L'Affiche Paris 16 — Restaurant in Paris

Lovely little bistro just inside the Périphérique. This was a Monday, not sure if it normally would be so quiet on other days. Maybe this is also a place that does more lunch business. Nice welcome, friendly staff able to speak passable English if needed. Good menu, enough choice without being too much. Shared the côte de bœuf (rib steak, if it had had a longer bone it could have been called a tomahawk) with two colleagues, was served with green beans and a couple of sauces. A fourth tablemate had risotto with scallops (instead of with tiger prawns, they were out, and for the same price). All the food was very nice, and portions generous. Ok, the beef was an almost ludicrous portion... but it was cooked exactly to order, a lovely rare. When it arrived, presented on a board and chunkily sliced, all the meat was nicely warm. Very tasty! The risotto was also nicely presented, and tasted very good; the risotto and the scallops were cooked to perfection. The prices for all this were very reasonable (certainly for Parisian standards); €37 for my share of the steak and a nice bottle of red wine we shared as well. The risotto was also reasonably priced at around €18 or €20.

Highly...

I booked the restaurant via Google/La Fourchette, and arrived at the restaurant (L'Affiche). My table was ready, and the menu looked great - however, I went to order the daily special ('formule de midi') - and was told, quite abruptly, that reservations made online were not eligible for the daily 'formule' - I would have to order a la carte, which of course is basically double the price. I walked out, frustrated almost as much as their further reaction to my questioning - they were adamant and the opposite of gracious in refusing to let me order the formule. Anyone with a sense of customer service would have let me order the formule and gained a faithful customer. Instead, I only have a bad association with L'Affiche restaurant in Paris, and will not...

Nous y sommes allés à 13h avec un ami (vendredi). Emplacement idéal, soleil, belles entrées et beaux plats du jours, belle formule à 18€ ou 22€ on décide de s'assoir. L'entrée du jour arrive 10mn plus tard, vraiment bonne nickel. Là se passe 25mn sans nouvelle de notre plat (normal jusqu'ici), jusqu'au moment où le serveur vient nous dire qu'ils n'ont plus le plat du jour que nous avions commandé donc que nous pouvons choisir à la carte, pas de soucis, c'est la fin du service, vendredi, on prend 2 burger. Au bout de 2mn je veux changer d'avi et prendre un autre plat (la cliente chiante je le reconnais), le serveur me dit que c'est pas possible que c'est déjà entrain d'être préparé car on a été mis en priorité. Ok, bon, soit, pas convaincue, ni très commerçant mais pas de soucis c'est ma faute. Et là commence une attente de 30 minutes pour des burger (viande bleue et saignante...), donc le "c'est en préparation" on repassera. Reçu des plats : 9 frites que se battent en duel, pas de bacon et la viande plus à point que bleue. En soi pas mauvais mais ne mérite pas 30 minutes d'attente. Serveur je ne sais pas si désagréable ou dans le rush ? La table d'à côté même constat.

En résumé : Beaucoup trop d'attente Plat raté par rapport à notre commande Plats mangés en 10mn car nous reprenions le boulot Service pas forcement très aimable Nourriture plutôt bonne quand on a ce que l'on commande et ce que l'on veut et la formule = bon rapport...