A l'Ombre de Notre Dame — Restaurant in Paris

This review is several years late, but I was inspired to still leave a review after all this time because the service here was so bad. We were sat during the lunch rush and were told that we might have a slight wait since it was busy. No problem, we get it!

After 20 minutes of waiting we waived down a waiter and were told they’d be with us “shortly.” At the 35 minute mark we got up to leave, and a waiter rushed over to take our order. We waited another 30 minutes and no food came out.

During this hour and a half we saw nearly every other table in the establishment get turned over several times. The lunch rush ended and we were practically the only diners left. We got up to leave again, and then magically our food appeared.

The food is mediocre, and certainly not worth being ignored for an hour+ for what I can only imagine is the crime of being a tourist. Hilariously, our Airbnb was directly above the restaurant, and we would probably have gotten a meal there every day if we hadn’t gotten such...

We came in to hide from the rain and found it welcoming. Most places around Notre Dame want you to eat a proper meal. This place is drinks and crepes as the mains. Run by genuine elderly French couple and the previous reviews don’t take into account that this is a family run restaurant and they are over run. They only speak French.

We had the house red wine which was lovely in a pitcher and crepes grand mariner. Both good and portion size is good. The crepes are cooked on a large skillet in the front of the restaurant and gives it authenticity as you watch as your crepe is sizzled and comes straight to your table. Very fresh and hot.

This is a friendly and cute French restaurant for snacks, drinks and lunch. I would come again as they were just too cute.

Come to France to get the culture and flavours and not top...

It is the obvious tourist trap and yet...we were brave (dumb) enough to go in. Is an "old fashioned" style place in front of Notre Dame so you can picture it... To be honest the food is quite good. We ordered two French hot dogs (made with a very long susage, baguette and a lot of cheese on top) one savory crepe and two sweet ones...this is why I'm giving 4 stars, because we really liked the food. The only problem is that it was a check of over 55 Euros...why? Because (we order a bunch of food for only 3 stomaches and) a glass of coke costs 5.50 Euros!!!!! So yes, come here to have lunch or a crepe but DO NOT order soda (probably the...