Hugo Pedro-Martins
Google
We went for dinner and we chose the 8 course immersion experience plus menu 5 wines. We also chose a course of cheese as an extra. We enjoyed our time and our meal, and some of the dishes were really well accomplished and very tasty, however, there are a few remarks we would like to make about the experience:
- We understand this is a tasting menu, however, having experienced many restaurants around Paris and many menus dégustation, we found the portions tiny.
- The 5 wines chosen were insufficient for an 8 course meal. Only the last one, served with dessert was good. The previous 4 were completely bland.
- The restaurant does not offer bread, or bread and butter as a nice side offer. This is something we strongly think it should be revised. Only the cheese plate, as an extra, brought 2 slices of bread. One for each. You should not ration bread.
- Even though like I said some of the dishes were really tasty, the ingredients are not at all premium for this type of service provided and prices charged. One St. Jacques, one sliver of fish, pear, all available for cheap at local supermarkets do not qualify as premium produce.
- Pigeon, is not a consensual ingredient. An animal that is seen as a pest going around every city as a nuisance, is probably best left out of any tasting menu. You could have it a la carte though. People will always wonder about the provenance of this bird.
All in all, although we had a good time and the service provided by the staff was top notch, we felt that the menu itself is made on the cheap side, either by quality of the products and their quantity and charged at a very high price.