Le Grand Restaurant - Jean-François Piège

My wife and I had dinner here the other night. My wife has a unique allergy and we had a modified 5 course dégustation. We also chose the wine pairing option from France to go with it. This 2-Michelin star was good but wasn’t exceptional. Their presentation was immaculate and our service was good, also not exceptional. However I noticed a few things which other 1-Michelin star restaurants were more switched onto. Delivering food to a table whilst 1 person was walking back to the table was a little shocking to see. Also when they cleared all of the dirty plates from our table one was missed and only collected once we had started eating our next course. Yes they gave us each a unique knife for the night and they were lovely, however it was blunt and cut like a butter knife and also never changed so every dish was mixed together with flavours from the last dish. The other issue I found they gave the smallest bit of bread I’ve ever seen. I would’ve liked more as I like to soak up the remaining sauce with bread. I did asked for more and they gave an equally small piece again. I left a little piece for the chicken dish but when I returned to the table the bread was gone. Rather disappointing and I didn’t feel comfortable asking for it back. Their food was presented exceptionally, and the mushroom reduction we had in the kitchen was phenomenal. I feel they did miss the mark with a couple of dishes and the flavours just didn’t go. I feel the sommelier has missed mismatched our wines (possibly because we had a modified menu and the wines weren’t modified). We had all white dishes (seafood and chicken) and they chose a couple of reds, alone they were exceptional, however together with the dish just didn’t work for our palette. This was the most expensive restaurant we have ever been to and to see a few avoidable mistakes which you would expect from a normal restaurant not a 2-star Michelin is disappointing. 2x wine pairing and 5 course degustation total of €1236.00 We were on our honeymoon and are very grateful for the Polaroid photo they took of us which was signed by the chef.

I’m genuinely unsure how this restaurant maintains two Michelin stars. We chose the five-course “Trip Around France” menu, expecting an exceptional culinary journey. Unfortunately, the experience fell short of those expectations. Amuse-bouche - Bland and uninspiring. Dandelion dish - Creative presentation with a pleasant sauce, but overall unremarkable. Blue lobster - A signature ingredient, yet the meat was chewy. Once again, the sauce outshone the main element. Fish course - Acceptable, but nothing distinctive - certainly not what you’d anticipate at this level. Sweetbread - Served as a large, fatty portion that we found unpleasant. My wife left hers untouched. When the waitress noticed, she questioned us, remarking that others enjoy it and that she had warned us. Her tone became noticeably abrupt afterward. They replaced the dish with chicken, but unfortunately, it was also fatty and lacked flavor. Dessert - Imaginative in concept (16 mini desserts), yet uninspiring in execution. The clementine dish was extremely sour- where a touch of sweetness would have been expected. When we mentioned this, the waitress again responded curtly, saying it was meant to be “a little sour.” We left most of the desserts untouched. Wine pairing - The sommelier was knowledgeable, as expected, but I questioned the logic behind selecting two consecutive wines from neighboring villages in Alsace for a menu themed “Trip Around France.” It felt inconsistent with the concept. Overall, while the first few courses were “good,” none were memorable, and the service after the sweetbread incident made us uncomfortable. For a restaurant with two Michelin stars, this was a disappointing experience. Having spent over €1,300 no refund was offered as compensation for the dissapointment expressed.

My boyfriend treated me to this 2-star Michelin restaurant for my birthday lunch. Everything we had was incredible, the service was top-tier, the staff were so friendly, and the restaurant and everything that comes with it was so eloquently designed- simple yet elegant. Overall, it was an exceptional experience. 15/10 would definitely come back. Thank you so much for making my birthday extra special. 🩷🩷💃🏻

Location in reality looks less bold, table arrangement a bit boring, service sometimes hectic. Food was too experimental for my taste, I couldn't entirely enjoy. It seemed as if the menu was fully designed to follow a cause, and the food taste got lost on its way. Presentation was beautiful though - and different. [Visited in June 2024, restaurant had 2 Michelin stars at that time]

Wow - OUTSTANDING - maybe top 2 in the world together with Per Se in New York. Both creative and yet accessible and warm. Close to my heart. Amazing flavors and very well assembled . Makes your heart happy and your stomach too. Can’t wait to be back !

This is a nice restaurant that hits the marks expected of a fine dining experience. To address a few comments - - as you would expect, most will go for, and review, a tasting menu of some sort. By definition, not every course will be to every person’s taste. But there is a good mix there - some surprises, some contrasts, plenty of classics, sharper flavours and more comfortable ones too. The key thing is it is all well cooked, and presented with flair and imagination. The flavours are subjective, but we thought excellent. - on the photos the atmosphere looks a little austere / cold. Actually, it is surprisingly warm and intimate without being stuffy. A bit of a 70s vibe going on if you want to embrace your inner Burt Lancaster / Farah Fawcett. - some fine dining places can be a little stuffy, and then when confronted with slightly more relaxed guests things can get a little awkward. Not so here - the staff are knowledgeable without being condescending, friendly without being informal and are confident in themselves to relax into the service. The same goes for the kitchen crew. There was a difficult table when we went, and they were nicely dealt with. - it is a big (very big) wine list, and there are pairing options ranging from 150 ish to 1,500 ish. So you can spend a lot of money on them. Frankly, pairing an 8 course meal for me is pointless, as I would be on the floor by the end, so my suggestion, as the food flavours are already so good, is to have a couple of glasses of wine flavours you like and don’t be shy to confirm the price. So top marks. You won’t be disappointed.

Very nice place excellent service but overall the food experience was not good enough for a 2 star Michelin restaurant. Certainly not for its high end pricing. The 12 dishes menu included more than 20 different items. Each of them was a piece of art. Complex portions from the best ingredients cooked to perfection, and served beautifully. But the end result which is the taste, was a little disappointing. Some dishes were very good, others were only good, But on none of them we could say WOW. That WOW for which one dines in a Michelin stared restaurant. This WOW for which one is willing to pay so much for a meal was missing this evening.

My favorite fine dining restaurant in Paris. Should have gotten 3 Michelin stars many years ago already. Everything is cooked to perfection with a good mix of classicism and innovation. The chef is real hard working and extremely talented. The wine list is very impressive with impossible to find wine and vintages. If you want to splurge while exploring the city of light, don’t look any further.

Fantastic experience all around. Food: Great variety of dishes that hit the palate in all types of ways, deep complex flavors come from even the lightest of dishes, elements that work together spectacularly. Service: Fantastic, attentive service. Although a little intimidating at the start, are actually very nice and cater to all needs. The staff also speak adequate english and are very observant. Environment/Ambiance: Smooth jazz compliments the food, like the behind the scenes of stage production. As the lights grow dim, the small space provides a cozy and intimate atmosphere. Small complaints: The initial environment felt a little rushed, and wasn't very inviting (maybe due to the slight language or cultural barrier). Once we got settled in the anxiety disappeared.

Phenomenal Michelin 2-star experience. Chef Jean François Piège has created an overall journey that combines the ultimate in artistic, biophilic, and culinary uniqueness. He has redesigned the kitchen at the front of the restaurant, and you are greeted warmly by those in the kitchen as you enter. Suchly a lovely start to the experience. Also, he is the only head chef in my experience who invites each person to come visit the kitchen for a tasting, making it personal and interactive. The thoughtfulness and unique touches put into the surroundings are exquisite: chairs that swivel comfortably, the Dior water carafes with their hand-blown animals & flowers, the salt boxes with their weekly changing salts, exquisite knives, and of course the faceted geometric ceiling is the crème de la crème. The culinary experience is all that you would expect from a Michelin 2-star restaurant -- but it is everything else about Le Grand, Chef Jean François Piège and the kindness of his entire team that make this one of the most unique experiences you will have in your lifetime.

The service did not match any other two-Michelin-star restaurants in Paris; food would fall over when presented to the table, and staff would forget what they were supposed to do, even opening the front door that had to be buzzed in. The atmosphere is great but staff would leave things scattered on empty tables, and the food was sometimes great, but sometimes also did not live up the concept. Overall, it was an okay experience, very distracting, and could do without. We started people watching and noticed our neighbors weren't enjoying themselves either: someone just shook his head at the end of the meal after throwing his napkin on the table; we were more polite.

Let me begin by reminding readers that: 1. This restaurant has 2 Michelin Stars 2. An abridged menu, and wine pairing, with coffee, costs 516 Euros. Any evaluation has to be based on the above premises. And I have to say that I have NEVER been more disappointed by ANY restaurant on the Michelin Guide as much as I have been by Le Grande, let alone one rated 2 stars by Michelin! To begin, let's talk about "portion sizes". I have never experienced such appallingly small (almost non-existent) portion sizes at ANY fine-dining restaurant. It's an immediate pathway to annoy someone who is paying north of 500 euros for a dining experience. I have never left a fine-dining venue "hungry", except this one. Literally, if you come here, you need "dinner" after this. Second: this is perhaps the only venue I have been to where "bread" and a spread is counted as a "course". What a joke! Several (every single one that I have been to in Switzerland, for example) Michelin star restaurants give you choices of different types of home-made bread, with different spreads, without even writing it on the menu! Instead, here, they rip you off by using bread as (at least one, and I would say two, if you dissect the menu carefully) "course(s)"! Third: You will be paying for the "chef's collectibles", in part. They will show you his collections of "salt and pepper containers", "steak knives", etc. Instead of attending to provide a "culinary" experience to remember, they will try to impress naive people with silverware! If you do an audit of their pricing structure, they will surely include this as part of the "experience", somewhere in their "accounting". Fourth: probably the biggest--and one that I alluded to before--the price, and the value you get for it! By God's grace, I am one of the fortunate ones for whom money isn't an issue. Yet, for many people, such fine-dining experiences are once or twice in a lifetime! And if you choose this place, based on the Michelin Guide, boy, will you be disappointed, feel CHEATED, and left with a bitter taste in the mouth towards the fine-dining industry! To me, this is a disservice and a disgrace to the outstanding chefs out there, who really do provide "out of this world" experiences to people who step inside their venues! Let me give context here, so that people realize what's going on, and why I took the time to write this. Take a train trip of 4 hours from Paris, and reach the town of Lausanne in Switzerland. Take a bus to Crissier, and you will find a "3 Michelin star" restaurant: "Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville de Crissier". Make yourselves a booking there! For a full menu, wines, and coffee, you will pay 489 CHF. And I cannot even EXPLAIN the difference in experiences you will get! At Crissier, you will remember the experience for a LIFETIME; you will be treated to one "substantive" course after another; there will be unlimited (diverse, flavored) bread--NOT counted as a course; and boy, will you feel "satisfied" after the last dish has been served. And I cannot even begin to describe the "taste", "presentation", and things of that nature here! Another "expensive" city in the world: San Francisco, USA. Take yourselves to the 3-star rated Atelier Crenn, or the 2-star rated Acquerello or Californios. You will see that it is literally a NIGHT AND DAY difference. And all three cost LESS than this place! To Michelin: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR QUALITY CONTROL? How does a restaurant like this get 2 stars? You need to check, as to how much bias exists in your ratings, when it comes to Paris! Send the SAME judges to the restaurants I mentioned, and have them provide a comparative rating. Take price into consideration! This place does not even deserve to be on the guide, let alone have "2 STARS"! The Michelin Guide used to be "sacred" to me till this day, as ALL the restaurants I have been to before (several that I don't even have space to write about in detail here) are above a VERY HIGH bar! How does a cheat of a restaurant like Le Grand get into such a coveted list? It's a pathetic outlier; a disgrace to fine-dining!

One of the best restaurants I've been in Paris in terms of service and the quality and creativity of food.

It's not a big rather small cozy restaurant, probably about 10 tables, the restaurant's decor is pretty simple but with a cool geometric ceiling. Be aware when the wine connaisseur come to you with selections of champagnes, it may seems like it's on the house but it's not, it will cost £52 for a small glass. We were three for lunch and we opted the most top menu $450€ plus wine pairings. The menu we picked it's chef's inspiration plus better ingredients than the one below so we didn't have names for some of the savory dishes. The waiter explained us, the chef has created each dish inspired from different region, mostly seafood except the sweetbreads, every dishes has a fun fancy names and artistic presentations, unique plates , serve wares and each one of us got a knife from a different region made from a local craftsmen. Everything was good with rather simple ingredients, the dish we all enjoyed the most (even our waiter said so), was the langoustine unique presentation with very buttery flavor, and the last savory cours was sweetbreads which was our least favorite, my daughter and I we took one bite and we couldn't take a second so that kind of forced my husband to finish his but he didn't really appreciate the taste either. Sweetbreads is considered a delicacy but it's not everyone's taste and serving a whole giant piece on a plate like that looks pretty on the presentation but when you taste a bite in your month it's like eating a piece of fat raw taste in the center plus the rich sauce that didn't go well in my opinion it's not a pleasure in your month. Desserts are great, again to me they rather simple ingredients served in a unique way or in a nice presentation. they also give a tour of the kitchen for the guests, the sous-chef prepared a light simple tuna ice-cream like dish for guests to enjoy while watching the kitchen crew working. I'd said over all the experience was ok, the service was great it's a stander for 2 Micheline stars restaurant, the food wise, there's not enough substantial and high quality ingredients that are worth for the price.

Very creative food. Nice in general though salty at times. Service hospitable but not as attentive as expected given size of venue, status and price. (Eg White wine left unchilled for three hr dinner). All very kind and nice experience but should be just a bit more refined all around for price

I'm obsessed with this restaurant! My best friends were visiting from Atlanta in which I've heard are incomparable. However, I brought her to Le Grand and she was beyond impressed. Our lovely waiter not only was impressive, but he also gave us skincare lessons while at it. The steak was my favorite!!! Love Le grand! Coming back!!! Xx

Beautifully choreographed service, the food was amazing, not "amazing" but truly amazing. We thought we dropped the mike with the selection, but they dropped the mike with the good and service.