Anyone have a thought or review on this 1 Michelin star place ?
Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris?
Recent Activity
View all Europe activity »
- 1 Train tickets
- 2 12 days, 3 couples, one week in London Sept 2013
- 3 Should we stop in Basel on our way to Zurich.
- 4 How to get from Nice to Cinque Terre by train
- 5 Swiss visit - Mürren for Berner Oberland and Chur? Sargans? for Engadin hub
- 6 First Timer - Itinerary Help - Europe tour for 22 days
- 7 Cuenca or Toledo
- 8 please HELP--so confused!!
- 9 Am I in an unsafe Parisian neighborhood?
- 10 PARIS: apartment for a family of 4. Could use your help.
- 11 Rhine/Mosel River Itinerary
- 12 Trains in Italy
- 13 Train from Naples to Sorrento
- 14 charming small French city for weeklong stay?
- 15 jungfraujoch mid june
- 16 3 LADIES - NAXOS OR PAROS AS BASE FOR 7 DAYS
- 17 Train from Amsterdam to Bruges
- 18 Beatiful place near Aix-en-Provence or not too far from St Paul de Vence
- 19 Venice Hotel near Cruise Terminal
- 20 I Need To Vent!
- 21
TR Provence, Israel, Switzerland, Italy..April 16 a day of AA infamy
- 22 Travel to Italy with kids...where to stay
- 23 A chacun son goût
- 24 Advice Sought for Train Schedule in Spain
- 25 1st time in Europe - Please critique our itinerary
The comments on various internet sites are mixed.
I was singularly unimpressed when we tried it several years ago. The service was unbelievably slow, the dining room awkwardly laid out, and the food just OK. There's a lot of discussion among foodies trying to explain why this restaurant is such a favorite of the Michelin folks. They've elevated it to 2 star status.
And for what it's worth, the next year we gave the downstairs "café" a try, thinking they might do better in a less formal setting...no dice.
Do a search on eGullet.com for more information.
I mostly agree with shellio.
We were there when they first opened, the dining room upstairs is quite beautiful, service started out fine, but quickly slowed to a crawl as the room filled. It is/was pretty formal and a typical long dinner in Paris was much longer than it should have been.
I would have liked to have eaten downstairs instead..that I thought , got good reviews.
OK, Jacques Cagna ????