Eli H.
Yelp
This place succeeded in one thing with flying colors: Checking the box of "Deal with unbelievably rude staff at an ultra-French restaurant." We had plans to make a bunch of different stops in the area, with Derriere being where we all met up first. I called ahead, mostly to make sure they were open on a Monday night, and while I had the host on the phone I asked if they had tables available that night. He said sure, no problem, took my name, and said he'd hold a table for us. Easy enough, right?
We get there a few minutes after they opened, and everything seemed fine. We got seated, the wait staff was friendly enough, although obviously annoyed we asked for an English menu. We got a ton of shared plates and a couple rounds of drinks, and decided to wander on. When we asked for our check, things got real weird. Instead of bringing the check, the waiter brought over the manager, who proceeded to absolutely chew us out because he "needed to make more money on the table," he "turned away the hundreds of people who called" so we could have it, and we needed to make this right since I should have told him on the phone we wouldn't be eating a full meal.
First off, we dropped close to two hundred euros as everything here is unbelievably overpriced. Additionally, at no point in talking with anyone there either on the phone or when we were seated was there ever any kind of "table minimum" mentioned. Last, but by no means least, we left no later than 8:30, if not far before that, as the place was still mostly empty so everything we ordered came out very quickly. I'm not sure who these "hundreds of people" are that were calling on a Monday, but if I ran a restaurant a table I can turn over in less than an hour and make a bunch of cash, then seat someone else in it to do the same would be my dream- Not something to have a tantrum over.
Totally surreal experience, particularly as we were having such good luck that trip in not having the Typical French Restaurant Experience. Anyway, there's a bunch of better, more friendly restaurants/bars in the immediately walkable area. Skip this one.