étsi - le bistro — Restaurant in Paris

Edit- now that I've been back for a third time I'm still impressed as ever. My favourite restaurant in Paris without a doubt. Their "trust the Greeks" menu (equivalent to "can I have some of everything?") is always interesting, filling, and absolutely delicious. Especially for the price. Dinner for 2 (excluding a purchase of their cookbook which costs 25€) came out to a little over 100 euros and was worth every single cent.

In short: If it were within 200 kilometres of home I would go every month, but it is not, so I'll have to keep thinking of reasons to visit Paris instead.

Original- This restaurant made our trip. We chose their "trust the Greeks" menu and were blown away. We will come back every time...

We have loved Étsi since we first visited in 2023, and every visit since has been a delight. I won't say we picked our airbnb just because it was around the corner, but we were very excited to find out we'd be staying so close!

Our friends from Le Marais joined us, and after experiencing Étsi for the first time, they said it would be worth the trip from 2eme again and again.

We pretty much ordered the entire menu and loved everything, but if we had to highlight some dishes: potatoes, feta saganaki, octopus, dolmas and the cream cheese dessert.

The staff is lovely and kind. Thankfully, with my poor French, they speak perfect English as well.

Thank you always, Étsi team. See you next time we are...

Very tasty food but small portions for the price, you leave hungry. But the most unfortunate of all is the service, which is very far from the greek hospitality. The hosts put us in a small, extremely hot room instead of the terrace and despite the fact of us having made a reservation beforehand. There were more than two tables that stayed empty outside but they seemed obsessed with following some kind of irrational rule. Definitely not caring about you having a nice dining experience. Which is what greek food is all about. We had to go to the neighboring restaurant to continue with...