concierge (Hotel Raphael) for dinner our first evening in Paris. They had just reopened from holiday and had a limited menu, but were extremely accommodating including with our daughter who is allergic to peanuts and treenuts. Local feel with great atmosphere (and French music!). Highly recommended for anyone near the Arch!!! read more

AH-MAZE-ING omg OMG Service was great Ambiance was exactly what I was looking for and the food... omg The food was phenomenal! Would definitely return! read more

The decor seemed to be from an older period with decorative floor to ceiling tiles and an ornate chandelier, and the food seemed to belong there as they are pretty bland. The scallops, although seared nicely and served with caviar, was served with a beurre blanc that needed more salt and the presentation was too simple for the price I paid. My wife had the duck liver scallopini, which was served on what looked like French toast sticks; overly sweet and spiced that didn't go well with the liver, and the pasta was limp and under dressed. The fish was served with some sauce that looked like BBQ sauce, but was bitter and unpleasant. read more

We love this place. We're biased as it's one of the first places we ate when we moved to Paris and the art deco interior, lovely little bar, and kind service won us over. When you first move to Paris the food here will blow you away. You will swoon and think you've died and gone to heaven. And then slowly over the years your palate will get more refined and you'll realize they are stable, steady, proper French meals. Nothing terribly exciting but always a good meal. If you're in the 16th on a cold or blustery night it's a great, charming place to eat dinner. Stick with the chalkboard menu if you can, they often get a little more inventive there. Last time they had a lovely venison filet which was superb. read more

Very pleasing decor. The service was wonderful. And the food was absolutely fantastic. Sauces were great. meat and vegetables were great. dessert was absolutely fantastic. The only reason it is getting four stars instead of five stars is upon our second visit the file of beef entrée the cut of meat shouldn't have been served. It was grizzly and overcooked and tough. The sauce with it was great but that piece of meat should have been discarded. Other than that it was an absolutely wonderful experience each time we've been. read more

The reviews vary from fabulous to Meh but we thought we'd give the benefit of doubt and check out Le Petit Metro. I give 2 stars only for the ambience and classic look of this quaint, charming bistro located on a quiet side street in the Trocedero neighborhood of Paris. Boy was I disappointed. The carrot appetizer was pale like it had sat under the warming lamp for hours and the aioli (uh, mayonnaise) had a dark, dull brown sheen. The Salad Nicoise was horrible. Absolutely no seasoning, potatoes barely blanched and the tuna was flavorless. Not to mention the lackluster service. Really, do yourself a favor and find another, any other, place to enjoy an evening in Paris read more

I absolutely love this place. We stumbled in here after dinner one night for a night cap and fell in love. The ambiance with the music and decor completely transports you back in time to Paris in the 1920s. The drinks were wonderful, but it's so much more. read more

The service was horrible! Not American friendly at all, they do have an english menu, but we where treated like garbage we had to ask multiple times for some water while the table next to us was receiving excellent service. The food was average. Do not come to this restaurant me and the wife felt very disrespected. read more

Sarah was our server and she was welcoming, sweet and very pleasant. Our first time in Paris but we have fairly sophisticated palates and have had classical French dishes several times. This place is terrific and everything we had was well executed and delicious. I recommend the place highly, read more

Been here a few times and always enjoy. Seems to me this would be just how one imagines a Parisian brasserie with its tiled walls, old bar (and coffee machine) and tables in every nook and cranny. Menu off the blackboard is good value (€31/36) and my wife enjoyed the filet de bar off that while I had kidneys from the main menu. Sharing starter and dessert with a decent bottle of wine brought us to €96. Service can be a little quick and it does get warm in there, but overall good value for money. Note only open Mon-Fri read more

Very cute little bistro with an amazing staff. We dined here our first night in Paris, at our concierge's recommendation, and were very happy with his choice. The staff guided us through the menu - which includes typical French food. The flank steak with pommes frites was good, and my husband loved the lamb shank. We had a delicious red wine - wish I remember the name - but the staff again helped with selection. Give them a try! read more

Perfect! Went Saturday night and it was so good I returned Monday night! Desserts to die for, service staff were charming and attentive. Food was excellent traditional French bistro food; delicious roasted chicken, daily specials included a fish, chicken and a red meat. Nice wine selection even though we opted for the house specials. 2 big thumbs up. read more

This was our first real "French Meal", we had eaten in Bistro's but this was a good, quaint tiled French Restaurant where the staff where attentive and the food was excellent. The host offered a good choice for a Rose to accompany the meal. We recommend this restaurant to all travelers. read more

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This little restaurant is lovely to look at, the service is friendly and non-intrusive and the food is pure comfort. We ate here on the recommendation of the concierge at our hotel, which is nearby. This felt like such a truly authentic Paris experience. On the starters menu, there is a poached egg in chorizo cream that was one of the best things I've ever tasted. My husband an I also had the blood sausage, which was wonderfully prepared in a flaky pastry with potatoes and apple wedges. The cote de beouf was huge, with lovely mashed potatoes and a sauce to pour over the meat. It was completely delicious and a wonderful dish to have on a rainy Paris evening with a bottle of wine. Creme Brûlée for dessert put us over the top in both calories and pleasure. We will not soon forget our evening at this gem of a neighborhood restaurant. read more

Our hotel concierge recommended this restaurant and our party of 7 were all pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the presentation plus the flavors and quality of the food. The simplicity of the dishes allowed each flavor to stand out yet they combined for an amazing meal. I chose from the plat menu: the saumon and heirloom potato appetizer and that was the freshest (marinated raw) salmon I have ever had. No lie. Followed by a delightful cod dish with slivered vegetables - all perfect. Others loved the Iberian ham appetizer plate, the pork filet mignon or veal rib. Sampler of 2 choices of sorbet capped off our meal and all of us sighed contentedly. Nice wine selection as well. Loved the cozy, classy retro atmosphere. Thank you, Gregory! read more

The concierge at our hotel recommended this place for dinner, despite having very little time before we had to run to catch a train. The staff, knowing we were in a rush, took care of us and got us great food quickly, meaning we didn't have to rush through our meal. The old-style veal stew with spring vegetables & cream was delicious. read more

First sit down dining experience in Paris, and my husband and I loved it! Our waiter was friendly and patient despite our complete lack of French. Quaint and intimate setting. A little pricey, but left feeling very satisfied. read more

I love this restaurant. I stayed at the Renaissance Le Parc Trocadero and one night we did not have reservations for dinner at any restaurant so we asked Concierge at the hotel to recommend a nice French restaurant walking distance from the hotel. Oh my...what an excellent choice! The owner Gregory was simply the best....he took the time to explain the menu to us and made some recommendations on dishes based on what he told him we liked. Maxim was our waiter like the owner he was very friendly and amusing! The appetizer can't remember the name of it on the menu as it was all in French (sorry) but forget the name it was sooooooo good! The entree we had the veal and the dessert was a puffed pastry with chocolate, vanilla filing and topped with whipped cream. So I was skeptical to order it as I am not a chocolate lover but I did not leave a crumb on the plate it was delicious. It was sufficient for 2 people. The restaurant is very small and intimate so if you are not someone who like to be sitting close to other guests then you would not like this restaurant but the service and the food superseded all that for me. I felt like I was a long lost family member of the owner....I would certainly dine here again when I go back to Paris. Love, love, love, Le Petit Retro....big shout out to Gregory the owner!!! read more