If you are looking for a place where the locals hang out and eat good French food this is it…read more Typical Parisian setting on a corner packed into an odd shaped floor plan. Wait staff was very French but spoke reasonable English which made up for my terrible French. Our waiter was working hard and keeping it all together. It's eclectic as hell but very fun and packed at lunch. You can't go wrong here. Food was well done in both taste, simple flavors, and presentation.

Had wonderful 6 raw oysters, duck breast and profiteroles - an excellent dinner!!! Service was…read moregreat. Waitress happy and very friendly. Beautiful place - classic french bistro. Definitely recommend.

Absolutely delicious! Every single dish from Happy Hour menu for $25 was amazing! It's like local…read moreMichelin restaurant :) Highly recommended!

This is one of the best seafood dinners I've had in ages. If you're looking for a local, small,…read moreinviting place to have shellfish, this is your place!

This is a beautiful and pricey seafood spot serving generous portions and the French attitude I…read moreLIKE! We ordered: Soufflé, rum Ball, little smelt fish, smoked salmon, crabs, lobster, and a giant sea bass! Huge portions. Beautiful space. I came here with my French friends who were appalled by the early dinner hour. The waiter even asked, "why are you here so early?" And my friends replied, ""She's an American and insisted upon eating at 6pm."

Awesome little place that we found by accident while running away from the rain…read more It was great food! The starters: hot goat cheese and the quiche were very good. And the mains: the veal and the beef were perfectly cooked. Highly recommend this quirky little place with very good prices for Paris.

Such a great hidden gem! Not sure why another reviewer said this is "not for americans". I'm a…read moreBrazilian living in Canada (and my French is laughable, btw), and this is one of the places I felt the most welcome in Europe so far. Just know what to expect: this is a rustic place aimed for locals. The owner doesn't speak English (though one waiter did, to be fair), you won't get an English menu (or maybe a menu at all), and they don't take credit cards. And that's what makes it so great! You'll have an authentic experience without the bullshit aimed for tourists. If none of this sounds appealing to you, I suggest you stop reading this review and avoid the place. Food wasn't fancy, but tasted great, fresh and authentic. Everything is dirty cheap, costing less than 35 euros for a 3-course meal with lots of wine. During the two times I visited the place, had a great chat with a local who I will keep in touch with, didn't have enough cash to pay my bill and they were completely cool with it (I obviously came back later and payed what I owed), owner opened the place just because of us, and got liqueur and cheese for free. What more could I ask for? :-) If you're not afraid of a truly authentic experience, go ahead and give it a try!

A great find. We had a large party, ten adults plus two young children. One member from our party…read morewent in person earlier in the day to make a reservation. When we arrived that evening they did not have our reservation. They were aloof and unhelpful at first, but after the shock (and horror) of 12 Americans descending upon their restaurant wore off they stepped up and took care of us. Unfortunately, or to our fortune, they made room for us on the patio by asking two tables of diners to move in order to accommodate us. The patio was pleasant. The one side of the table had a booth with pillows, which is always good for the kids and the older travelers in our group. The heaters were on and despite it being 40 degrees and raining we were very comfortable. Our waiter was kind, patient, and prompt. Their were a few small issues with ordering as apparently the kitchen was unable or unwilling to make adjustments to the menu. We wanted an order of just mozzarella sticks. The kitchen was unable to do this despite the fact that they had an two appetizer samplers with mozzarella sticks included with them, as listed on the menu. We also wanted plain pasta with just an alfredo sauce or no sauce and we were also told ''no" they could not do just a plain white alfredo sauce, but they would be able to do a completely plain pasta - just pasta (but they eventually caved and gave the six year old pasta with butter). They also do NOT have pizza on Mondays, despite listing several pizzas on their menu, and no mention of not serving them on Mondays. So what was good? The Garlic Green Bean appetizer was very good, amble amounts of garlic. The Chicken Skewer (Brochette de la Poulet) was delicious. Chicken cooked nicely and the dipping sauce (maybe a Bordelaise) was tremendous and full of flavor. Risotto Poulet was very well prepared with tender chicken and a nice cream sauce. And I heard rave review about the Linguine a al Carbonara ordered by two of our diners. The not so good. I ordered the Risotto aux Gambons. My risotto was undercooked and the shrimp was overcooked. The risotto had little flavor. I also ordered an appetizer with fresh crusty bread, cooked cherry tomatoes, an olive tapenade, marinated peppers, and something green... I do not remember what the menu said it was. The tomatoes were very flavorful and sweet, the peppers were good as well. The tapenade was decent. The green stuff, while not terrible, was just "there". It tasted like mushy peas and had the consistency of pureed baby food. That being said, all in all, it was a good appetizer. My only other qualm is that the only item on the Kids Menu is a hamburger. The back of the restaurant (which is typical of many French restaurants) is a bar with loud music (but good music) and a foosball table. The patio is full of cigarette smoke, but again, typical of most French restaurants. The skinny: The waiters and staff are pleasant and accommodating, just give them some respect - try your French out, they will respond favorably and in very good English (as will most people and establishments). Try a chicken dish from the menu. Do not hope for pizza on Mondays. Do not expect modifications to your order.

Great Sunday brunch spot…read more My girlfriend and I stumbled upon Bliss when we were roaming the streets of Paris while we were on vacation from NYC and was very satisfied. They had an all you can eat brunch buffet from 12:00-17:00 which included breakfast, some lunch items, tons of dessert and even cotton candy. In addition to all of the food, they had a lot of board games, a small pool table and I think I even saw a ping pong table in the back. The place is really chill and the staff does not try to push you to eat and leave but want you to sit and play some games and relax with your friends or the table(s) next to you. Highly suggest it if you are looking for a relaxing but fun brunch spot.

Definitely out of the way, down a side street.  Unlike many restaurants on the main streets, you…read moreare not just walking by this place by chance and deciding to go in because the front is painted purple . You have to know that you want to go to this place and track it down. It's a small 30 seat restaurant.  Three wait staff. Two spoke very good English.  The other more French with a little English. Menu only in French, but the staff were more than willing to translate.  Karen had a Hugo spritz (excellent) and I had a very smooth French whiskey. We both shared the burrata app.  Great burrata with shaved cucumber and xxxx around the edge of the plate. Very good. For our main plate, we both had the seabass with side of vegetables.  The bass was done to perfection.  Our server specifically mentioned that the chef recommended that we eat the skin (lightly browned to a very nice crisp).  We agreed with the chef's recommendation and we were not disappointed.  But as good as the fish was, the vegetables took an equal place on the plate.  A mix of snap peas, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with each vegetable cooked slightly a little more than al dente.  But for me it was the attention to detail with the vegetables that really made this dish for me.  There was the standard broccoli, but also broccolini.  There was white cauliflower, but also purple cauliflower. Many chefs would have been happy with just putting standard pieces of regular broccoli and cauliflower on the plate.  But Chef here decided on the extra touch with the purple cauliflower and broccolini. Small detail, but major message about the passion of the chef. We had a white Entre deux mers from Chateau Haut-Rian. We love a white Bordeaux, but especially from the Entre deux mers region.  It paired very nicely with the fish. Desserts of Pain Perdu (French toast atop a caramel sauce) and a chocolate cake thingy for Karen, accompanied with two cafe allonges. We made reservations for 6:30 and we were two of about eight people there.  By the time that we finished our dinner, the place was jam packed with people waiting on the street to get in.  There is no wondering why.

I'm not sure why they only get a 3.7 on Yelp. This review of those reviews may come across as…read morearrogant or rude, but I'm neither of those two. What I am is someone that believes good food, well good "anything", should be praised. I don't agree with most people's opinions about the quality of good food. In fact, one restaurant that I went to twice in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was absolutely one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to, yet they received the award for best restaurant in the city! Don't ask me how, unless they bought the award, because I went there twice, once with two guests and once with one guest, and on neither occasion could anyone eat their meal. EVERYTHING was so salty it was inedible. And I only went back the second time because people kept telling me their experience was great. But after spending over $500 between the two visits, I will never go back. Now I know that food, like art or wine, or almost anything is subjective, even mine is subjective. But with all that being said, we were in Paris for 4 nights only, one of which we didn't even eat dinner because we had such a late lunch. So out of the three nights we ate dinner, two of them were spent with Christian at Le Jardin St Germaine. Christian is part owner/host at Le Jardin, and his easy approach and recommendations is part of the charm of this restaurant. It only seats 30 people at any given time, there is no loud music and never a rush to order or leave. Now I know they don't need my review, because on any other site they get a 4.9 rating. Not sure what's wrong with my fellow Yelpers. And I have to say they truly deserve a perfect score. From the easy ambiance to the quality of their dishes and desserts, they deserve a perfect 5.0. We ABSOLUTELY LOVED the place! We had the sea bass and ribeye for our main course, and the calamari for a starter on our first night. Everything was literally perfect. The French toast dessert was incredible as well. The wines that Christian suggested paired perfectly with our meals, and the after dinner French whiskey was deliciously smooth, almost like a fine cognac/high end scotch blend. The second night was equally as wonderful. We had a simple green salad and the prawns for an appetizer, and then the chateaubriand and the sea bass again. Yes, the bass was THAT good! As was everything else we ate there. Please pay no attention to the low rating some people give them on this site. I didn't read any of the complaints, but I can assure you they truly aren't accurate. This will be, in my humble opinion, one of the nicest dining experience you will ever have in St Germaine. In fact, it will be one of the top reasons we return next year. Try to make this one of your dining experience, you won't regret your decision. And I apologize, I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't take any pictures. My bad!

A quaint and toasty little restaurant with an interior decoration that reminds you of a ski lodge,…read moreLe Brasier is warming to its diners. If you're in the mood for some decent raclette or fondue, this is the place to go. The prices are quite agreeable and the food is filling.

A few years late in writing but better late than never. When I last stayed in Paris, I was not far…read morefrom this neighbourhood but because it's literally next to Canal Saint Martin, there are plenty of eating options in this area which won't break the bank and are full of locals and not tourists from Dayton, Ohio or China. I had a typical steak frites dinner here one night with some great wine which was fine but it wasn't the food here that kept my attention, it was the people watching and the great staff. I got zero- Parisian attitude here but a real "bon vivant" vibe from the people who work here, from the servers to the bartenders to the cooks, people here seemed happy. Imagine a resto/brasserie full of characters that might have stepped out of a Wes Anderson or Jean-Pierre Jeunet film full of conviviality and joviality and you might get a reasonable facsimile of this place.

I have to say, when I imagine a local experience this is it! We were walking along side Canal St…read more Martin and saw this corner bistro with it's colorful menu drawn on chalkboard signs lining their sidewalks. The roars of laughter and buzzing conversation drew us in. I was oblivious to cultural habits, so I got really weird looks when I was asking for food. She said "no food." Huh? but it's 5:30pm, there's gotta be food. She then proceeded to explain that they don't start serving food until 7:00 pm and that now it was just time to drink. What? How fun! And that's why they're so fit/skinny. They control when food comes out. I LOVE that idea. We sat there, ordering local ales and beers and practiced our French as best we could, only to realize we were failing when we were suddenly being addressed in English. I'm sad we didn't get to taste the food, we had another appointment that day, so we left, but this place will forever hold a special place in my wannabe Parisian heart. If you're in the Quai De Jemappes area, this place is a must!