Le Buffet

Memorable experience from chef Harry Wilson. This guy is pure talent. The kind of cuisine that's just blowing your mind with whole new flavors. Very diverse and exciting menu. Quite expensive but definitely worth a try. Great selection of wine as well. Very nice staff. Update : Back for burger night before summer break. Absolutely amazing! Update again : Quite disappointing plates from the new chef. Not so tasty, hazardous blends. Not sure it's worth going anymore. Poor value. Wines still on point

(+) Tapas style bistro, or feminist dining as they like to call it. (+) Excellent food and service, very helpful and kind staff (+) good wine pairing (+) The zucchini, beet and corn dishes were absolutely delectable (-) Portions were small, but the taste more than makes up for it (-) the Not Nashville Hot Chicken was surprisingly bland... All other dishes were excellent though!

Food was super fresh and delicious (the fish in particular)! Unpretentious atmosphere and super friendly staff (who speak very good english)!

By far the best restaurant this visit in Paris. Friendly staff. Great wines! Maybe a little pricey but oh well. Worth it haha.

In the 1980s, the Bastille district was the city’s young night life zone, not unlike Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in its early heyday. Now people come here for another reason: its restaurants. One that locals don’t want you to know about is this almost year-and-a-half old Buffet, an annex of Au Passage, a popular modern bistrot à vins, on a side street. With a 1950s-style cracked-tile floor, globe lights and wood tables, it looks like the subject of an Édouard Boubat photograph of postwar Paris, and it pulls a loyal crowd of regulars (some who make a daily appearance), drawn by the contemporary dishes listed on the chalkboard menu. The great buy here is the prix fixe menu at 16.50 and 19 euros served on Saturday, the only day they’re open for lunch. For dinner you can order dishes that might include lentil salad with fresh goat cheese, lamb-and-prune Parmentier (a French take on shepherd’s pie), roasted free-ranged pork belly with greens, and a runny chocolate-chestnut cake by the Portuguese chef Luis Miguel Andrade for less than 25 euros, without wine.

In a word - sexy. The lighting, the service, the food. The entire experience. It's not often you happen upon a restaurant run by so few, who do so much. The chefs provide a curated, considered selection of well priced plates that never failed to leave you wanting just that little bit more. The staff in the salon were the picture of poise - both in service and with their knowledge of thr the wines. Out of five stars, I give it six. A must seee

Full of locals, for most of the evening we were the only tourists at this cosy restaurant. We had a few lovely dishes and walked away well-fed and happy. The staff was very friendly. Tables are small and very close to each other. Do make a reservation, otherwise they offer you to wait outside the restaurant or at the bar for a table.

Cozy place for a dinner. Good to know they only offer a set menu, we didn't know this before we arrived. Helpful and flexible of the staff to offer a few alternative dishes without meat, however I don't think the adjusted menu was worth the set price.