Bistrot Beaubourg — Restaurant in Paris

Good affordable bistrot, generous portions, nice staff. The waiter was alone and still managed to be nice and bring the food quite fast. We ordered steak-salad-fries, nothing fancy, 16 eur. We ordered them “Bleu” which is basically raw. They came “saignant-bien cuit” my partner liked it anyway, but I didn’t. The waiter didn’t hesitate to change it, and brought a new dish a few minutes later, which was, this time, bleu. Downside was that my partner ate his food before I got mine… but that’s not their fault, he could have changed his dish too. Plus I got new warm fried with the new dish. Anyway… this place has homemade fries, dishes of the day that are simple but seem homemade (today poule-creme normande and 2 others). I will go...

So the service was good. It was a slow Tuesday night. The escargot was unusually chewy.

I know it was snails and I have had them before, but this was different. Everything we had has a similar taste. My friend ordered the burger with frites and I had the grilled lamb chops with green peas and grilled zucchini.

Again, I can only say this as simple as possible. It was “chewy”.

The burger left me wondering what unsavory taste we had encountered. It was not desirable nor was it beef.

The lamb chops were recommended well done. They looked charred but not grilled. There was no flavor. It was more “moo” than “baah”

I will give this place a second try. It was 11 pm at night and I’m sure they were exhausted. Food...

I love this place for just what it is: cheap, wholesome French food, served quickly, hot, and affordable. The specialty is grilled meat - so have that, and you can't go wrong. It is just the place to go with a small group looking for a true Parisian experience still in touch with true hometown roots. It is not gastronomic, it is not fancy. It has been my go-to place with euro-shocked tourist visitors for years; it reminds me of the great, tasty, unpretentious places we used to eat as college students, that served real - and not fast - food. Lots of inexpensive solid wines by the carafe....