Bistrot Père — Restaurant in Paris

We checked the best restaurants nearby our hotel from Trip Advisor and Google. Google reviews for this restaurant were great (4,8/5), but there were no TA reviews…

It was supposed to be african-french fusion food, but for us it was just great confusion. We had drinks before the dinner and they were quite average cocktails, but served poorly. First we had a combo of the entrees/tapas, which were quite bland… For mains I had Thieb and my husband had Thiéboudienne (”unesco world heritage dish”). They were exactly the same dish - the first with dry chicken and the second one with fish with dozens of small bones. Tasteless, bland mash. Also the service was unfriendly and slow and (I’m embarrassed to say this, because I don’t usually critique personal things), the waitress smelled so pungent (of body odor) I lost my appetite right from the start. Must have been a busy and hot shift, but it just made me nauseous.

I don’t understand why this restaurant got so good...

Actually everything is great except they charged you around 20% of what you consumed as tips without asking or any remarks on the menu. We found it out after paying the bill, and it’s too late. For me, this is totally not honest to make business this way. Guess the only and last time!

Here is the bill and please tell me if I misunderstood the 3rd item of 3 euros x 5, which I can't call any item from...

Great little bistro, very French owner and staff which were all very good. Salad and roasted chicken were excellent. We were packed in, this is a locals spot and it was hopping. Wait staff did a good job, we walked away pleased with a good meal. Cost was reasonable as well. All in all fun little spot to eat or...