La Bête Noire — Restaurant in Paris

We arrived at the shop at 10.50. One employee told as the kitchen closes at 11.00. We asked if we could still order, understandably we didn't want to step over their schedule. Another employee came to take our order after 5 minutes, but told us kitchen was closed- so no brunch options.

Pay attention to work hours- even if it's open, kitchen is closed after 11.00 for brunch.

I'm unsure how much earlier you have to be there so they actually serve you.

Other than that, their coffee was the best we've had in Paris, actually made of ground beans. Didn't bother to ask us about sugar though.

Their cake was stale, too sweet and with a couple small hairs on the plate. Yikes

If you don't speak french, I'd suggest you...

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