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    Les Fables de la Fontaine

    4.0 (79 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndFrench
    Closed 12:30 pm - 2:30 PM, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

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    Appetizer for our set menu.
    Stephanie C.

    One of the best restaurants I've been to in all of Paris. Some friends recommended it to me when they visited so I figured I'd try it though wasn't sure if I'd be worth it. Worth the price point. Brought the family and everyone left pleased. We came for lunch and had the set menu. I'd recommend coming outside of peak time. We had to wait 15 min for a table even though we had a reservation at 1:30 pm. Come dressed up, but a sports jacket is not necessary. Waiters speak English but will speak to you in French if you want to practice. We got to meet the chef, who was kind and nice. It's a bit of a tight squeeze but that's normal in Paris. Nice ambiance. The fish was probably the best fish I've ever had, crunchy top and tender meat. We also had zucchini/squash with the fish that was also amazing, extremely tender but not over cooked. Dessert was chocolate/hazelnut with ice cream. I would come again for sure. Only downside was the wait for the table.

    Tomato appetizer
    Derek L.

    For a 1 Michelin star restaurant, their 3 course 28 euro menu is an absolute steal! It won't blow your mind, but it's a fantastic value for the calibre of meal you get. We had our meal outside, but I must admit that service was mediocre and the place seemed to be swarmed by Chinese tourists - there was also a large Chinese tour group that had booked off the majority of the restaurant. Overall, the meal you'll get is great for the price, but based on the overall food and service, it's a good restaurant. Would have liked to see other items available on their prix fixe menu so I can say how other dishes were. But I thoroughly enjoyed the tomato appetizer and the squid ink with lardons and cuttlefish greatly!

    Lychee souffle
    Ray D.

    The best meal I had in France. It's a quaint restaurant, almost feels like a cafe and has seating indoors and outdoors. We ordered the perfect egg ( appetizer ), chicken ( mains ) and two desserts - lychee souffle and chocolate fondant. Getting started : They started off by serving some leek soup and cheese bread which was complimentary. Great combination. The regular bread that they serve was so accompanied with some fennel butter. The butter was perfectly flavoured and complimented the bread so we'll. Appetizer: The perfect egg comprised of a perfectly poached egg nestled amidst pea puree and lots of fresh veggies. Very unique. Mains: Moving to the mains the chicken was cooked like a patty and served with carrot puree, roasted parsnips and some tomato compote. Extremely delicious. Dessert: The highlight of my meal was lychee souffle served with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Loved the texture, flavor, everything about it. The chocolate fondant was good too, but did not compare to the lychee souffle. Overall great service, and a delicious meal!

    Probably the best oysters ive ever had
    Ernie C.

    As a seafood lover, my overall review of this place is a 5/5! I researched this place before coming to Paris, noting that it had a Michelin star and specialized in seafood. Service - Amazing! The servers were extremely friendly and food was brought out promptly. Food - First off I just got to say the attention to plating here is fantastic! Each dish is presented creatively and on some pretty unique dishes (ie. log, stone bowl). Seeing the dishes go by actually helped me decide what I wanted. I got the oysters, the steamed seafood in fish broth and the poached pear dessert. The oysters were amazing! The two sauces take traditional oysters to the next level without overpowering its natural sweetness. The steamed seafood w/ broth was served in a hot heavy warm stone bowl and wow, every single piece of seafood (at least 6+ different types of seafood from fish to squid to clams) were cooked perfectly. The only thing that could have been better was the broth.It didn't taste much like a fish broth and was too light to accent the seafood in the bowl. The dessert was a knockout. If I were to go again I would want to try the lemon tart, it looked absolutely beautiful. All in all, a fantastic experience and I would definitely recommend this place to my seafood loving friends.

    Jason W.

    There are wayyy too many Michelin restaurant's in Paris and not enough time (or money) to try them all so I picked this one. We made a reservation via OpenTable for lunch because I read that it's by reservation only. It was a wet Saturday morning. Not knowing what was good we just ordered the Carte Blanche which is a 6 course meal. What we didn't realize was the price was per person so that was an unpleasant surprise. For some reason I thought it'd be individual size but shared between guests and if it wasn't enough you could just order more. The 6 courses were selected by the chef, but the waiter asked us which one we really wanted and they'd "advise" the chef. We wanted the scallops.....we didn't get it. In fact, when we got the check and added the cost of each dish we ate individually it would have been cheaper to order them separately. Establishment is small but very nice, servers are attentive and the free bread they refill upon request fills up the gap that the small dishes don't. (This is a late review from November 2017 btw)

    Aioli de lieu
    Jason S.

    Lunch was phenomenal. Every dish was the right choice, the plating was beautiful and unique (especially the aioli de lieu and the la bourride), and the restaurant itself was peaceful and charming. The menu is a bit pricey but for the area and the quality, it's a no-brainer. The lunch combo is a nice option but it restricts you to a specific appetizer and main dish (though both were excellent). Plus their complimentary baguette and garlic bread were wonderful, which is never a bad way to start off a meal! Importantly though, every person at the table must order a main dish, so it's not the best place if you're just looking to share a dish or two. And the restaurant is quite small, so it may be hard to get a table without a reservation.

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    Juno L.

    We come from CA. USA & make a reservation on line for a special day today. We like the food here which is not disappointed us by the price, not only food hut also service is good. I didn't told them I'm allergy with milk I usually drink lactose-free. This the only thing regretfully after We have desserts. But I'm still fully recommend the pudding rice souffle'. The silverware they use is unique " Degrenne ".

    Brittany F.

    I ended up here by chance and ended up having a fabulous dinner. The space is small so reservations are a must. I loved the exposed stone walls with modern wood furniture-very chic and warm. I started with the calamari and butternut squash and the egg with raw and cooked haddock. Both dishes were incredibly unique and flavorful. They put down a small list of specials that was all fish and seafood dishes. I decided on the scallops. They were some of the best I've had. They came in the shells and had a nice side of barely sautéed spinach. A nice Beaune burgundy wine washed everything down nicely. I skipped dessert but next time id try their lemon tart. I'll definitely be back. It's also close to the Eiffel Tower!

    Noriaki S.

    this restaurant was recommended by four seasons hotel because i requested to have a lobster.When we visited this restaurant,lobster was not served a Omar shrimp was served. But cocked Omar shrimp was excellent.There's a quite remarkable restaurant in Paris. Quite recommended.

    Oliver V.

    A rare treat. This tiny restaurant delivers a menu that is special in both presentation and taste. With each plate that was delivered to our group, the presentation was very well thought out and clearly an important part of the meal. For example, for one appetizer served to our table, it was caviar on a hand painted egg-shell filled with a delicious paste was just beautiful. You had to wonder if it was right to eat it or just bring it home. The ambiance was nice although the restaurant was a bit small. The service was attentive but not overbearing. With each course would come a short description of the item ordered and its contents. A nice touch! A rare experience.

    Beef cheek

    A trendy looking restaurant known primarily for its seafood, this was my most recent Michelin experience. Started with a shrimp salad with guacamole and grapefruit. IN-credibly fresh and the super smooth guac had a slighttt nice kick to it. For the mains I tried roasted codfish with crispy polenta, virgin dressing and candied tomatoes. The fish was cooked absolutely PERFECTLY (actually perfect!) and the skin had a nice crisp to it without over doing it. The crispy polenta was basically a fried roll of polenta and I found it to be too big and lacked flavor. The other main was braised beef cheek, bok choi, and rosemary panisse. While the beef cheek was super tender, the sauce was a little underwhelming and the panisse was not very good (though that was my time having panisse).

    Bread with very nice quality butter
    Karrot L.

    One of my favorite restaurants in Paris. Look at the pics of the yummy food. So fresh, excellent preparation.

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    Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie

    4.5(1.5k reviews)
    3.2 kmChâtelet/Les Halles, 1er
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    The most life- changing experience with French cuisine. This is what French culinary dreams are…read moremade of. Get the appetizer grilled foie gras with side of greens, you won't regret it. The richness of the flavor and the texture which is not reminiscent of the traditional roasted duck or foie gras, but rather a much more like a luxurious and indulgent version. We enjoyed our dinner on the outside of the restaurant after about a 20-30 minute wait. The bone marrow had the best flavor I've experienced for the dish. However, it is definitely overshadowed by the rich flavor of the foie gras. This experience was unforgettable, with our view of Parisian streets on a brisk, April night. We even came back on our last night, but didn't realize the hours on Google maps was for the deli. The restaurant closes earlier, before 9:00 PM. This meal got us thinking about Paris in a positive light, and we hope to be able to come back to eat the amazing dishes again!

    This place feels like a Foie Gras specialist but also, a tourist destination. Over 80% of the…read morepatrons here were tourists. As a Chinese, I understood more than 50% of the conservations (Chinese). Which doesn't mean anything about the food. Just observation. Onion soup - 2 stars. First, the cheese failed to emit the baked, melted gruyere cheese, there is no aroma at all. I don't think they used gruyere cheese. May be mozzarella cheese. The worst part was the bread in the soup. It tasted stale which ruin the flavor of the soup. I had to finish without the bread. Escargot - Another disappointment. What made escargots special was the garlic butter and herb. Here, there were the herbs, no garlic, and French is famous with their butter but I taste oil but not buttery. Other places I actually get excited dipping the bread into the garlic butter but not here. Pan seared Foie gras - The quality of Foie Gras was definitely there. It's not as well seared as I hope but they managed to cook it through without overcooking it. The size of Foie Gras is kind of scary, it's like a small piece of rib eye steak. With just the onion soup and Foie Gras, I could barely swallow anything. Generous portion.

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    Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie - He said was very good

    He said was very good

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    La Cordonnerie - Steak frites

    La Cordonnerie

    4.7(112 reviews)
    2.3 kmPalais Royal/Musée du Louvre, 1er
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    Wow! We had such a lovely dinner at La Cordonnerie. We're so glad we found this restaurant through…read morereviews. The atmosphere is intimate and comfortable. We loved watching Chef Hugo cooking. Plus, what he prepared was delicious! We started with the ravioli appetizer we see so often recommended. Excellent! Dinners were a beef dish and a chicken dish. Both were amazing! In addition, dessert featuring a pear mouse was wonderful! Prices are for the good and wines were very fair. As you can guess, we highly recommend La Cordonnerie!

    I love small cozy restaurants in Paris. This one is truly a gem. We had a reservation at 19:00…read moreand we were the second party to arrive. There are two tables essentially in the kitchen (a true "Chef's Table" arrangement) and maybe 6 tables in the adjoining room. We were welcomed warmly. Deborah was the hostess and server. Chef Hugo is visible in the kitchen, working very hard to make everything just perfect. They brought bread immediately (my husband loved the sliced baguette--it was perfect and chewy as it should be, but not hard). We ordered a bottle of wine, a Macon Villages, which was perfect. I had the cucumber salad appetizer, which was so fresh. My husband ordered the ravioli appetizer--tiny little rectangles in a scrumptious sauce--a work of art. I ordered the fish and shrimp plate. The sauce was amazing and it was a huge portion of tender white fish. My husband had the lamb with frites. It was nicely seasoned & perfectly done. For dessert, my husband enjoyed a chocolate treat and I had refreshing raspberry sorbet. Deborah was so friendly and solicitous throughout the meal. I have never felt so well taken care of. (I have seen some comments from people who are unhappy that they can't just walk in. They don't appear to understand that there is only one seating. People arrive when they do and they linger. Empty tables seen from the street do not mean the place is not fully booked. Make a reservation well ahead of time. It is worth it!)

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    Chef's table

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    Le Petit Vendôme - Everything here was delicious! Enjoy. See you here!

    Le Petit Vendôme

    4.2(240 reviews)
    2.3 kmPlace Vendôme, 2ème
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    Absolutely worth the line for a sandwich!! You have heard the hype and you simply must go! We were…read morein the area and looking for a late lunch so we stopped by around 2PM and got in line. We had to wait about 15 minutes but it was so worth it! We got of the ham, cheese and butter sandwiches and my my this was amazing! For $20, the sandwiches were a GREAT price and absolutely delicious! No need to sit inside just grab and go and enjoy!

    Le Petit Vendôme is one of those places you'll see all over social media and travel guides, often…read morepraised for serving one of the best sandwiches in Paris. Naturally, we had to see what all the excitement was about. ambience has that old-school Parisian bistro feel We ordered their best sellers and while both sandwiches were made with quality ingredients, fresh bread, and generous fillings, they just didn't live up to the expectations. They were good, but they weren't the kind of sandwiches that make you stop after the first bite and think, this is amazing. I honestly don't understand the hype. After waiting in line, I expected something truly memorable, but it turned out to be just a good sandwich, nothing more. If you happen to pass by when there's little or no queue, it's worth trying. But if there's a long line, I'd skip it and head to one of the many other excellent sandwich shops in Paris. For me, the wait simply wasn't justified.

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    Brasserie Bellanger - Couldn't decide between the Bernaise sauce or garlic herb butter so got both!

    Brasserie Bellanger

    4.7(90 reviews)
    4.3 kmGare du Nord/La Chapelle, Strasbourg-St Denis/Bonne Nouvelle, 10ème

    How was flying out Charles de Gaulle Airport the next day and I just arrived from Frankfurt Germany…read moreby train when I looked up a French restaurant near the Gard du Nords train station and found BB. Luca was my server and he was very welcoming in hospitable to this weary traveler. I sat on the patio towards the end of the row so I could take in the atmosphere and people watch a bit. Luca Recommended a meal with a mashed potatoes and sausage with French bread and salad and it sounded tasty so I gave it a go! All the flavors went well together; mashed potatoes were well seasoned the sausage had a good flavor, and the salad with the vinaigrette added a crunch in an extra flavor as well. I drank a French hard cider while I gobbled up my meal, which also was new for me and tasted great after I was done my meal. Luke brought me a shot with rum and some other ingredients, including lemon that definitely hit the spot after a good meal.I recommend Brasserie Belanger for anyone near GDN Train Station that enjoys great food and patio dining. Cheers!

    Had dinner here this evening after scoring a last minute reservation for four. Seated quickly after…read morearrival at 1900, with our server greeting us shortly thereafter. The restaurant itself isn't small, but really not big, so it's definitely worthwhile to make a reservation at least a week or so on advance, otherwise you're pushing your luck. Everyone ordered steak frites (2 rump steak, 2 flank) and no one was disappointed. Steaks were cooked to order, although medium here in France is more like medium rare in the States, just be advised. The restaurant itself is lively and fun with lots of chatting, laughing and good times being shared. Desserts were Crème Brûlée and Apple Crumble, neither of which were disappointing. We definitely enjoyed our dinner and would likely return again. This time with a reservation made well in advance.

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    Café Mademoiselle - Escargot

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    3.9(36 reviews)
    2.0 kmConcorde/Madeleine, 1er

    No tome fotos de todo lo que pedimos pero comimos una sopa de cebolla los niños palitos de queso y…read moreyo el tartar y estuvo excelente. Nos trataron super bien

    Walking by this cafe there were plenty of seating outdoors so we grabbed a spot to people-watch as…read morepart of the Parisian experience! We were seated at a table facing the smaller street with IKEA City. Not much people-watching happened given shops were already closed in the evening and thus less people shopping on the streets. We ordered the croque monsieur and croque madame. The difference between the two is that the croque madame comes with a fried sunny side up egg. This was heavy but so yummy! The egg yolk makes a great sauce to soak up this cheesy and hammy toast. This came with a salad on the side which had a vinegar based dressing coated on it. The only thing is we had miscommunication with the waitress about drinks. We asked for water (l'eau) but they gave us distilled water in a bottle which costed us 8 euros. I learned it's important to learn to specifically ask for carafe d'eau (tap water in French) to get free water! Felt a bit bad that we were overcharged. Just gotta be careful with communicating next time. All in all, I enjoyed trying the amazing sandwich that is a croque madame. Wanted to give 4 stars for the food but the bottled water still irks me.

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    This name is magical.

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