LE REPAIRE DE CARTOUCHE

A friend suggested us to go here for Sunday lunch, however, due to work we had to change our train back to London and we couldn't try on Sunday. So, we decided to come here tonight (Friday). The place was completely empty, from the moment we arrived (8pm) to the moment that we left (10pm). Maybe that was a red flag, but we did not care, as we really wanted to try this place. We had a very big and late lunch, so we did not want to go for starters/main/dessert. We ordered some fois gras, some cheese and some wine. On the menu, we pointed at Fois Gras (28 euros) and Fromage (10 euros) for two. The waiter was not very happy of us not ordering the traditional way, but you are a waiter, you are not there to tell me how and what should I eat, so I just smiled and insisted for having the cheeses as starters, and not as dessert. I found it very dumb just having this conversation: just bring me what I order! Who cares the order in which I decide to eat the food I pay for? Anyway.. Fois gras was nice, but nothing special. The bread was delicious and the waiter kept refilling it without us asking which I thought it was a very nice hospitality gesture. But the hospitality started and ended there. We decide to leave as we were too sleepy so we ask for the bill: we were charged 60 euro for the cheeses (the cheeses were a LOT and we couldn't finish them at all, some of them we did not even touch). So we ask why the cheeses were so expensive, as the menu stated 10 euros and we asked that for two people, so we expected to pay 20 euros. Anyway, we decide that okay, maybe there was a misenderstanding, so can we please have the rest of the cheeses to take away? If I have to pay 60 euros at least I will eat my cheeses whenever and wherever I please. The waiter tells us that we can't eat cheeses outside, only here. There is no option to take away (?). What is this nonsense? Anyway, they accept to give us back the cheeses in take away (foil paper) but conveniently for them, the bigger pieces and the ones we did not touch were not in the take away "package". Absolutely ridicolous, what a joke of a restaurant. Anyway, they ended up removing from the bill half price for the cheeses and we left. Be careful, if you order cheeses, they probably come from someone else's table, where people breath, cough and spit on top. Health and safety rules probably don't apply to this restaurant. Maybe that is the reason why it was empty! Never again!!!

A wine list not miss… with food that is exceptionally prepared.

Quelle authenticité ! Le décor, la carte, le staff et le chef ! Tout est authentique !

Le restaurant du chef Rodolphe Paquin est une véritable ode à la cuisine française traditionnelle. Dans une ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale, chaque plat séduit par des saveurs authentiques et une exécution maîtrisée. Les produits, d’une qualité irréprochable, sont sublimés par des sauces remarquables. Le service attentionné et les accords mets-vins parfaits complètent cette expérience gourmande. Une adresse incontournable pour les amateurs de tradition et de convivialité.
Le soufflé est incroyable!

Storico locale nel Marais. tutto fatto in casa e tipico parigino.+ CI siamo stati in vacanza e ci torneremo prestissimo.
Il rapporto qualità prezzo è ottimo.