Bistro in Paris offering a tasting menu of 5 appetizers, original cuisine and well thought out dishes.
Finding a table in this very traditional looking bistro is not easy since reservations are made 1 month in advance, reservations for the first service are made only 14 days in advance and the second service from 9:30pm. Yes, but once you're settled in, you don't regret your surprise tasting menu at €75, created by the brilliant Inaki Aizpitarte, chef and owner of the place. This self-taught man is in perpetual creation and his totally unbridled imagination treats every day the blessed who have managed to slip into his "castle". Under his nonchalant looks, this genius of the kitchen makes his room vibrate every evening with well thought-out dishes, full of mischief, relayed by a very sexy mixed team although a little bit fast, who praises like no one else the master's cuisine. The tasting menu service consists of 5 appetizers, 1 starter, 1 fish dish, 1 meat dish and 2 desserts. Inaki's cuisine is so original that words and descriptions of the dishes are not enough. You have to live this experience at least once in your life. We complete with some crus of rather daring natural wines.
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J'étais venue il y a 10 ans et en gardais un super souvenir concernant les plats et saveurs originaux. Cette fois les amuses bouches étaient très quelconques, sans originalité (gougère banale, bouillon de poulet...). Exception faite pour le 1er dessert très bon!
Les plats ne sont clairement pas à la hauteur des prix pratiqués. L'accord mets et vin est également décevant (et très cher!) avec des fonds de verre minuscules, le sommelier semble avoir envie d'être ailleurs.
Bref, à 330 euros pour 2 je n'y retournerai pas!
Normal French restaurant interior, doesn’t stand out in any way
There was a few crab bones bits in my dish which was not present in other guests’ dishes. And I only had a very quiet response of ‘sorry’ from the waiter. Do not think they are trained to react to constructive feedback.
The meat dish was the star of the meal, also the accompanying wine with the dessert was very good
Would not revisit
The place was packed with people, extremely noisy, the plates were almost thrown by the waiters on our table, the food was not something special.