Il Gigolo — Restaurant in Paris

I visited with my father last week. I wanted a lighter dish, so I ordered a salmon salad, thinking I was ordering a cooked piece of salmon over greens. Nowhere on the menu did it make note of the salmon being smoked salmon or lox, gravlax, Nova salmon, etc. (see photo). Food arrives and it's 5 or 6 sheets of cold smoked salmon with cantaloupe slices and a salad underneath. I was confused and said, this isn't what I ordered. Waitress said it's smoked salmon, not a filet of cooked salmon, which is what I thought I was ordering. She then said "you should have asked me how it comes out.” I personally feel that the menu should denote that the salmon is cold smoked salmon and not just write "salmon." I send it back but tell her I’ll pay for my mistake and order what my dad was having. She comes back to tell me she’s sorry and that they were taking it off the check. I did very much appreciate that and she was trying to be helpful.

Now the manager comes over to loudly try to ridicule me in front of the entire restaurant. He raised his voice so everyone within a 10 table radius could hear and tried to embarrass me about ordering the wrong thing and that they'd take it off the check. Then 2 minutes later CAME BACK and said the whole thing again. So uncalled for and very unprofessional. Again, update your menu to say cold salmon in any of the descriptors mentioned above!! Him trying to embarrass me actually embarrassed other patrons nearby and made them uncomfortable to the point that they were making those faces to me like “we see you and we’re sorry.” I'm from New York so I am not fazed by jerks like him. Pasta dish comes out. It's actually pretty good. We are trying to eat and get out of there when the lights go down and music starts playing. The manager is making a spectacle of himself singing and introducing his famous tiramisu like it's some kind of celebrity.

They did take the salmon dish off the check which I appreciated, even though I was willing to pay for it. Never try to shame your customers like this. Yes we are tourists. No we are not idiots. For the last time, menu should describe the...

The place is well decorated and nice, the first impression is that you expect to have a good meal, but as time goes by everything is a great, cheerful atmosphere, the waiters are very attentive and friendly, they have a room entertainer, everything is fine for the moment, when the food arrives the disaster approaches, the pizza we have ordered is low in ingredients and they forget that the final customer feels and sees when a cheese is of very bad quality bought in some supermarket, when a real authentic pizza is made you can tell in the dough and the ingredients in it from there you know that you are paying for a real pizza, but this place, as it is focused on the passing tourist, they supplant the Italian market by saying that I am an Italian Pizzeria when they are a poor quality supermarket Pizzeria, so I hope that all the stupid tourists who pay for this type of garbage and commercial scam do very well and I am sure they will do very well to continue scamming the idiotic tourists like this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣We have really been delighted with a young, Colombian waitress who wanted to work and at all times she listened to our complaints and on top of that she told us she was sorry, it is true that you did not like the final product, I regret that but it is not anyone's fault, it is the kitchen's fault. try another day another type of product that we have and we have answered the truth we prefer not and we leave happy with you for your good service and on top of that you helped us to have a pizza removed as a courtesy for a bad experience the truth is that this young woman knows what is good and bad but many times the owners of places like this are not interested in the customer's option and much less their satisfaction, the only thing they care about is the 💰 money but they don't go far in the long term so we wish you congratulations for continuing to scam the...

Recommended, terrific food that was clearly homemade, quick service

In the Latin Quarter across the Seine from Notre Dame, this small café is delightful, cheery, flavorful and fun. The décor was set like a patio under an arbor in Italy with walls a ceiling full of artificial leaves, colorful butterflies both silk and metal sculpted ones and strings of lights. Full of conversation and buzz. Had a late lunch here.

Service was fast and fun. The proprietor was no-nonsense and entertaining. He comes to your table will answer any questions you have but if you are taking too long to decide he will make a funny quip and leave you assuring you he will be back. And he is. He would also have short, funny conversations as he took your order, reminded us of the demeanor of a character from Seinfeld TV show. Service was quick as the café was trying to serve all before the 3 pm afternoon closing. And the 3 pm closing was not negotiable.... everyone was done and out of the place at 3!

The bottle of chianti was full bodied and fragrant. Great with the hearty dishes we ordered

The bruschetta de Parma was great! Large slice of grilled, crusty bread the size of the plate piled with chopped tomato and salty, smoky, tender parma ham. Enough for two.

The Spaghetti Carbonara was full of large chunks of pancetta in a wonderful well-seasoned garlicky sauce. The Puttanesca was supreme! San Marzano tomatoes, anchovies, capers, kalamatas and just the right hit of heat from red pepper flakes.

Dessert as tiramisu which was as perfect as the entrees. Juicy with marsala and espresso, the marscapone just sweet enough. Wonderful! A less Italian treat - a molten chocolate cake with mint/chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate syrup was equally...