Sean B.
Yelp
Went here with an international, trans-generational group of friends one evening as we love the 10th and the exciting new places popping up....definitely the place to be !
It has to be said the place is very nice and the bar area is no doubt a good place for a coffee or a cocktail.
Tables are well spaced and comfortable and the staff friendly enough and genrerally efficient ...
But of course we go to restaruants for the food so this will be my main focus here dear tripadvisers.
Now this place ( like our fave Homies) has latched on to the the small/sharing plate trend beloved of London 15 years ago.
I quite like this idea, I have to say ....
Once it is done well.
This, malheureusement is not the case here.
The 10 of us all took a wide selection so I think I can safely say that we got a good overview of what Bonhomie has to offer.
And all I can say is that this place is a joke.
Seriously.
Where to start (unfortuntely, I don't have all day) ?
The " European cheese " plate was the worst excuse of a cheese plate I have ever seen.
Rather than slices of cheese it was more like a " carpaccio of cheese ( although carpaccio would probably be thicker than the mean slivers proferred here).
The courgette flowers were meanly served I counted three minuscule offerings.....not much sharing to be had here unless your on the 'no-food' diet.
The risotto was fine but hardly earth-shattering and the chorizo plate at least got passed around to more than half the table but hey ! .....it's chorizo !
Like, wow !
Luckily we were able to fill up with bread , although this seems to be a bit of ordeal for the staff to keep up with the bread orders for the whole restaurant...hardly a surprise as everyone is no doubt starvin'
Honestly the other meanly-served dishes failed to impress anyone ( can't even remember some of them).
Oh yes I do remember one !
The entrecote steak ( at over 35 euro if you please..).
What was possibly a decent piece of meat was chooped up into little pieces and served in a bowl (for " sharing "...see ???)
As what looked like a dog's dinner ( a very expensive dog's dinner) was placed on the table this was the final nail in the coffin for us.
Desserts were declined so we just drained the last drops of the decent but as always over-priced Lanquedoc wines and headed to the fab " Ours " bar to console ourselves with one of their demon cocktails.
Guys, as me oul grandmother would say, if you are going to do something, do it right ( aorwas that Georger mIchaeil ??)
Otherwise do something else.
We'll be going somewhere else next time.
You, dear yelpers, as always, will make up your own mind......