Anyone know L'entrecote in Paris. I think it is a bistro
 

Coworker suggested this as a must try in Paris. The menu is set, everybody gets the same red meat dish with the house sauce du jour....oh wow did I just say du jour. ...me French is picking up :) !

It's on rue St Benoit and is quite good . we often go there if we are too tired to travel father afield or if it's raining..we stay on rue Jacob. The menu is set..salad with walnut drressing, steak and frites. The sauce is extra good . I also like that you are served a small portion and then a second so that your food remains hot! They do agffer a variety of desserts at additional cost and their wine list is very nice.

Thanks Jody

They have a website but I think the menu is in French. I suspect this is price fixed. Do you know the price :).

Since you go there?

Thanks again!

I think there are 2 of them but I've also just been to the one on rue St. Benoit. I was there 2 years ago so the prices may have changed but if I recall, it was 65 euro for 2 - dinner (fixed price), bottle of wine and 2 desserts. Their wine was private label I think and was very good, I think we had a Cotes du Rhone.

It is very near Cafe Flore (around the corner) and across the street from Brasserie Zinc.

I should add that the name is Relais l'Entrecote. Have a great time in Paris!

There is one right on the #4 metro line one stop after St. Michel...I don't have my metro map in front of me but the station I think is St. Germain de Pres or something like that...up the stairs and one block down..very easy to find.

We used to have a restaurant just like that in NY called le steak which was on the east side...it was delicious and exactly as described, one menu sald and steak with a yummy sauce and indeed they serve you half the steak and put the other half on a heated dish and when you finish the first part, serve the second part.

Went there for lunch dressed in my touring uniform (t shirt, blue jeans and sneakers) and didn't feel underdressed which sometimes happens to me in Paris...restaurant was crowded but wouldn't say full.

Great place...

My wife and I were there in October- had to stand in line out on street but moved rapidly (about 30 minutes) As described- good food but no choice ... Steak & Frits- it is about a block off blvd St Germaine. When you get off metro at St. Germaine proceed right past Deux Magots and make next right.

65 E for two is what I recall also!

Wish I knew how the sauce was made!

Directly across the street is Chez Andre, the worlds best fish, john dory or sole, they also do a great tenderloin with bearnaise also. well worth a visit.

The name of the restaurant is le Relais de l'Entrecote.
In the 8th at 15 rue Marbeuf and in the 6th at 20 rue Saint-Benoit

There is a third; the original one, I believe. Relais de Venise, 271 bd Pereire, near Porte Maillot. Prices about the same.

Just an FYI we ate at the one in the 6th on Xmas day, so it's open, which very few restaurants are on that day. Very good!

On a Sunday night for dinner in March, what time would we need to be there so we would not have to wait in line?

They've just opened a branch in London and it has the worst reviews I have ever seen - no positives at all.

It's rare for me to laugh outloud at a restaurant review but http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/st...645036,00.html
or http://tinyurl.com/7cqtr
was so scathing that it was funny.

Oddly enough the same reviewer praises the Popeseye Steak House in Olympia.
It seems to have the same menu but much better.

The Popeseye cannot be praised highly enough - it's brilliant (

Also good (and a chain) is Chez Gerard - who do other things but specialise in steak frites.

Also - all the reviews (and there have been many) of L'entrecote have been as bad as the one above.

David...

Is that all the reviews on the London branch or the chain as a whole.....

Just the London branch, but it's supposed to be an exact replica of the French original (and it's quite a big chain).

Put it this way - if the British think your food's rubbish, that really is food for thought.

One review said it was more depressing than the Aberdeen Angus chain. That is scacely imaginable.

I've never been to the London branches, but I've never been disappointed at the one in Paris. Let us know what you think when you get back Sarah!