Mel C.
Yelp
Thoumieaux
Worse Than Terrible
We arrived exactly on time for our 9:00 PM reservation and were led to our seat by a very efficient captain. That was the end of the service at Thoumieux!
We were required to wait for nearly 15-minutes before a waiter brought a menu, and, only after we stopped him and asked for it. The wine list took another stop of the waiter and another 10-minutes.
Our friends ordered a Champagne cocktail that arrived with their salad, water and wine. No explanation. Our «entrées» arrived in reasonable time and were quite good. We then sat with empty salad bowls in front of us for another 10-minutes.
Meanwhile, a group of eleven young men arrived and were seated with great ceremony by the maître'd'hôtel ... also a young man. From that moment on, we never received even a glance. The table of eleven was, literally, pandered to by the maitre'd. He set an extra place, poured wines and waters, and took orders immediately. At our table, the waiter slammed down the bottle of wine after allowing me a taste and did not pour the mineral water that we ordered.
The couple at the table on the other side of our table came about 30-minutes later. They were served their «entrées» and «plats» in reasonable time. We continued to wait. Finally, our «plats» arrived. My wife loved her biche; my scallops were so cold that I sent them back. My wife had finished her «plat» before the re-heated scalloped were re-served. I told the waiter to return them to the kitchen, and asked for the check.
Throughout this, the maître'd'hôtel continued pandering to the table of his peers without as much as glance in our direction. We were served neither wine nor water. There was never an apology for the absolutely terrible service, not even a glance. The check required another10-minutes to arrive in spite of my clear unhappiness.
This may be a new, hot Parisian restaurant if you are a peer of the servers, not just an ordinary married couple. In a word, forget Thoumieux.