Who goes to a place called Roy's Pub in Paris, you might ask? Well, the answer is "two starving Americans fleeing the Louvre and waiting for their Montmartre tour to start." In all seriousness, I don't know why we picked this place, other than, again, we were starving and didn't want to wander too far from the meeting point for our tour and kinda wanted to see what a French sports bar was all about. Also, their menu sounded good. And it was!
Overall: Well, it calls itself a sports bar, but it was pretty much like every other restaurant we went to in Paris, decor wise. They did have some TVs, if I recall correctly.
Food: Great for lunch. My husband got the blanquette de veau and I went with the cheese and charcuterie board. These were more items on our list of foods we wanted to make sure we got at some point in Paris.
The board is definitely meant to be shared, so I'm sure the waiter thought I was nuts when I ordered it for myself, but dammit, all I wanted was meat and cheese and bread! Anyway, it arrived and it was HUGE and oh so delicious. The meats consisted of VERY good salami, delicious country pate (my first! And it will not be the last), and the best prosciutto I've ever had. Normally I don't really get what all the fuss is about regarding prosciutto, but this was incredible. It wasn't as salty as the prosciutto I've tried back home.
The cheeses included Comte, Camembert and Roquefort. The Comte was perfectly sharp and the Camembert was delicious and creamy. The Roquefort was a bit more stinky than I normally like, but my goal in Paris was to eat ALL the cheese, so I just kept trying different combos with the meat until I found one I liked. The board also came with cornichons (LOVE) and butter. Add bread and you have a perfect midday meal! I washed it all down with a carafe of Sauvignon Blanc.
Blanquette de veau is one of my father-in-law's specialties, so my husband was very excited to try it in France. This was a good dish, but ultimately his dad's is the winner. And unfortunately veal covered with cream sauce isn't exactly a showstopper when it comes to presentation either. To drink, he had a couple of beers.
We finished our meal with coffee, which was excellent. When we complimented our server on the coffee, he explained that he's from Italy, so when he makes coffee he tries to make it the same way he would back home.
Service: Good. Once again, no problems communicating with our servers. Everybody who helped us was really nice and when we requested more bread we got it right away. read more