Has anybody actually eaten at Maxim's?
 

The web site for the legendary Maxim's restaurant is extraordinaire---as lush and spectacular as this Belle Epoque extravaganza must be. The photos of their Belle Epoque Cabaret night are amazing---mini-orchestra, evening gowns, very gala. Perhaps touristy, but it looks like a vision right out of MGM's Gigi. And there is even a 12-room Art Nouveau museum you can visit upstairs. But so many people say the food at Maxim's is "bad." True? Is it very good, or not worth it? Has anyone been? Merci mucho!

Well, almost--we had a reservation, but our hotel concierge informed us that Tuesday night was dress night, and my husband had failed to pack his dinner jacket. So much for that!

Once, about thirty years ago and the food and wine were spectacular. The menu and staff have probably changed many, many times since.

My mother went long ago and said she was dazzled.

I, too, went about 30 years ago and it was amazing - something you never forget.

Ditto to the 30 years ago. I was also dazzled by the atmosphere, the service, the food. But something tells me it may be past its prime?

People go to Maxim's for the visuals and atmosphere, not for the food—it lost its Michelin stars many years ago. The decor is remarkable and unique. Today it belongs to the Pierre Cardin empire, which has stretched the Maxim's brand to cover all sorts of merchandise. Maxim's is one of the very few places in Paris that still enforces an archaic dress code.