CORNER CAFE — Restaurant in Paris

AVIOD AT ALL COST!!! I rarely leave reviews, infact this is the very first time i've reviewed any restaurant. However, i feel the need to let other prospective tourists aware of these rip off merchants. I was with my partner and we stopped at the cafe near our hotel. Le corner shite cafe. We sat down and after 15 mins of waiting, we were finally greeted by our waitress. My partner ordered a beef burger and i ordered the Le entrcote. Which is the prime beef fillet on the menu. Infact, i was going to order a less expensive dish, but the waitress suggested the expensive steak which was meant to be exceptional. To our dismay my partners burger was grossly undercooked (tartare style) and my steak arrived as a cut of what appeared to be slow cooking meat. It had unrendered fat throughout it and it was outrageously undercooked. Being from Australia, we soldiered on and worked through our atrocious meal. Us aussies rarely complain, especially abroad. To our disgust, we had a local couple next to us with the male ordering the exact same meal as i, and his arrived shortly after i was done chewing the fat! The difference being, his plate contained the exact same ingredients as mine, exept, a lovely well cooked piece of fillet. Upon the arrival his steak, i noted the difference and pointed out that we recieved the tourists meals and they received the local meals. It was clearly noted with some french arrogance and being our first meal in Paris we paid and stormed off. Arrogance and rudeness clearly isn't just a reputation in France when it comes to this...

I first stumbled into Corner Cafe by accident; we met a friend as planned at another restaurant nearby, but they were crowded and their wait was insane, so we took off to find someplace cozier that could seat us. Enter: Corner Cafe. We had a great meal and drinks (I’ll see if I can find photos) and I marked it as a favorite to visit again. Cut to: a few weeks ago. Another friend wanted to meet, I asked him to pick a place; he sent an address, and I ended up back there! This time we just had drinks, but I enjoyed their Happy Hour special on wine quite a lot, and our server was lovely (an English woman who sounded French, she didn’t let on as she tolerated my bad French as much as she could, as I always want to practice, before letting her real accent come out and us having a chuckle). All in all, this is a nice cafe with great food and drinks, and a really top staff. Next time I go, it’ll be...

The cafe was on the street corner of my hotel, so I was able to walk there. As you can see in the picture, there are some scaffolding on the building, so you might not see it properly (this was in March 2019). I went around 3pm, and the restaurant had plenty of space. I took a 'velouté de champignons avec huile de noisettes et noisettes torréfiées' (mushroom veloute with hazelnut oil and roasted hazelnut) as an appetizer, and then took their 'bacon burger' for main. The burger was good with their kind of brioche bread. The veloute was amazing and delicious! The service was friendly and kind. For the veloute, the burger and sparkling water, my bill was less than 30 EUR. You can seat inside or outside (keep in mind the scaffolding for the time being if you seat outside). I enjoyed my lunch, and I would...