Grille Saint Germain (La)
1, rue Guisarde (6) Tel: 01-43-54-16-87 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR On a small street of restaurants and wine bars adjacent to several other small streets (Rue Princesse, etc.) of restaurants and wine bars, La Grille St. Germain is Read more
Fish Boissonnerie (La)
69, rue de Seine (6) Tel: 01-43-54-34-69 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR A somewhat thrown together wine bar/café into a restaurant. Kitchen upstairs. Food arrives by dumbwaiter. That the food is so good for the price is the surprise. Read more
Ferrandaise (La)
8, rue de Vaugirard (6) Tel: 01-43-26-36-36 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR A total disappointment despite the dated guidebook write-ups. FOOD Only fair. SERVICE Slipshod. PRICE Low/formula (1X) (2009)
Epigramme (L’)
9, rue de l'Eperon (6) Tel: 01-43-26-36-36 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Entirely forgettable, which is too bad. A small, pleasant room on an ancient Left Bank street just doors from the once venerated Chez Allard, now, sadly, a Read more
Epi Dupin (L’)
11, rue Dupin (6)
Tel: 01-42-22-64-56
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
Ten years after first eating at L’Epi Dupin (on a recommendation from a Ritz chef), and tens of meals later, a late 2011 summary reassessment: Still among the best food to cost values in Paris.
Cuisine de Philippe (La)
25, rue Servandoni (6)
Tel: 01-43-29-76-37
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
With so many favorites to return to, plus those among our new discoveries to try again, plus new names and recommendations, we rarely leave the apartment without a plan and reservation. Today we took a long walk in the 6th, following an exhibit at the Luxembourg Museum. We passed this place, at the top end of a small street we know (at the other end is Au Bon Porcain, see 6th). It was small, cozy and had an unusually ambitious menu, part of a 27€ formula lunch.
Comptoir du Relais (Le)
9, Carrefour de l’Odeon (6) Tel: 01-44-27-07-97 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR For Americans, the best known and most highly publicized of the formula/price fixed menu/formally-trained chefs gone downscale places. And among the first. (Original chef of Regalade.) Still Read more
Brasserie Lipp
151, boulevard St. Germain (6) Tel: 01-45-48-53-91 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR There are many good reasons to want to experience Lipp, at a weekend lunch with friends or relatives, for example, it is just that the food isn’t Read more
Bouquinistes (Les)
53, quai des Grands-Augustins (6) Tel: 01-43-25-45-94 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR A moderately expensive, moderately elegant, comfortable, modern restaurant on the Quai near Notre Dame. Lovely, formal, without being overbearing. Businessmen in ties are comfortable; so are tourists Read more
Bastide Odeon (La)
7, rue Corneille (6) Tel: 01-43-26-03-65 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Lovely Left Bank location. Comfortable, but nondescript modern decor. On two floors. About 60 seats. Open kitchen. Upstairs is not Siberia. Mostly French neighborhood crowd – at least Read more