The evening started with an error on my end. I guided our party to the wrong restaurant. A fair warning to anyone planning to dine at Le Cornichon... There are two Le Cornichons in Paris. Make sure you visit the location on 34 Gassendi Street. When I realized the mistake I phoned the correct restaurant and apologized letting them know we'd be 30 minutes late and to request they hold our table. They obliged and stated that it's a common occurrence. When we arrived at the restaurant the first person to welcome us was Chef Sebastien Dagoneau. Chef and his team offer "neo-bistro" French cuisine around products grown with respect for the seasons and the environment, always looking for creativity and beautiful taste sensations. The closest comparison I can think of is the American "farm to table". Restaurants in the USA that focus on local grown and raised within season ingredients. The inside of the restaurant is quite tight. Be prepared to be close to your neighbors, scoot past other guests to get to your table. But once seated you feel like you are in a little community of fellow diners. After reviewing the menu for wine we ordered a bottle of Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose. It was refreshing and the perfect wine to toast a dinner in Paris. The kitchen sent over a delightful offering of a chickpea flat bread, Socca, cut into strips. It was a fantastic companion to the bright champagne. For my first dish I ordered the Foie Gras with Granny Smith apples and a hibiscus, apple, and ginger compote. The creamy and fatty foie gras paired with the champagne bubbles. I strongly believe that Foie Gras and champagne are a must while in Paris. For the main dish my wife and I decided to share the Rib of Beef and potatoes for two people. Shortly after ordering Chef Sebastien reappeared with the Rib of Beef. It was the largest steak I've ever seen. Definitely big enough for more than two people. With some serious beef coming it was time to order a bottle of red wine. Looking through the list something caught my eye. Domaine Trapet - Gevrey-Cfhambertin 2018 - Red Wine. Chef Sebastien took my request and smiled ear to ear. He decanted the wine, smelled the dark red juice, looked at me with a smile and nodded. It was going to be the perfect companion to the beef. The wine punched raspberry, cherry, leather, oak, vanilla. Everything I look for in a fantastic French red. Compelled to have others experience this amazing wine I offered some to the table next to us. A group of locals. Chef Sebastien saw me do so and smile then proceeded to tell the table it was a very nice wine. The table shared the glass and we struck up a conversation about Paris, America, wine and food. A fun exchange over fantastic food and wine. Something we all can agree on. The rib of beef arrived. It was so big it barely fit on the serving tray. The cook of the steak leaned a little closer to rare than medium. But the quality and taste of the steak was of such quality it didn't matter. The roasted potato accompanying the steak were perfectly roasted and rich and creamy. For desert we ordered one of each for the table. The Exotic Fruits - fresh fruit on a creamy bed of rice pudding, meringue shards and mango sorbet. Crispy Cabbage - choux pastry filled with bourbon vanilla cream and a caramel sauce. St Domingo Chocolate - souffle with chocolate and ginger ganache and diced roasted pear. One of the things that we admire about French deserts, besides being the upper echelon of pastry skills, is the lower level of sugar and sweetness. Often in America deserts can be overly sweet. We found the deserts at Le Cornichon to be just the right amount of sweet. To accompany our deserts Chef Sebastien sent over some fortified wine by Domaine Des Schistes - maury la cerisale. A bold and sweet desert wine with cherry, dark berries and chocolate notes. A lovely way to finish out the evening. The wine had many characteristics of a port but much more approachable. It was a wine you wanted to keep enjoying through nose and sipping while enjoying conversation and taking in the environment of the French bistro. If you find yourself in Paris I highly recommend Chef Sebastiens Le Cornichon. It is by far the best meal I've ever had in Paris. When my wife and I return we will definitely be dining there again. read more

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Had a great experience here as one of our fist lunches in Paris. It's a little off the beaten track which is good, you won't find many tourists here. The owner/chef was very gracious with my poor french, and we were seated promptly on arriving for our reservation. Excellent bread. Excellent price for an all around amazing menu. The food was all spectacular, simple, not overly fancy, but delicious and elegant. Artichoke heart salad, Pintade (guinea fowl), fish, desserts all were impeccable. Service was like it is always in France when it's good, invisible and never showing up until you ask for it. Great spot for lunch for a very fair price. Lunch for 3 for 130 euros with wine and tip included? You can't get food like this for this price anywhere in the US. I would keep this place on my repeat list, and I'm sure the dinner is just as good. Don't miss out, just go. read more

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We walked all the way to the restaurant because according to yelp it was open but when we got there we found it closed and shutters are locked read more

The food was superb! The service top notch! The outdoor atmosphere was just right!! The manager/ owner was quite lovely. He interpreted the menu for me! I was visiting with my daughter from the USA and she speaks a little French, me, well... thanks for interpreting I do look forward to returning! read more

(4.5 stars) Dinner here was quite lovely, and the three course meal was a pretty reasonable option. The dessert ended up being only an extra euro if I recall. The chocolate dessert and zucchini appetizer were tasty but the real memorable bites were from the fish main course. The combination of the perfectly cooked dorade, together with the rice and foam was so balanced and had great mouthfeel. Would highly recommend it, especially since many of the other main dishes had additional surcharges. read more

Le Cornichon - Dorade - French Near Me - Paris, 75

Absolutely best place to eat dinner in France! The pasta is legitimately the best thing you have ever consumed and the parfait dessert is impeccable! All around best dinner in France. Get yourself some wine too -- can't go wrong! Service was great! read more

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I ate here twice during my first stay in Paris; once on my second stay. We met friends from the U.S. who had never been to this restaurant and we knew it wouldn't disappoint. I eat the fish dish every time, because the French cook fish so very well, so matter what kind it is. The service was lovely as was the staff. Everyone in the joint is having a great time and enjoying the delicious food. Highly recommend -- it's a neighborhood thing, not a flashy tourist thing, and that's another big plus. read more

Decor is just OK (pretty bland), so is service. Dinner menu is Eu 38. My green pea soup was edible. Nothing special. My wife loved her little sardines, with great bread and salted butter. She also enjoyed her braised rabbit with wild asparagus and little tomatoes stuffed with black rice, but there was very very little rabbit. My small pork chops were very juicy and tender, served with beans. Good, not great. My dessert included wild strawberries and a white chocolate ice cream (both nice), with caramelized pistachios (which could have been a nice complement but turned out to be burned and really ruined the dish, so I cast them aside). All wines by the glass we got were on point. Overall, pretty good but nothing really excited us. read more

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I lived in Paris for a year. I had one of the most wonderful business lunches ever at Le Cornichon. I started with a peach and tomato salad. It had the most delicious dollop of some sort of heavy cream sauce. I will never forget it. The main course was a very tasty, delicate quail. Dessert was a frozen rhubarb soup. I had visualized a frozen sorbet type treat and was disappointed when a dull, yellow brown liquid with chunks of rhubarb at the bottom and a minty leave on top was served. It turned out to be lovely. A very natural sweet taste that was not sugary sweet. A very special way to seal of a scrumptious meal. read more

Never in my life have I ever been compelled to write a yelp review. 1000% recommend. Best meal I've had in a long time. I cannot complain about anything - service was excellent! There was not a vegetarian option on the menu, but the chef crafted one for us. Leaving perfectly full and satisfied read more

We had dinner here our second night in Paris and it was incredible ! Firstly we are not fluent in French but the staff at the restaurant was so helpful and warm to us. Also I am a vegetarian and most of the menu (all of it) was meat! However again the staff was so helpful and able to make a dish for me which was so incredibly delicious! The dessert was incredible as well. The food service ambience everything was incredible here ! We left very happy and would absolutely recommend this place ! One of the best meals in Paris ! read more

This is a terrific little bistro that gets very busy as the evening wears on (although we were able to walk-in at around 7:45). Dishes are very modern although still recognizably French; that is, the food was French but included Thai spices (this appears to be the definition of modernism right now in Paris). Standouts were my wife's delightful veal osso bucco in a tom gai kai type broth, and the dessert, a sort of triffle of chocolate sorbet, chocolate sauce, creme chantilly and spiced peanuts. Service is a little cold, although I think they eventually warmed up to us when they got over the idea that we were American tourists, and therefore liable to begin yelling boorishly at any moment. read more

My friend and I were vacationing in Paris and stopped here for dinner. I have to say this was by far the best meal we had in Paris. The artichoke soup was so simple but so flavorful. We each had an appetizer, main course and dessert. All three were presented beautifully. The staff was very attentive too. My friend has a gluten allergy and they accommodated her special request. If you are nearby or can make it to this restaurant, you won't be disappointed. Back in the USA. read more

Excellent food and service. Had a great time with friends this week. We took the menu at 37€, the soup was very tasty and the main course (I had the herring fillet) was excellent! Overall, good food and wine and a little on the pricy side. read more