Buddha-Bar

Great experience at Buddha-Bar Paris. The music was really nice, definitely better than many other places, with a great vibe throughout the night. The food was good, the service was attentive and pleasant, and one thing I really appreciated was how spacious the tables are compared to most spots in Paris. Overall, a very enjoyable atmosphere with good music, good food, and comfort. Would definitely recommend.

A friend of mine recommended this place. And thought we had to go. Wow!!! This place is amazing. The cocktails are so good. Stayed for some food, which was really good as well. Such a gem in Paris. My French is not perfect… And the staff is wonderful. Once again, check out their specialty cocktail menu. Amazing.

We had a wonderful date night at this very beautiful restaurant. The sake, food, service and employees were lovely. Great vibes, music and ambience. Great part of our trip to Paris. Thank you!

During our staying in Paris this week, we had a wonderful dinner at Buddha-Bar with our kids. The atmosphere was exceptionally vibrant yet cozy, the staff very polite, the food was flavorful and beautifully presented. The kids loved every bite and especially loved the lively music and décor. A great and unforgettable experience for all our family that we will treasure among the exceptional memories of this special holiday!

When I go to Paris I always try to do dying at the Buddha Bar. This experience was as spectacular as all the others. An incredibly cool venue, excellent food great cocktails and the service was world class. Note this is not a inexpensive restaurant. Cocktails were in the $30usd range. While we had more cocktails than the average diner our bill for two people was approximately $400USD It definitely should be on your bucket list if you're visiting Paris.

The vibe at Buddha-Bar is definitely what stands out – the decor is stylish and the ambiance is chic and trendy. It’s a great place if you’re looking for a cool dinner setting in Paris. The food was good, and the menu had some nice options. Nothing blew us away, but everything we had was enjoyable. Service was just okay – not bad, but not particularly attentive either. Overall, a good spot for a night out with great vibes. Go more for the atmosphere than expecting a mind-blowing meal.

We have been to Buddha-Bar a few times to celebrate various life events because the vibe and decor is just unlike anything else. It is THE coolest looking restaurant inside - I literally feel like a celebrity walking into this restaurant. The first time we went our entire table got the sushi 'menu' - it was good quality, tasty sushi. The second time we went we had a table of 10 people so some people ordered the sushi 'menu' and others the food 'menu' so we got to try a lot more of the dishes offered. The food offered as part of the set menu was hit or miss. Some were really good, others were just okay. We didn't really care for any of the desserts. Next time I think we will stick to ordering the sushi 'menu' or ordering a la carte from the menu because most of the things we wanted to try were not offered on the set menu The service was pretty decent - no complaints. The cocktails were fantastic - especially the one that looks like passion fruit soft-serve ice cream. It was a big hit at our table. What we did not expect at dinner was entertainment. Our first time to this restaurant was on a weekday and there was no entertainment. This time we had booked on a Friday night and there was a woman singing popular songs (Copacabana, Valerie (Amy Winehouse), etc) while walking around the tables. Maybe it is a weekend thing. I would recommend Buddha-Bar more for the vibe than the food. It really is impressive. And a bit dark - so not a lot of photos of the food!

It's a little dark restaurant, but the atmosphere is wonderful. The food was good and the experience of sharing with colleagues is very good. Music was loud, but you could easily hear other people in your table. The decoration is beautiful, and in concordance with the style of the whole restaurant. In all a wonderful experience and the waiters were so helpful and some spoke several languages

Here's a review capturing that experience: The Buddha Bar in Paris is a must-visit spot whenever you're in the city, especially with friends. This place nails the ambiance--it's vibrant yet laid-back, perfect for a memorable night out. The decor is unique and has a distinctly ethnic feel, immersing you in a whole different vibe. The food is consistently great, and the drinks never disappoint. The service? Absolutely spot-on. The staff adds to the whole experience with their attentiveness and professionalism. And the music ties everything together beautifully, setting the mood and making it one of those places you just keep wanting to return to. Buddha Bar is more than just a night out; it's an experience worth having in Paris.

I'm shocked by the low ratings. My experience was exceptional! I was surprised with this reservation and it by far exceeded my expectations, from the food, service, the waiter helping surprise me, just everything!

I smile just thinking about the way the Buddha Bar made me feel. The vibe is insatiable!

Keep seeing this place on social media decide to make reservations for my bday and we were late because it seem like Uber in this city don't know where they are going and most streets are blocked off so you need to walk about a block to get here dumb the chairs are super tight here they don't have a big menu to choose from the food was super bad for $40 for 4 piece of sushi that's crazy no good plus the drink didn't have any alcohol seem like they give you small amount so you keep buying the drinks are $20 plus People are super rude here no good they don't even let you take pictures of your self in peace

The ambience of this place is just out of the world. We made advance reservations and still were seated pretty away from the main area and buddha. Upon requesting, we were moved closer to the main area. The decor and ambience there is just amazing. The food was above average, little on the costlier side. The vegetable green curry and dumplings were really good. The bar area was also good, didn't get a chance to try the cocktails there. Highly recommend visiting one of the buddha bars across the globe.

The food was fantastic as well as service and ambiance . Beautiful environment!! Will def go back !

So basically my review will be redundant as the others. This place has a nice vibe, cool music, and great decor. Where we were seated the lighting was kind of too dim but overall I was pleased with the esthetic'. The service was okay not bad but not outstanding. The food though was just average. I forgot the name of the sushi I thought it was going to have sliced Wagyu on it but I think it was chopped up. I had the curry shrimp which came with rice and it was just okay, the shrimp weren't seasoned and were average size. The curry itself was light. My husband had the sirloin steak with Lo mein style noodles. The steak was cooked properly but the noodles were not good no flavor whatsoever. The drinks were good, I have no complaints on that. If you are looking for a trendy date spot while in Paris try it out maybe if you pick something different to eat you might enjoy it.

Have enjoyed Buddha Bar music for a long time, but this place is far from the scene it originally created. The waitstaff was extremely rude and tired, and had the nerve to actually chide me in my request to get drinks. One of the worst restaurant experiences I have had to encounter honestly. The vibes the Buddha Bar has created was gone. It wasn't that anymore and it was more like a shitshow where one cannot relax in. Expect to wait a long time for your drinks, food and expect it to be semi cold by the time it arrives to your table. Raymond Vișan, what happened ? Buddha Bar is done, skip it.

Great Place for expensive weak drinks with great decor like a Bangkok Whore Lounge with the music just a bit too loud to really enjoy being here. Food was over priced for just average quality warmed up frozen dinners served on fancy plates. This is not Paris finest place to chill people. It's close to the Designer shops and fancy hotels. Don't waste your energy here. Sad because it could be something really good if ran right, had a good chef, house dj on deck, attentive staff that can do more than one task with both hands? I don't want to do it but with a location like that, it can't be that hard?

I have mixed feelings about this place.. the food was not good, extremely average, and expensive for what we got. We paid €329 for 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 desserts & a bottle of Veuve. That said, the atmosphere/ambience is great. My husband has many of the Buddha Bar CDs so it was a very familiar vibe as we listened to the chill electronic music being piped through the entire restaurant. We then went up to the bar & had a nice time (4 drinks came out to €90). I would suggest that you come for drinks to check out the space & vibe.. it's not worth eating here.

Very bad place and service. We took the reservation as it said it has live DJ and good music it did not.. there was a host,who led us and gave us the worst seating in the complete back of the hall when we asked them that this is not a good spot if they can change, she didn't care and was extremely rude and snobby and refused. we didn't feel welcomed made a move to leave right away as after sitting for almost 15 minutes, there is no person or server to even reach out to the host didn't even care if he got up and left. we hated this place and would not ever recommend anyone to go as they are completely misleading by saying that there is good music and DJ and good ambience. It is nothing and the people who are there don't even care if you're there or not save yourself with better please and save your time.

This restaurant is very very nice especially for a date night. Nice ambiance and the decor is second to none.... the big Buddha is a sight to see. However the tables are super close so you can hear the parties sitting to your left and right even if they are speaking quietly. I found that to be truly uncomfortable. It's such a huge space, I don't understand why there wasn't a bit more room. The drinks and food truly aren't anything I would write home about. I found it to be a bit overpriced and underwhelming. If you want to get dressed and enjoy a sexy vibe this is the place, but the food and drinks ummmmm not so much.

I've loved coming to Buddha Bar since I was so young in 1996! It's always fun, elegant, lively, full of champagne and great music still à la the OG Claude Challe. We usually sit at the bar, not the main dining area. This last time we also had some late night nibbles... also so delicious. An eternal favourite in Paris for a guaranteed great time!

Amazing 2 story upscale sushi bar Lounge, near fashion street in Paris. This is not connected to the Buddha Bar Hotel. They have Excellent service. People from all over, visit this place. They offer bottle service, it was nice paring wines with sushi rolls, I'm not a huge raw fish lady. I had cucumber Rolls, they were refreshing. I did not communicate much with the servers, each time I visit here, I was with my date and family first language is French. People were friendly, here. This location have more English speaking guest. (Side note, for travelers).

Place sucks slow service they have so many tables and want to give you the corner table. Idiots working here. Dumb hostess

Buddha Bar is an amazing experience, and a great place for quality sushi in Paris! They have a large variety of Asian fusion, I recommend eating family style (sharing different items). I highly recommend the rock shrimp, dumpling variety, and their rolls. If you're looking for a fun night out, good food, and pleasant ambiance then you need to check out Buddha bar!!

Buddha-Bar is a multi-level establishment with the lower level being the restaurant with a lot of table seating and an upper level with a bar overlooking the restaurant. I came here with some friends on a weeknight purely for drinks. Although it was slightly crowded we were able to walk in without a reservation and find one of the few remaining bar area tables. When you first enter you'll notice that it's dimly lit, there's Asian influenced decor spread about, and there's a giant 2 story tall Buddha statue in the middle of the restaurant. It kind of reminded me of Tao in Las Vegas. Just not as dirty and not as noisy. As far as I could tell, they pretty much have a full bar. There is a selection of pretty standard cocktails on the menu but I found the bartenders weren't familiar with some less mainstream but still relatively well known cocktails. After unsuccessfully trying to order a few, we ended up resorting to ordering a few bottles of wine. It is France after all! Overall, we all had a great time as Buddah-Bar is a good place to chill and have some drinks with friends. The noise level isn't too bad and you can actually just sit back and have conversations. However, drinks aren't cheap with a single cocktail averaging about 16 Euro. Also, if you are looking for very specific cocktails, this may not be the place.

Honestly horrible experience. The service was horrific. We ordered our drinks and 60 minutes later, they still hadn't come. I came a few years ago and it was great - very sad how far down hill it has gone. Do not go if you have limited time in Paris.

We decided to stop by here for drinks and really didn't have any issues getting in. It was a little early and it was starting to get full with dinner service. The ambiance here is pretty cool, especially the large Buddha statue. Our party just went to the upstairs bar and sat on some couches while having drinks. The bartenders were pretty friendly and spoke English well. Drinks are pretty pricey but not unexpected considering this is a very touristy spot in Paris. The drink menu does have a pretty good selection of crafted cocktails. We had a good time and enjoyed our drinks but it was a little too chill for me. I would have preferred for the ambiance to be a little crazier but perhaps we were a bit early for the festivities. It's definitely worth a stop in for a drink if you are in the area.

Came here for the first time. Terrible service. RUDE SERVERS. I don't recommend coming to this place unless you are dressed up or else they won't even look at your face. I guess people who are dressed nicely their money is better then mine. Their loss. Stupid place rude and arrogant.

Food was amazing. Service was great! The ambiance was the opposite of deplorable. The wok beef and green curry chicken was so good that we had to come twice. The calamari was to die for and so was the gyoza. The only regret was not getting the noodles they looked great!

We made reservations via email before arriving in Paris. Although it was a 30 minute walk from our hotel, we were running late so we tried to get a taxi. One taxi refused us, saying it was too close. We then called an u we that took 15 minutes to arrive but then took almost 20-25 minutes to get us there as traffic was so busy. He let us off in place de Concorde and we walked into the small street to get to the restaurant. We were seated immediately and served in a reasonable time. The restaurant is dark but nice decor. The lounge/bar tables were upstairs and we were seated downstairs right in front of the giant Buddha. The food portions were small but the food was good. It is quite expensive (around 200euros for hubby and I). As we were leaving there was a red carpet event happening outside and inside the restaurant. Bikini models were being photographed and the area was corded off and there was a fair bit of security. A fun place to visit with nice atmosphere, music and good food and service.

Love everything about this place! They have amazing sushi as well as all their Asian meals, wine and champagne are perfect and so are the cocktails. When it comes to design, this is typical for all the Buddha-Bars around the world

One of my favorite bars in Paris! The food and menu can be better but I don't mind their sushi rolls. If you want to listen to cool music and enjoy a drink then I definitely recommend this place.

Extremely expensive and very slow service. I don't recommend this place unless you want to wait forever for a drink and pay $20 euro for it. The interior is designed beautifully and you definitely feel like you're in a fancy destination but it's not worth it. I only had drinks with my sister so I don't have an opinion on the food but it was mostly sushi from what I could tell from the menu. Also if you are taking a cab or Uber here, they will drop you off on the Main Street in front of a hotel so you'll have to ask around the corner to get to the side street where the bar is located.

This place is horrible they don't have any clue what they doing drink food sets everything is really bad I never recommend to any one I give them 2 stars

We had a reservation for 9pm but got there an hour early and got seated right away. Loved the setting, the sushi was delicious, try the French kiss cocktail-really strong! Our waitress spoke great English. Minus a star because we were getting over charged and when I brought it up to the waitress she seemed annoyed. Besides that we really enjoyed!

Really nice interior decor and vibe! Seasonal sushi is great! Drinks were good! Had a few different servers during our dining experience which might be normal for this part of the world

Great lounge/restaurant over all . Great music selection and they also have DJ . Got here on a Friday night about 12 am , place was busy and people were well dressed. WAitress told us that we would have to buy a bottle to get a table because it was busy- so we did - got a table right behind the Buddha statue , bottles are not expensive compared to a regular club. Got a bottle of Veuve for 390 euro. Managers and staff were friendly and they spoke English . Definitely going back to try their food . Great for groups and couples .

On a recent work trip to Monte Carlo some colleagues and I visited the Buddha Bar for a quick late night cocktail ... upon arrival we were intrigued by the sultry decor & vibrant sounds ... once inside the bigger than life Bush's that anchored the bar lounge seemed to speak to each individual as if to say " yuh are under my spell now " .. the fashion and people watching were worth the price of the cocktails. I'd dare say you wouldn't go here for the food as it was average and pricey ... the scenery however was entertaining and lavish and certainly indicative of its reputation ! Definitely worth the visit !

I normally do not write reviews this quick, BUT who knew Paris would have the best Sushi! my review is based on the bar location. I had the combination entree which included between 5 different selection of sushi for $24 Euros. I enjoyed it so much that I ordered a second one. Try the "Pink Lady" you'll be glad you did. *The Chief is well known and popular in Paris Pros - Ambiance Arabian style decoration - Large Restaurant with several different floors - Fresh Sushi - Fast service and attention to detail - Large bar area Con - Pricey

Absolutely loved, every part of this restaurant. From the decor, to the lovely atmosphere, to the delicious food! I don't understand why the not so good reviews, but Buddha bar is definitely world known and this location in beautiful Paris did not disappoint at all. I don't remember exactly everything we had but it was something along this line, spicy tuna on crispy rice, spicy crab on crispy rice (my favorite), spicy edamame (delicious), dumplings, tacos, rock shrimp, & a side of fried rice. Everything was absolutely exquisite!

I love the Buddha Bar. No visit to Paris is complete without at least a drink up in the loft. It can be challenging to find a place to sit but well worth it if you can. Drink some delicious cocktails while listening to DJs spin great loungy music, whose soundtrack is played in wannabe loungy bars worldwide. The decor has been copied by numerous Asian inspired restaurants worldwide. There are other locations of Buddha Bar, but this is the one that makes the rest pale by comparison. They have CD house mixes for sale. I recommend IX and X. There is also a best of collection as well. I picked up number XV and it is becoming my new favorite.

I sent the email below to the management team at Buddha Bar and never received a response. The host told me that the most I could get for my bad experience is a CD... In any case, here is the email: On Saturday night, my boyfriend, friend, and I went to Buddah Bar for the first time to celebrate being in Paris for the first time from the U.S. Upon our arrival, we were seated pretty quickly, but were placed in the back behind a pole - I'm not sure if this was because I am Hispanic and my friend is African-American. In any case, as we ordered our food two different parties sat in the table next to us and left after a couple of minutes, which we found weird because they left so quickly - we're not sure why this happened, but it made us feel extremely uncomfortable. We noticed that those parties were moving to the center of the restaurant, which was upsetting considering that we were told that we could not move to the center because we only had three people in our party. Despite this fact, we tried to continue to enjoy our experience at Buddah Bar. Shortly thereafter, the restaurant started getting busier at around 21:00 and the tables started to fill up. Even though we got to the restaurant early at around 20:00 and put in our orders, we saw that the tables around us received their food much faster than us. In fact, the table next to us (after it was filled) came and went before us. In total, it took 2 hours for us to get our food and this was after we spoke to the waiter and manager and complained. If we had not complained, it would have been another hour or two. The manager and waiter apologized and explained that the restaurant was short-staffed, but this does not explain why it took so long for us to receive our food and not anyone else. After we received our meal, we were equally disappointed. The portions were small and after waiting for so long we didn't even want to eat anymore so we asked our waiter to please pack up our meal. He processed to tell us that the restaurant was too busy and couldn't pack up our meal, but that he could give us a box and we could do it ourselves.This is extremely disappointing and shows a poor customer service culture at Buddah Bar. We normally would have this disregarded this, but to pay nearly $200 for this type of experience is inexcusable. I sincerely hope that you can rectify this situation as we are all sadden and disturbed by Buddah Bar.

Step down the stairs from the street in what appears to be a small bar and it opens up in this huge cavern with a enormous Buddha. You can have a drink on the verandah looking down into the restaurant, the decor is great and its such a cool venue. We just went for a drink and had some dim sum which was delicious

Nice place in Paris. This place has really good cocktails. Nice place to meet up with friends before heading out on the town. Restaurant seems to be more tourist than locals. Either way great place to people watch and hangout.

Absolutely loved this place, great atmosphere, great drinks. I only went for a drink and appetizers. The calamari was delicious! Highly recommend!

Pretty cool spot if you ask me especially as straight up bars are concerned. The decor and location are absolutely amazing and the service is quite solid as well. Not to be confused with the Buddha bar hotel, this particular bar is located direct across from the U.S. consulate and has sort of an upscale feel to it, which is nice. The drinks are eclectic and a bit expensive but the music and decor make it worth the price of admission. Do yourself a favor and dress up to make a visit to the Buddha Bar, you'll enjoy yourself. Pros- Location Drinks Decor Ambiance Service English speaking Huge spaces Multiple level drinking and music Cons- Pricey Front building under construction Closes at 2am, too early for Paris IMHO

The current Yelp rating is 3.5 stars, which is exactly what I would give it but Yelp doesn't allow reviewers to use half stars. First, as other reviewers pointed out, it is more of a bar/lounge - hence the name. We came here the first time for dinner and sat downstairs. Later in the week, we came for just drinks upstairs at the back bar. It definitely had the "club" feel to the entire place and I came to find out that there are other Budda Bars around the world. The menu is quite big and offers a good deal of sushi as well as entrees. We started with edamame, which were some of the worst I've ever had - mushy and flavorless despite us ordering the "spicy" version which costs 1E more. I had the Budda role - which was a combination of tuna, salmon, avacado and other things. It came with it's own sauce, so I did not need soy sauce. I also ordered unagi (baked eel) which was good and sliced quite different from what I usually have - it was almost like nuggets of eel. Their alcohol menu is as large as the food menu. I can definitely recommend the Hitomi - a martini of vodka, elderflower liquor, green apple puree and lemon. Drinks are big city expensive - think 16E each. On our second visit, we each had two Kettel One and tonics (total of four) and the bill was $80+ on my credit card. It IS great people watching, although I wouldn't say it was a place for singles. Lots of couples, some business dinners and then groups of people enjoying their evening. We didn't have reservations, but we were eating at 8pm. Also, there is a dress code after 8pm.

This spot holds a special place in my heart. I came here the first time I ever visited Paris with my husband. We had a memorable date night. We have come back many times since with different friends. The last time we went was for my husband's 30th birthday and it was the perfect way to celebrate. Definitely recommend making a reservation if you want to sit in the dining room. If you don't have a reservation on a weekend you will probably not get sad and if you do it'll be after 11pm.. We have been here just to have cocktails upstairs at one of the comfy tables or at the bar. But we mostly come here to have dinner in the dining room. Yes, the menu is pretty expensive but that's Paris! I love the short ribs, fried rice, and all of the sushi is great. Amazing cocktails too! The later it gets the more wild it gets. They turn up the music and turn the lights down and it becomes more of a lounge vibe. We have been there late at night when the party gets started, American tourists were literally dancing on their chairs. But it was a great time!!! Can't wait to go back!

I found the sushi and wine menu pretty underwhelming. I think this place might be ideal for cocktails and ambience. Came here on a Friday evening - very busy and music was very loud, but if you're in the mood for that type of night, this place definitely succeeded in that regard.

I was spoken to rudely by the server because I do not speak French. I watched him serve all his other tables with a smile and neglect mine. I sat with an empty wine glass for a very long time and he never came back to ask my order. I then did not order and left because of this treatment

I would've given this place 5 stars but my experience here ended up terrible. This place came recommended to my by a friend and I was hoping to give it 5 stars as it reminds me of Tao in nyc! But Besides the bartenders looking at me funny like they've never seen someone come to a restarant alone before. After 2 weak and over priced cocktails they said they were closing while I'm still finishing my drink. This guy comes and starts screaming at people to leave and that they were closing up but there was still a lot of people at the bar. If I'm finishing my 16 dollar drink excuse me while I'm not in any hurry sir!! Then he had the nerve to put his hand on my back almost pushing me to go. This is after he walked passed a group of people sitting at the bar talking to the bartender! Shouldn't you be asking them to leave also? I turned around and said don't ever touch me again. Would you have done that if I were a man? Being that this is my first time in France I didn't want to create a scene lol but how dare he put his hands on me! Very rude! I had to walk passed another group of people that was sitting there also at the bar conversing while I'm pretty sure he wasn't pushing them out! What kind of establishment is this after I bought 3 over priced drinks. Give me a break! I wouldn't come back here if this was the last place in France to go! 0 STARS!!!!!

I wouldn't say this is a dinner place, the menu items are expensive and small. The food is OK, the waiter was pleasant. Buddha-Bar is more for cocktails and ambience than a restaurant. We really did like the decor, the music (of course) was good too. The online booking really was easy and they're on the ball with the reservations. The gift shop is really expensive, you're better off buying something iconic online.

So I've been a fan of the Buddha bar chill out movement ever since I could remember. So I just had to visit this place. Plus the ambience and music is super laid back and chill (hence Buddha bar) so it was a great way to end a night of walking and exploring. The drinks were good but not out of this world fantastic for the price. The food wasn't spectacular but it had a decent menu with a nice combination of your typical go to Asian dishes with some unique plates thrown in if you care to be a foodie. For me, rice , meat and some sort of sauce will do the job and they had just that. My girlfriends fish dish was spectacular according to her so that's a plus. Honestly, 4 stars because I think you honestly come here for the collective experience. In NYC where I'm from, we have plenty of these dark, erotic , zen like lounges that usually get wild at night. I like Buddha bar because it's true to the name ...keep it zen! Enjoy your cocktail. Relish your plate. Do it all under an exotic ambience as a way to kick off or end the night but in a less rowdy way. Would I be back? Probably. Or maybe check out the other Buddha bars across the globe. Either way it's not a disappointment.

Me and my boyfriend both share the same birthday. We were visiting Paris and made the mistake of going here. Our waitress took forever to come. She made a mistake on my boyfriend's order. Then got a attitude. My side dish never came out. The food was bland and not good on top of all of this! I complained to the manager I got a sorry. Once he brought over the bill he offered a dessert. In my opinion something more should have been done for such a bad birthday. Don't not waste your money here

Walking thru the streets of Paris and found the Buddha bar, popped in and the music was thumping and the drinks were smooth. The food was fresh and would definitely come back. Dancing at the upstairs bar, a fun vibe. Ask for a Mai Tai, got something with rum! lol, they try. Come check it out!!

Ambiance=good, Food=meh, Service=poor asf!!! Came here on our last night in Paris. Was greeted and seated instantly but it took 15-20 min to get an order in. Management has staffed this place horribly. If I'm paying $$$ I expect perfection in my experience. Waiter #1: Rude and insulted me because I only wanted side dishes. Food came quick. Waiter was MIA after the food was dropped. Waiter #2 swoops up plates from person sitting next to us (we sat down and ordered first) and then proceeds to pick up our plates 5 min later. While waiting for the bill, I head to the bathroom. Minutes later and still no bill. Husband tracks down busperson and he gets random Waiter #3 to settle the bill. We leave feeling underwhelmed and extremely irritated, the hostess doesn't salute us on our way out (she looked mad as hell and as if she hates her job) after spending $$$ on drinks, sushi and side dishes, we get down the street and approach the police. We see one policeman put his hand on his gun, and we our instantly clueless and somewhat startled. We turn around because Waiter #2 has chased us down the block. She approached us yelling and saying we didn't pay our bill. My husband whips out our receipt, she apologizes which leaves us feeling insulted. Basically the worst money we ever spent to say the least. Not going to put race into this but I will caution anyone who visits from the USA, that's African American and in Paris... Kanye and Jay Z said it best!!!

This place was a welcome retreat one rainy night in Paris. We wanted something different and Budda Bar was it. Great space that reminded me of Tao in Las Vegas, but hipper and bigger. Two floors with a bar up top and restaurant down below. For as big as it is, it's quiet with a nice cool vibe. We had a little of everything, but started with one of the best Mai Tai's ever. In Paris? Yes! Had the duck and a bunch of other dishes, but what popped out was the spicy beef...epic!!! Service was good, not rushed and the prices were not so bad for Paris at Christmas.... I would go back in a heartbeat.