Le Zinc French Bistro
Categories: French, Breakfast & Brunch, Tapas Bars [Edit]
Neighborhood: Noe Valley4063 24th Street
(between Castro St & Noe St)
San Francisco, CA 94114 (415) 647-9400
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: No
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Good for: Breakfast, Dinner
- Alcohol: Beer & Wine Only
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Neighborhood: Mission
"YUMMY! We had a double date here to celebrate a friend's 24th. He was looking for "Comfort Food" so this was a pretty cool place to be. …" read more »
194 Reviews for Le Zinc French Bistro
The food wasn't quite as good as it sounded, but it was still tasty, the waitress was great (I LOVE opinionated waitstaff), the wine was surprisingly good (my husband doesn't usually like French wine, but we really liked the bottle we ordered), and it was easy to get a reservation at prime time on a Friday night. Good to know about!
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Hmm.. I have a sinking feeling it'll be hard to add something original with 192 people having reviewed this place before me... but here goes...!
For me, the strengths of this place were all about ambiance. Having lived in Paris, this DID remind me of the city of love. We sat in the charming courtyard with romantically lit trees and tiny tables. They did not rush us at all - we lingered for over 2 hours. They also get an extra star for a French waiter who thought I was French when I ordered "le menu de degustation" and "baba au rhum" for dessert. Flattery, baby, gets you everywhere.
Oh! And how can I forget? The creme brulee my dining partners ordered was LE MEILLEUR that we have tasted outside France. YES, the VERY BEST!!
Truly, the only thing that immediately gave this place away for being not in France was the spacious, elegant, handicap-accessible bathroom. Obviously that's a plus!
We enjoyed brunch #2 of the weekend here. Yesterday was beautiful and as we strolled around Yuppie-ville USA (aka Noe Valley), we decided to stop here for a bite. The waitstaff was very nice and did a really good job of pretending we weren't annoying when we asked to move our table from inside to outside.
Their menu was simple but had tons of choices.
We enjoyed a burger, which was cooked-to-order perfectly and was unique in that it didn't come with a bun (a basket of bread instead), which made it a lighter, but still super tasty, dish.
I had the fried eggs with bacon and garlic tomatoes. I received 3 perfectly fried sunny side up eggs, a beautiful pile of perfectly cooked bacon and some delicious sauteed tomatoes. It was very simple but so well done.
BF had the ham and egg crepe (I think it was called the Egg "Brik"). It was kinda like a crispy pancake with strips of ham and a fried egg on top. A little different and also very tasty.
We also ordered the crabcake eggs benedict dish, which was again, really well-executed but it was kind of on the small side. Don't order it if you're starving, I think it was consumed in about 3 minutes.
All in all, it was a really cute brunch spot with fresh, well-made food. I would be curious to come back one evening for small plates and a glass of wine. Will surely Yelp again if/when that happens!
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Came here for brunch today. Very relaxed, fairly reasonably priced French restaurant. The French bread was a highlight, and my crabcakes with poached eggs on top did the trick. The espresso drinks were pretty much crap and the pain au chocolat which came highly recommended was a mushy mess. If you're in the hood, it's not a bad choice, but otherwise take a hike down to Foreign Cinema.
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I felt like I am back in Paris. The food was wonderful. Charming service. What a great place to spend a romantic evening. Definitely would recommend to any one.
A great place for conversation and a date.
We were greeted promptly and pleasantly and since it was such a nice evening we sat in the small enclosed patio in the back of the restaurant. The staff was very pleasant and attentive. I attribute this to their professionalism and the fact that my date was a hunk bear looking FINE in his suit.
We both decided to try the prix fixe dinner: I had the fennel soup (awesome: buttery, fennely and delicious), the lamb duo (the celeiac puree was OK...I would've skipped it altogether for more of the yummy potatoes) and ended with a tasty baba au rhum (cake and rum...how can you go wrong?). The hunky bear started with a green salad with potatoes/bacon/pears (unusual and quite tasty), the duck confit (which I had to take his word was delicious as I couldn't steal a taste LOL), and an awesomely yummy crepe suzette (that alone would be worth a trip back).
What a wonderful way to spend an evening: a lovely setting, delicious food, wonderful conversation, and a hot man? Thumbs and stars all around.
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I love the breakfast/brunch. Hate the service. But the food overcomes it so I keep coming back. Don't come here if you are in a hurry and don't expect that you will see your server unless you flag them down.
I still consider it on the second visit
worth it.
For 36 bucks
you get a shot of gazpacho with a little snacky of cucumber,bell pepper, and goat cheese
A full salad with a whole seed mustard vinegarette with bacon
A nice size rack of lamb, with sunchoke puree, and fingerling potatoes
And a large, yummy serving of creme brulee.
The waiter remembered what I had ordered an hour after I had ordered the creme brulee. He was very good and dealt well with the wineless company I had. oy vey!
I had a Sancerre and enjoyed my meal very much.
I'm going back a third time.
I heart food.
Especially good food.
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03/12/2008
Happy.
Absolutely very happy.
The waiter was wonderfully professional, hot, and helpful. The food… Read more »
Disclosure: The GayZ should disclose that his boyfriend has worked in the kitchen of Le Zinc and that we are friends with both the owner and chef.
Le Zinc has a nice outdoor garden which is perfect for brunch on those rare warm summer days. I've been here at least four times, twice for dinner and twice for brunch and have to say that I have never been disappointed by the food which is very authentically French - including the portions!
Parisian Chef Max, who is married to Diana, the lady owner with an English accent is a real personality and strives for that perfect French touch on all of his meals. Do not ask for substitutions! Max will slam his hairy man fists down on the kitchen counter and proclaim so loudly in his deep French accent, "NO SUBSTITUTIONS!" that the little espresso demitasses will rattle in the front room. He detests customers that ask for substitutions, so just don't do it.
As for the service, I've always had a good experience but to be fair one half of the GayZ does know everyone who works there. Ask for Vivian, the tall, slender blond waitress. She is sweet and soft spoken and actually French.
If you go for brunch you simply cannot skip the Dungeness Crab Cakes with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce which is so rich and buttery you'll want to ask for extra to eat with your fingerling potatoes which come fried and buttery.
Steak frittes and the traditional french burger (with a fried egg on top) are a favorite of The GayZ's bf, but for those of you (read: Americans) who are used to getting a bun with your burger, be sure to ask for baguette with your burger as it comes without a bun.
Avoid the pork rilletes at all cost. I'm just sayin'...
Lastly, if you go for dinner I highly recommend the foie gras which is slow cooked overnight in the oven by just the heat of the pilot light. It's served with pink peppercorns and Fleur de sel -- hand-harvested sea salt collected off the coast of Brittany. If by chance your dish doesn't arrive with any Fleur de sel, ask for it as it makes a huge difference and is rather pricey.
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I came here for dinner and I don't feel the the quality was as excellent as their brunch. I had the steak frites and the meat was tough and overcooked. I tried a few other dishes and wasn't impressed. Still love this place for brunch but I can't recommend it for dinner.
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05/19/2007
I think Le Zinc just passed Joe's as my favorite breakfast spot in Noe Valley. I finally gave this… Read more »
I've just had lunch here with a friend, and overall I think it was decent. It wasn't exciting, It wasn't that memorable, but it was fine. My food lacked a bit of flavor (ok, so I am a bit of a flavor whore), but still - it needed a bit of this, and bit of that. The service was good however, and the location is great if you live in Noe Valley. I'll try it again for dinner and update.
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It's one of those lets-splurge-a-little type of places...it's worth it! the appetizers were delicious, the steak was wonderful, and the dessert was orgasmic!
We had the crab millefuille (avocado, dungeness crab and spicy mayo); steak, lamb, and a molten chocolate lava cake...beautiful!
Yum
Always go back to the Zinc. I love to take my time when it comes to food. The Zinc is the perfect spot for that. Breakfast brunch is great , the prix fixe is a good choice (price and quality) when looking at expensive and demanding San Francisco.
Service: friendly and casual.
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07/16/2008
My friends and I discovered the Zinc Restaurant just recently. We go there for brunch on saturdays.… Read more »
The place looks very nice but I will not go back because of the mediocre food and bad service.
When I ordered something I saw on the menu posted outside, the waitress looked at me like I was stupid. It turned out that they had a limited menu for lunch and they posted the dinner menu by mistake. No apology from the waitress. The steak was ok, but the salade Nicoise was not good. The dressing was too overwhelming and not traditional kind. I found something weird floating in my wine. We left before dessert.
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had dinner here last weekend after hearing they had really great food. i was a little dissapointed on the food- good but not great by any means. they did, however, have a good wine list and some delicious beers as well and I generally liked the environment but not enough to make up for my just-ok food. I had the tuna nicoise which was overly salty even for nicoise and the tuna was overdone. I'd go back but I'd order something else.
My brother, sissy-in-law & I had dinner here last night to belatedly celebrate the brother's birthday. It was a nice evening, the food was pretty good - nothing special. Though it is hard to mess up steak gaufrettes.
I had the three course prix fixe - escargot, steak gaufrettes & creme brulee - all were acceptable & fairly tasty - the escargot lacked seasoning, the creme brulee was tepid under the shell... for $40 I think I expected a little more.
We had a really nice French wine; but, quite pricy - I was a little surprised at the check; but, given that brother & sissy-in-law dined ala carte I suppose it was correct.
The service was okay; but, I was a little annoyed that the owner kept hovering over our table. There's attentive and then there is this (which was something else completely.)
Overall - I would go back, sure - it's not bad; but, it wouldn't be at the top of my list. I'd say three and a half stars; down towards three, as it just was mediocre in my experiance.
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This place can be great and can be horrible. The servers are apathetic. The ambience inside for dinner is terriffic and it is very clean. Many of the dishes are excellent. You'll be satisfied so long as you don't set your expectations too high.
We used to stop in here every Sunday morning when we were searching for houses in SF. We'd plot our open house map out over their deliciously strong coffee and lament over the lack of houses in our range over fluffy smoked salmon scrambled eggs.
The food here is delicious, they do amazing things with eggs. I haven't had dinner here but I should. They also have a great french wine list and fantastic mimosas.
The house in the city didn't work out, but we did find a great breakfast spot.
Another note - Le Zinc does not typically have the insane wait time that most other SF brekkie places do.
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Wow, I'm looking at the other reviews as I write this and I have to start by saying maybe we just came on a bad night (it was a Friday) ... but the food here was awful. I mean, not just not great, but truly terrible.
As a starter, I had the goat cheese tart which was dry and flat. My husband's ravioli was like cardboard. Honestly. We both ordered the canard aux peches and it was probably duck breast that we had but it was tough and overcooked and the peaches were just wierd and the potatoes had dried out, leathery skins and no flavor. And the sauce was really sweet and sticky and just didn't make sense with the dish at all. Desert approached acceptable but by that point I was totally put off.
The whole meal was like it had been carelessly microwaved with some sauce thrown on top and a sprinkling of parsely, then put out for unsuspecting customers by a staff laughing at us in the kitchen for being such rubes. In fact, I did notice at one point that the kitchen, which you can see into a bit in the back of the restaurant, was pretty quiet. Maybe there was no chef that night or some emergency had struck. I hope so because I don't want to believe anyone would create food that bad on purpose.
Too bad because the place itself is charming and the waiter was very nice, and the wine was good, thank god. But the food was really, really bad. I'll never go there again.
My girlfriend and I always go Le Zinc to eat and love it. Always was able to talk to friendly staff. Crazy about their wine selection. The atmosphare and the decor of the place are done to perfection. Having such a great restaurant next door to my business wil be missed the most among other things.
Parisians are known to be snobby about art,fashion, and especially their food. Two year ago, I traveled to Paris and immersed myself into grand dior of life. To celebrate my birthday this year, I dined at a French bistro in Noe valley.
Food.
With dark mahogany walls and tables, created an elegant atmosphere. Bypassing their extended wine bar, I sit at the at a white table cloth table. With dim lights, the bistro is reminiscent of the romantic spots I dined at in Paris. Bistro food is meant to be the creation of simple ingredients but prepared with exceptional sauce and seasoning. With out hesitation, I order seared foie gras. The nutty taste with a rich butter texture melts in your mouth. Escargo, French snails, drench in a garlic infused olive oil is a great starter. Served with a sweet light cream the mussel appetizer with shredded carrots is a great comfort dish. Don't let good things go to waste. Dip the French bread into the garlic oil. Looking at the Dine About Town menu, we order two classic bistro selections: rack of lamb and steak. Being part of the meal, the endive salad displays the natural sweet and bitter taste of endive with a light vinaigrette seasoning. The steak and fries uses simple ingredient but is cooked with finesse. Cooked medium rate, the seared steak had a slightly crispy crust while the meat is blushing dark read. A mound of caramelized onions add crunch. Seasoned with just the right amount of salt and pepper, the fries are crispy with a semi soft middle. Cut a small piece steak, dab into the drippings of the steak sauce, and toss it a stick for fries. The combination of all these ingredients creates a pungent and savory team of flavors. With the slightest hint of a gamey taste, the rack of lamb pairs well with sweet crunchy French beans.
With a party of five, we select the three desserts and two cheese platters. With the slightest touch of the spoon, the caramelized crust of the crème Brule shatters. With just the right level of sweetness, the egg custard mixture lingers through all the zones in the mouth with its pillowy texture. The chocolate soufflé is all about temperature. With a room temperature crust, the piping hot chocolate sauce explodes like lava from a volcano. The cheese platters range from creamy cheese to hard cheeses. The artisan bread pairs well with the cheese. With a crispy crust and a chewy inside, a slight slather of butter and a piece of cheese makes a great pairing. Bistro LeZinc is a great neighborhood restaurant with attentive service and memorable food.
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I really want to like this place- it combines many of my favorite things: wine, French food, and a patio. However, it fails on most. Cute atmosphere, but the service was quite unfriendly, and the cheese plate we ordered wasn't good at all. The cheese was old and some was moldy (and yes, I'm aware that cheese is essentially mold). Would have much rather spent my sunny afternoon with friends with a hunk of cheese and a bottle of wine from Bi-Rite in Dolores Park.
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We got seated very quickly. Not a very warm introduction by our waitress. An amuse bouche of gazpacho with cucumber/feta cheese/tomato (Not very inventive).
We ordered several tapas and one entree:
SALADE DE CHVRE CHAUD
warm goat cheese salad wi th
honey & walnut (OK, nothing unique or spell bounding)
MOULES MARINIRES
mus sel s s teamed in whi te wine (OK as well)
GALETTES DE LA MER
c rab cakes (I thought this was one of the better presented dishes)
Foie Grae dish with balsamic vinaigrette - I thought this was pretty good; reduction tasted okay. A little too sweet.
Entree: Monkfish with bacon and white beans. A little too chewy but then again that's Monkfish right? Nothing really "spectacular".
Carafe of white wine.
The dessert was really disappointing.
TARTE TATIN
caramel i zed apple tar t wi th maple
i ce c ream ( mushy top, ice cream was okay, crust - mushy again, not flaky).
I will not be back; I have a feeling this place is going down hill.
This place is good on a nice day (if you sit in the quiet, small back patio), much like today. A bottle of white wine (a light, floral blend), salad and the cheese-and-meat platter was the perfect accompaniment to what might be the last stellar day we'll have around here for months. It's a good small-plate place, which earns it a special place in my heart, but there just wasn't anything special about it overall.
Service came with a hint of snob, but it didn't bother me all that much. I'd come back, if looking for something Frenchie on the affordable side. But I'd be just as happy in a friend's backyard (or makeshift backyard) with a platter of cheese from the grocery store and a cheaper, just-as-good bottle of white.
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Came here twice and liked the food both times. Fish and meats were perfectly cooked. The gewurtstraminer is thankfully from Alsace, not one of those watered-down Napa varieties. If you are going to drink gewurtsraminer, it HAS TO be from Alsace. Period.
OK food (2.5) and terrible service(below zero) make one star.
Let me be more specific. The servers (one white female and one bald white male) I met on an early evening of Thursday were completely retarded. As soon as the guy came out and recognized me sitting at the table his co-worker was serving, he told her a joke "Hey, seems like Chinatown ran out of chicken feet" (I'm not even Chinese or from the same continent.). I immediately left the place with minimum tip because I didn't want to cause trouble.
I think that everyone has the right to hate someone based on his race and cultural background and that everyone has the freedom to express his emotion. But a grown up should handle his freedom in a better way. if you're working as a server, be more professional and don't let the customer hear the shit coming from your ignorant mouth.
For me, kicking the guy's ass was a fairly easy task and it definately could make me look cool in front of 5 other guests. By writing this on line, I can convince 10 or more people to avoid this place and this is the way I deal with the insult they gave me.
Again, food was OK and tiny canned snails made me feel like an Parisian. Thank you.
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I brought my boyfriend here for a celebratory dinner. he picked this particulate restaurant because he does not enjoy a jammed packed restaurant. this place was very homey, but not crammed packed with people hanging over your food. the waitstaff was absolutely great, our waitress was pregnant and just as nice as could be. everyone was. the only reason i gave 4 instead of 5 stars is because the price was a little high for the quality of food the we received. everything was good(not great), just small and expensive. I would go back for the wine and dessert, and the unusually high level of customer service.
So when I bring my new Los Angeles Friends up north with me to visit family I almost always bring them to Le Zinc for breakfast. This place has never disappointed me or my friends. I love the outdoor eating area they have in the back where you see a lot of locals and their dogs.
I have had just about everything on the menu, but the last time I went I had the eggs bendict, it was perfect. The potato's are amazing, the perfect texture and not over seasoned like some places. My friend (lets call her J) had the French toast. I ended up eating a lot of J's french toast because J way was extremely hung over because this was the morning after Saint Patricks day. J spent most of the time in the restroom, but she assured me that bathroom floor deserves 5 stars. Anyhow back to the toast, I know its kind of hard to mess up french toast, but the bread they used was amazing. The fruit that was served on the side was fresh and Delicious as well.
Some people hate this place because the owner/chef is a pompus french d*ckhead, but I say what would a french restaurant be without a french pompus d*ckhead owner?
love it. I have had dinner a few times before (their food is amazing and their creme brulee delicious), but today I decided to try their brunch...yummy! The price is really reasonable ($9 for eggs benedict) and the service is good (not amazing, but good). The food though...wow, excellent.
Bon Appetit!
ps. If you have a dog, they allows doggies on their porch / patio dinning area for brunch, its really fun
If bland food, snobby service, interminable waits and overpaying are what you're into, Le Zinc is your holy grail. And if you swoon at the thought of all of that set in yuppie daycare environs, OMG, are you in for a treat at this place!
Lemme dig for a pro first....hang on....wait for it....
Oh, ok, here's one! I heard from my dining companion that the fresh squeezed grapefruit juice (if you can weasel it out of the elusive waitstaff) is so good it will make your eyes roll back into your head. I know not. The patio seating was very nice, with a giant lemon tree in the middle.
OK, now for what was truly memorable about this place:
I will say that the French Burger was *yawn* and the accompanying bacon soggy. The Egg Brik was burnt on the bottom and topped with excessive amounts of crusty cheese. And the Meat and Cheese Artisan Plate sported warm, sweaty meat and hardened, refrigerated cheese.
I will also say that the waitstaff was astonishingly inattentive and borderline rude. I shouldn't bear witness to eye rolls. Nuh uh.
I will add as well that I felt my hair gray and wrinkles crease my face between the time I sat down and the time I ordered, and then I grew incontinent and senile by the time the food arrived.
All for $68.
You really meant to dine at Firefly, didn't you?
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We have been to Le Zinc three time now. The first two times we had great food and experience. Last night, I have to say the food wasn't the best.
We were seated in view of the kitchen, and for an hour and a half the only two people we say preparing food were young kitchen assistants. Where was the chef? Was the food prepared ahead of time? This seemed to be a shift from our first two experiences. Could be that the chef was in an area where we couldn't see him.
Like I said, we have had two great experiences, so I don't want to neglect those. Food, and service have always been great.
We chose Le Zinc because of its small and homey atmosphere. It was our 13 year anniversary, and we made mention of this on OpenTable which is where we made our reservation. It would have been nice to have someone acknowledge this at some point in the evening... as it is the "little things" that keep people coming back for more.
Did the quality of the meat go down? My lamb was tough, and the steak was tough as well. Mashed potatoes had an odd taste to them as well.
Started off with a Red Pepper Mouse, as well as a Tomato Ice which was both wonderful.
Based on two good experiences and one not so good, I'm going to round up from a 2.666 to a 3.
Date & Time: Dinner @ 8
Company: Michael
Crowd: Mixed Neighborhood People
Ambience: Casual French
Decor: Non-Descript Bistro and Alfresco in the Back
Service: Efficient
Imbibe: Wine
Devour: Everything on the Menu is Decent, No Stand-Outs
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I totally chose this restaurant on a whim. I wanted French food, but didn't want to break my wallet. What a wonderful choice!!!
The restaurant is very charming, the staff is very welcoming - it's an all around comfortable atmosphere.
I actually went with their pris-fix menu, which I normally never do. The reason? They actually had selections that I absolutely love and would order anyway. I started with the escargot. Honestly, it was just OK. They served it on potato and when you ate it together with the escargot, it made the bite bland. I had to add a little salt.
Everyone but my husband got the escargot. He got a salad that was served with cheese (forgot what kind) wrapped in crisp filo dough. Now THAT was really, really good.
For entrees, a couple of us ordered the steak frites. Mine was a little on the rare side, even though I ordered medium. For me, unless it's mooing, a little rare doesn't bother me. The taste was wonderful! The fries were good as well. The sauteed shallots completed the dish. We also had the lamb served two ways - rack and noisette (looked like long strips) - it was excellent. My husband had the sirloin steak served with a creamy porcini mushroom sauce on top, with a potato gratin. He kind of freaked at how small the steak was, but oh my... Double thumbs up for that dish. It was enough food to fill him up, and it was delicious. I can't decide what my favorite dish of the night was! I loved them all.
Dessert - the profiteroles my husband ordered were good, but my creme brulee was better. Topped with fresh strawberries, the brulee just melted in my mouth. My dad had the rum soaked cakes - I didn't try it, but he really enjoyed it.
It was a fantastic evening and I would not hesitate to go again. Because of the escargot and the rare steak, I should put this restaurant at 4 stars, but because I loved everyone elses dishes around the table (and yes, I like to make my fork reach), I give it a 5.
I read the reviews about brunch and I'm totally looking forward to trying that now.
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Went to catch up with gal pals for dinner on a Sunday night. We hung out for 3 hours chatting. All enjoyed food - escargots, salad, mussels, duck, seared foie gras, salmon, tart tatin & chocolate cake. Not mindblowing but good. Service was fine - not stellar but water glasses kept full & timing good. Offered my friend a sample of wine before pouring a glass but a full glass arrived.
This place is awesome. Stumbled in here for brunch one nice summer's day and had an amazing omelette. If it's a nice day, you have to sit out back on the patio, it's gorgeous. I can't wait to go back.
In the very nice location and the food is good. If you're into tapas, this is the place to go. the place is classy and the service is good.
Had been wanting to try this place for a while. Its a cute bistro, nice atmosphere (we sat out back). Had a kir royale and crab benedict (w/o the muffin?) served with a side of thier roasted potatos.I had to ask for salt and pepper to help the flavour of the dish and even then it was still pretty bland. The eggs were poached perfectly...but the crab cakes were not crabby enough, too much bread filler.The roasted potatoes could have sooo delicious...if they had been caramalized a bit more...they were pretty dry. So all in all it was just OK...especially when you factor in the price.
We always think of this sweet little bistro down the street as an afterthought, but it's been a good experience. The last time we ended up there without reservations on a Friday night, and they seated us at a nice big table and brought us a bowl of hot water to thaw the baby's milk. Service was friendly, food was good, and the atmosphere was very comfortable.
These people have never been to France much less know how to cook French food. The onion soup did not even look like anything I have ever seen before - it had no taste, the bread looked like wheat bread, the cheese was negligent and tasteless. My steak, frite was raw and cold. It took so long to come, I was afraid to send it back - after three bites I had to quit. I was sick for two days from all the butter. Why would you put snails on greasy slabs of potato? The service - one guy was the host, the waiter, and the bartender - need I say more. Don't go - run away - run to Cafe Bastille...
E-chan and I moved to the Noe about a couple months ago and we finally got to eat at this cute French bistro.
I ordered the French toast and E-chan had the ham & cheese sammich. Both were REALLY tasty! I also had their fresh squeezed OJ and man oh man...I haven't had fresh squeezed OJ that good before! My mouth waters right now as I'm telling you about it.
'Scuse me while I go wipe off my drool...
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