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Beautiful address in Paris preparing traditional dishes, family specialties, fish and meat.
You don't come here for the relatively plain bistro decor, but for the traditional dishes, generously prepared by a true Italian chef who aims to please - and that's the most important thing. Andrea, Piero and Giovanni offer specialties handed down directly from the family. Their menu doesn't include many dishes, but at least you can be sure that the freezer isn't the daily market. We start with a very honest swordfish carpaccio, followed by veal escalope with lemon. The preparation is precise, the lemon not too overpowering, yet leaving a lovely citrus flavor. Other specialties include spaghetti alle vongole and penne alla norma. The dessert menu is limited, so how can you escape the tiramisu? A fine address.
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I just received a semi apologetic reply from the owner. However, he also basically doubled down and called me a liar!
I repeat: the dish was inedible (the line cook himself nodded, from behind the argumentative nephew of the owner when I said the food had merely been reheated).
The veal looked & tasted like a dry old shoe sole AND WAS NOT cooked upon order, the truffle had no taste whatsoever and I DID NOT have more than 2 small bites before calling THE GREAT WAITER, LORENZO to ask if we could have another dish.
PLUS: note the speed at which a dish is delivered to your table. We had the salad in 30 seconds and the main dishes came in 2 minutes later. Enough said!
So, I will stand by my words and label this as a terrible experience! Only made better by the professionalism, politeness and positive behavior of Lorenzo.
I travel all the time and eat out at places ranging from holes in the wall to high-end restaurants and to me, as long as the ingredients are fresh and the cook skillful, the food served is always delicious.
So, I shall repeat that this is a tourist trap and unless the owner si willing to be a tad more honest and holds himself accountable for the bad food, there is no going back.
MORE, the fact that he has the nerve to write to me that we ate the food is truly unnerving! I should have taken pictures. I never take pictures of the food I order.
Had you just stopped at: "We are sorry you had a bad experience and hope to see you again at our establishment." We would've returned and given it another try. We all have bad days and I am not one to try to bring a business down.
Honest reviews necessary. I did nothing more than post a honest review and give credit where credit was due.
Once again, Lorenzo is the type of person you want working at your restaurant. The other belligerent and entitled young man (nephew of the owner) has to leave!!!
Awaiting the restaurant owner's response, if he has more to say about this matter
My October 2023 Review:
The good reviews are most likely fake ones written by friends of the owner.
Go to the restaurant next door: Pamela Popo. It's great food, great staff, great atmosphere.
The one and only redeeming point of Don Giovani is the amazing waiter, name unknown. I wish I had asked him for his name.
"Unknown", if you read this, you know who I am talking about: you wore a white linen shirt tonight and I heard you mention to other patrons that you were of Portuguese and Italian descent.
Your demeanor, calm, poise, professionalism and decency are priceless!~
We ordered drinks and appetizers. The beef carpaccio was good and most likely the only good item on the menu.
The salad was ok.
The pasta with truffle was made with Chinese truffle, rubbery and not fragrant.
My dish, the veal dish... was HORRID! When I nicely told the manager (the restaurant owner's nephew) that the meat was spoiled, he went berserk.
Note: any good restaurateur knows that when a customer sends something back, the magic words are: " We am sorry; let us make this right." Most of the time, the problem is resolved. I was ready, willing and able to pay for the dish AND order & pay for another one. The manager chose to argue with me. I can argue until the dawn of times. I told him that it was ok and that I just wanted to order something else. He would not let up.
He was extremely aggressive and when White Linen Shirt repeatedly steeped in to resolve the matter, he would not let him speak
He insisted on charging us for the inedible main courses, while still berating us about our remarks about the spoiled veal.
He explained to us that we did not know anything about food in general and Italian food in particular.
We will not even address that matter ????
To make a long story short: It was a terrible experience.
The food was NOT good. The place is not really nice, the street tables are uncomfortable. The waiter saved the day. I left a 50 Euros bill and was out the door. Ended up right next door at Pamela Popo and our evening was salvaged.
Plat savoureux.
Visitamos a primeira vez em 2021 por acaso. Não tínhamos feito reserva em nenhum restaurante na época e muitos não nos atenderam.
Acabamos encontrando o restaurante Don Giovanni e toda a equipe nos atendeu de forma excepcional!
Acabamos encontrando um dos melhores restaurantes Italianos em Paris e ganhando um amigo especial (Enrico).