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The three course meal was amazing mainly because of the foie gras. The texture and taste was delicious and the restaurant prepared it well. We also had the duck breast with orange sauce which was good; eating the duck reminds me of eating steak in terms of texture. I had the creme brûlée for dessert but i recommend the profiterole pastry which has ice cream and chocolate. The service was great as well! I recommend this place!
We had dinner here on a Friday night with a reservation at 19:00 and were promptly seated. My got a glass of wine and my wife got a spritz; both were good. We both went with the 3 course meal each and got: Onion soup - good deep flavor Escargot - really tasty, garlicky & buttery Lamb - good flavor, was overcooked a bit Duck confit - great flavor, crispy skin Crème brûlée - perfect crunch shell, tasty custard Profiteroles - Literally one of the best desserts I've ever had!!! We really enjoyed our meal here and would recommend it if you're looking for a tasty bistro near the Eiffel Tower4
Six years ago, my wife and I had a memorable dinner at ChezFrance. So, when we returned to Paris this year, we wanted to revisit. Happily, it didn't disappoint! We both ordered the 3 course option of starter, main, and dessert. Since California bans Fois Gras, we had to order it as our starters. The owner, Regis, suggested a special sweet wine with the Fois Gras and it was a perfect pairing. My wife ordered the Duck Confit as her main and I ordered the French lamb. Both cooked to perfection... loved the sauce that came with my lamb. The dessert selections also didn't disappoint. Regis and his team were so friendly and professional.... we made another great dinner memory last night. Highly recommend !
Let me start this off with a simple statement: WE LOVED THIS PLACE WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS!!!! We ate or snacked at nearly 25 different places in our 9 days in Paris. This was meal #1 with a bullet! There were no misses here. There were no flubs here. If you don't leave loving Frances and her team, I'm going to suspect you have a heart made of ice. I had the small salad with fried Saint-Marcellin cheese & tomatoes for a starter and special of the day which was rump steak skewers with their take on a BBQ sauce & fries. My wife had the escargot for a starter and duck confit with potatoes. For dessert I had an apple & berry crumble and my wife had lemon sorbet with a shot of limoncello. Frances brought me a shot of limoncello, as well. From the moment we walked in the door, until the moment we walked out they treated us like family. It was simply unheard of in Parisian terms. Everything was so warm and welcoming. The food was beyond delicious. The meat on both of our dishes was melt-in-your-mouth good. It wasn't just us. Frances sang with a woman who was almost 100 years old. She joked with a table full of Russians until they were slapping the table. The couple next to us from Maryland wanted to adopt her. She correctly guessed the folks next to us were Korean and proceeded to have a discussion about her favorite Korean things with them. Everyone who came in the door was family. We heard about her family in Canada and her recent vacation to the coast. She did all this and kept the atmosphere in the restaurant very soothing and even a bit romantic. You absolutely need to visit. Give Frances a hug for me!
I could not ask for a better dining experience. I wanted to go somewhere special for Valentines Day where we could relax and enjoy our evening without any pretension. I was coming from another country and made a reservation via email. Chez France was quick to respond and we set a time. Upon arriving, we were the 2nd table to be seated, but the restaurant filled up quickly behind us. The waiters let us pick a table and they kindly asked if they could hang our jackets for us. We were presented with a special Valentines Day menu and the regular menu as well. We opted for the special menu! The food was amazing! It was the best meal I've ever had in Paris! My husband's steak melted in your mouth. My fish was so flaky with an incredible champagne sauce. The fondant au chocolat dessert was so rich and beautifully prepared. If it's on the menu, you must order it! The service was wonderful. Everyone spoke English and the menu was in English as well (my French is very limited). We are checked on to make sure we were enjoying everything. The ambience is so romantic. The red walls. The dim lighting. The soft music. It was a perfect night.
Stay away if you are a tourist. They seem to have recently hired an extremely condescending and disrespectful waiter, and I also just learned that racist patrons visit and support this restaurant. I posted the following review on TA and received a hateful private message from a local within a day, telling me to go back to my own country. The food is not as good as people say it is - really just okay in our opinion, and definitely not worth being secretly despised by the waiter and their racist local patrons over. Imagine sitting there and people around you don't want you there the whole time... *********************** When we got there right when they opened for dinner they tried to sit us near the window by the door, where if the door opened the cold wind will come in. Given how cramped the tables were my elderly parents can't sit inside on the couch and must sit with their backs facing the door. My dad has a bad back and cannot endure the wind, so we asked to move inside. While we were accommodated, being literally the only customers at this time, our waiter started to display some strange attitude like we were being demanding and picky about our seats for no good reason. I wanted to explain, but decided against it, and the rest of the night we had the same waiter who continued to make us feel very awkward and uncomfortable. My elderly mom is also suffering from a health condition, and at the time felt very bloated because of it. She only wanted a hot French onion soup and the opportunity to spend time with us during dinner. When we tried to order just the soup for her the same waiter gave us all sorts of attitude and became really impatient and clearly unhappy. He insisted that she must also get another item or nothing. We ended up getting a crème brûlée for "her" to share at the end. Being new to the restaurant and France in general we asked for recommendations off the menu, and the waiter not only refused but also gave us such a bad attitude for even asking. I then asked him if they served hot wine, at which point he looked at me mockingly and said no. I don't know why I can't even ask an innocent question. I've had this from other restaurants in Paris. We've been out in the cold all day and I was craving a hot wine, and I was made to feel bad for asking. Once the entree is served we ate fairly quickly, for 2 reasons: 1) we had a 9:00PM appointment to enter the Eiffel Tower and the restaurant opened at 7:00PM, meaning that we needed to start walking over around 8:30PM; and 2) my parents are suffering from jet lag. Dinner time in Paris is the middle of the night where they are traveling from. If we eat long dinners where they sit and idle for long periods of time they end up dozing off at the table. They become miserable and we end up looking rude. Therefore, as soon as we are done eating we waved down our waiter and explained that we are done. He took a look at us and said, "no, you are not", and left. We waved him down again, at which point he starts ranting about how we ate too fast and it is not nice to eat fast. "Do you have somewhere to be?", he asked. Well, actually, yes... We explained that we have to go to the Eiffel Tower at 8:30PM and he starts saying that we can't go at 8:30PM because it is entry by the hour. We proceeded to explain that we have a 9:00PM appointment and therefore need to start walking at 8:30PM, at which point he finally relents, took our plates, and had the kitchen start on our dessert. After dessert it was still only around 8:06PM, so I asked for a latte. He jeered and said, "this is France, we don't have lattes" and then stared at me. I felt extremely uncomfortable. I really don't understand where this attitude is coming from. I've had lattes from so many different cafes and restaurants here, and even if they don't serve it all he had to do is say they don't. He then asked me if I wanted an Espresso, but Espressos don't have milk and I like my coffee with milk! So I paused for a few moments, thinking, and my husband asked me if I wanted a cup. This waiter then starts making fun of my husband, "everything comes in a cup. What else will it come in?" Okay... it's just English conversation. We say, "do you want a cup of coffee?". My husband literally meant if I wanted one anyway (without milk) when he said "do you want a cup". After some more negative attitude conversation from the waiter we discovered that they served "cafe au lait", which I ended up getting. The whole meal we felt so unwelcomed, unwanted, uncomfortable, awkward, and stressed. I've NEVER felt like this in any other restaurant in my life. The most I've experienced before is maybe some hurried service and impatience from low-end restaurants but never did I feel judged and mocked. Here I was scared to say anything, ask for anything, or frankly do anything other than eat my food because it's uncertain what other kind of abuse we will receive. ************ The rest did not fit, but you get the idea...
Very Good Dinner. Prix fixe 2 course dinner is 26e. Overall a very nice meal and experience. Cozy place. The pate was excellent. The marinated salmon was well. Duck confit was good. Very friendly staff.
My sister and I stumbled upon this incredible restaurant one night durning our stay in Paris, and I'm so thankful we did. We walked in at around 9pm on a Wednesday night, and the place was relatively empty, the hostess/waitress was absolutely charming! Her English was also decent, and she was eager to accommodate to our lack of french. Both of the dishes my sister and I received were excellent and they were fairly priced. Overall, it was a wonderful experience. I would definitely return.
Lovely little bistro, a 15 minute walk away from the Eiffle tower. What makes this bistro special is the warmth and friendliness of the owner and her daughter. They provided the best service we received in Paris. Food, some dishes were better than others. My husband enjoyed the charcuterie board and lamb steak. I liked the duck confit. I was a little disappointed with their ribeye steak, it wasn't juicy or tender. Their desserts are amazing! This was truly our best dining experience in Paris, I would highly recommend it!
This is one of my favorite French restaurants in Paris Dinner is delicious here. This is a small restaurant and it gets packed so make reservations otherwise you're going to have to wait a while to be seated. Very clean restaurant. Big up to Regis he is very hospitable! Great place to eat.
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2 years ago
So far so good. We have not made it to dessert yet. The lamb was rich with flavor. Wife enjoyed her salmon. I would return for another visit. Very small and intimate restaurant read more
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6 months ago
The three course meal was amazing mainly because of the foie gras. The texture and taste was delicious and the restaurant prepared it well. We also had the duck breast with orange sauce which was good; eating the duck reminds me of eating steak in terms of texture. I had the creme brûlée for dessert but i recommend the profiterole pastry which has ice cream and chocolate. The service was great as well! I recommend this place! read more
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3 years ago
We had dinner here on a Friday night with a reservation at 19:00 and were promptly seated. My got a glass of wine and my wife got a spritz; both were good. We both went with the 3 course meal each and got: Onion soup - good deep flavor Escargot - really tasty, garlicky & buttery Lamb - good flavor, was overcooked a bit Duck confit - great flavor, crispy skin Crème brûlée - perfect crunch shell, tasty custard Profiteroles - Literally one of the best desserts I've ever had!!! We really enjoyed our meal here and would recommend it if you're looking for a tasty bistro near the Eiffel Tower4 read more
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Six years ago, my wife and I had a memorable dinner at ChezFrance. So, when we returned to Paris this year, we wanted to revisit. Happily, it didn't disappoint! We both ordered the 3 course option of starter, main, and dessert. Since California bans Fois Gras, we had to order it as our starters. The owner, Regis, suggested a special sweet wine with the Fois Gras and it was a perfect pairing. My wife ordered the Duck Confit as her main and I ordered the French lamb. Both cooked to perfection... loved the sauce that came with my lamb. The dessert selections also didn't disappoint. Regis and his team were so friendly and professional.... we made another great dinner memory last night. Highly recommend ! read more
3 years ago
Let me start this off with a simple statement: WE LOVED THIS PLACE WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS!!!! We ate or snacked at nearly 25 different places in our 9 days in Paris. This was meal #1 with a bullet! There were no misses here. There were no flubs here. If you don't leave loving Frances and her team, I'm going to suspect you have a heart made of ice. I had the small salad with fried Saint-Marcellin cheese & tomatoes for a starter and special of the day which was rump steak skewers with their take on a BBQ sauce & fries. My wife had the escargot for a starter and duck confit with potatoes. For dessert I had an apple & berry crumble and my wife had lemon sorbet with a shot of limoncello. Frances brought me a shot of limoncello, as well. From the moment we walked in the door, until the moment we walked out they treated us like family. It was simply unheard of in Parisian terms. Everything was so warm and welcoming. The food was beyond delicious. The meat on both of our dishes was melt-in-your-mouth good. It wasn't just us. Frances sang with a woman who was almost 100 years old. She joked with a table full of Russians until they were slapping the table. The couple next to us from Maryland wanted to adopt her. She correctly guessed the folks next to us were Korean and proceeded to have a discussion about her favorite Korean things with them. Everyone who came in the door was family. We heard about her family in Canada and her recent vacation to the coast. She did all this and kept the atmosphere in the restaurant very soothing and even a bit romantic. You absolutely need to visit. Give Frances a hug for me! read more
4 years ago
I could not ask for a better dining experience. I wanted to go somewhere special for Valentines Day where we could relax and enjoy our evening without any pretension. I was coming from another country and made a reservation via email. Chez France was quick to respond and we set a time. Upon arriving, we were the 2nd table to be seated, but the restaurant filled up quickly behind us. The waiters let us pick a table and they kindly asked if they could hang our jackets for us. We were presented with a special Valentines Day menu and the regular menu as well. We opted for the special menu! The food was amazing! It was the best meal I've ever had in Paris! My husband's steak melted in your mouth. My fish was so flaky with an incredible champagne sauce. The fondant au chocolat dessert was so rich and beautifully prepared. If it's on the menu, you must order it! The service was wonderful. Everyone spoke English and the menu was in English as well (my French is very limited). We are checked on to make sure we were enjoying everything. The ambience is so romantic. The red walls. The dim lighting. The soft music. It was a perfect night. read more
8 years ago
Stay away if you are a tourist. They seem to have recently hired an extremely condescending and disrespectful waiter, and I also just learned that racist patrons visit and support this restaurant. I posted the following review on TA and received a hateful private message from a local within a day, telling me to go back to my own country. The food is not as good as people say it is - really just okay in our opinion, and definitely not worth being secretly despised by the waiter and their racist local patrons over. Imagine sitting there and people around you don't want you there the whole time... *********************** When we got there right when they opened for dinner they tried to sit us near the window by the door, where if the door opened the cold wind will come in. Given how cramped the tables were my elderly parents can't sit inside on the couch and must sit with their backs facing the door. My dad has a bad back and cannot endure the wind, so we asked to move inside. While we were accommodated, being literally the only customers at this time, our waiter started to display some strange attitude like we were being demanding and picky about our seats for no good reason. I wanted to explain, but decided against it, and the rest of the night we had the same waiter who continued to make us feel very awkward and uncomfortable. My elderly mom is also suffering from a health condition, and at the time felt very bloated because of it. She only wanted a hot French onion soup and the opportunity to spend time with us during dinner. When we tried to order just the soup for her the same waiter gave us all sorts of attitude and became really impatient and clearly unhappy. He insisted that she must also get another item or nothing. We ended up getting a crème brûlée for "her" to share at the end. Being new to the restaurant and France in general we asked for recommendations off the menu, and the waiter not only refused but also gave us such a bad attitude for even asking. I then asked him if they served hot wine, at which point he looked at me mockingly and said no. I don't know why I can't even ask an innocent question. I've had this from other restaurants in Paris. We've been out in the cold all day and I was craving a hot wine, and I was made to feel bad for asking. Once the entree is served we ate fairly quickly, for 2 reasons: 1) we had a 9:00PM appointment to enter the Eiffel Tower and the restaurant opened at 7:00PM, meaning that we needed to start walking over around 8:30PM; and 2) my parents are suffering from jet lag. Dinner time in Paris is the middle of the night where they are traveling from. If we eat long dinners where they sit and idle for long periods of time they end up dozing off at the table. They become miserable and we end up looking rude. Therefore, as soon as we are done eating we waved down our waiter and explained that we are done. He took a look at us and said, "no, you are not", and left. We waved him down again, at which point he starts ranting about how we ate too fast and it is not nice to eat fast. "Do you have somewhere to be?", he asked. Well, actually, yes... We explained that we have to go to the Eiffel Tower at 8:30PM and he starts saying that we can't go at 8:30PM because it is entry by the hour. We proceeded to explain that we have a 9:00PM appointment and therefore need to start walking at 8:30PM, at which point he finally relents, took our plates, and had the kitchen start on our dessert. After dessert it was still only around 8:06PM, so I asked for a latte. He jeered and said, "this is France, we don't have lattes" and then stared at me. I felt extremely uncomfortable. I really don't understand where this attitude is coming from. I've had lattes from so many different cafes and restaurants here, and even if they don't serve it all he had to do is say they don't. He then asked me if I wanted an Espresso, but Espressos don't have milk and I like my coffee with milk! So I paused for a few moments, thinking, and my husband asked me if I wanted a cup. This waiter then starts making fun of my husband, "everything comes in a cup. What else will it come in?" Okay... it's just English conversation. We say, "do you want a cup of coffee?". My husband literally meant if I wanted one anyway (without milk) when he said "do you want a cup". After some more negative attitude conversation from the waiter we discovered that they served "cafe au lait", which I ended up getting. The whole meal we felt so unwelcomed, unwanted, uncomfortable, awkward, and stressed. I've NEVER felt like this in any other restaurant in my life. The most I've experienced before is maybe some hurried service and impatience from low-end restaurants but never did I feel judged and mocked. Here I was scared to say anything, ask for anything, or frankly do anything other than eat my food because it's uncertain what other kind of abuse we will receive. ************ The rest did not fit, but you get the idea... read more
3 years ago
11 years ago
My sister and I stumbled upon this incredible restaurant one night durning our stay in Paris, and I'm so thankful we did. We walked in at around 9pm on a Wednesday night, and the place was relatively empty, the hostess/waitress was absolutely charming! Her English was also decent, and she was eager to accommodate to our lack of french. Both of the dishes my sister and I received were excellent and they were fairly priced. Overall, it was a wonderful experience. I would definitely return. read more
Lovely little bistro, a 15 minute walk away from the Eiffle tower. What makes this bistro special is the warmth and friendliness of the owner and her daughter. They provided the best service we received in Paris. Food, some dishes were better than others. My husband enjoyed the charcuterie board and lamb steak. I liked the duck confit. I was a little disappointed with their ribeye steak, it wasn't juicy or tender. Their desserts are amazing! This was truly our best dining experience in Paris, I would highly recommend it! read more
8 years ago
This is one of my favorite French restaurants in Paris Dinner is delicious here. This is a small restaurant and it gets packed so make reservations otherwise you're going to have to wait a while to be seated. Very clean restaurant. Big up to Regis he is very hospitable! Great place to eat. read more
7 years ago
My wife and I found this little restaurant while sight seeing around the area. It certainly exceeded our expectations. The environment was cozy and the food was exceptional (see pictures) from beginning til the end. Both of us ordered the 3 course meal and we enjoyed every single dish served. The price was good. I highly recommend this place. read more
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10 years ago
Still excellent! Recently had beef cheeks and rosemary lamb... this Bistrot is our favorite! read more
8 years ago
This place feels like home. We went here 3 times on our current trip and we are planning a 4 visit as I write. Where to start I have had the duck confit twice and each time it was perfect. My husband had a beef plate all three times and loved it. I also tried the chicken dish which was so comforting. For appetizers we had the avocado tartar twice and loved it. We also tried the escargot and duck foie gras and it was hands down was the best we ever had. We plan on going back for that specifically on our last visit. The owner and staff are amazing and hardworking. The food is solid French cuisine. It feels like you visited their personal kitchen at home and they have Sunday night dinner prepared. I almost don't want to write this review for fear the secret will get out. But the owner deserves the recognition. Do make a reservation or you will be disappointed as there are only a handful of tables. read more
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11 years ago
This is a wonderful restaurant and the owner's English is perfect as she used to live in the states. The escargot got a great thumbs up from my wife and son. This is a wonderful "real" French restaurant and I could not recommend it more. I told the owner this was my favorite restaurant in France and she laughed, and I don't think she believed me, but it's true. read more
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Best service we received in Paris and the food was so delicious. The ravioli starter was a must do for sure and you can trust that the food is traditionally French. Would recommend again and again. read more
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