La Grille Montorgueil — Restaurant in Paris

What is French cuisine 🇫🇷, in your opinion? That definitely isn't the cuisine from the South (where I'm from), even though ratatouille is now famous thanks to Disney. Actually, that isn't any regional cuisine, IMO. To me, it's what you can eat at a brasserie: simple food with simple ingredients and prepared in a simple way (salads 🥗, grilled meat 🥩, soups, etc.). That's what I look for when I'm in France. That's what makes me feel at ease. That's my comfort food. 🥰 In one of my last visits to Paris 🗼, we were wandering near Les Halles with my family and my son was hungry. He didn't know what he wanted to eat so we went to the first spot we thought he (and I) would like: La Grille Montorgueil. And I was not disappointed: 🥚 eggs mayonnaise, herring & potato salad 🥗, steak à cheval (🐄 beef patty topped with a sunny-side-up egg 🍳), tartare... Can't find anything more classic. Can't find anything more simple. And everything was good. And, since good doesn't have to mean expensive, we paid around €20 each (no drinks, no desserts) for enough food, taking into account that we wanted to have dessert somewhere else. 👍 On top of it, as it's customary in France, we got some complimentary bread and, as often, it was great. It's still crazy that I have to mention that, but restaurants charge for bread in so many countries! That will always amaze me. 😳 The service was fine and the place looked just as you can expect a French brasserie to look. 👏 That makes sense cause this place was founded in... 1904, more than a 100 years ago! 😃 That was a fine experience. 👍 . . . Quality & taste: 9/10 Quantities: 8/10 Atmosphere: 9/10 Originality: 6/10 Ratio price / quality: 9/10 Service: 9/10 How I felt...

I love this place.

I discovered it when I was searching for the 60 restaurants James Beard and Alexander Watt had included in their 1952 cookbook, "Paris Cuisine." This was one of the restaurants in that book, and I had a meal there as part of my research.

I've been back half a dozen times since then—sometimes going out of my way to do so—because it's just such a treat.

For starters, their onion soup is some of the best I've ever had (and I try the onion soup in every restaurant I go to).

What I really like though is that in the autumn they serve wonderful game dishes. Last autumn I had a venison stew sort of dish on several occasions, and a wild boar stew once, too. But no matter what it is, it's always good.

The wait staff are invariably friendly and helpful, and the ambience is great. According to the Beard/Watt cookbook, the building goes back to 1544. It has an old zinc bar, and it's located on rue Montorgueil (one of the cooler streets in Paris).

All in all a very nice place to have a meal and hang out...

This restaurant deserves 10 stars! Out of our 9 days in Paris, we ate here for dinner 3 times and enjoyed each meal tremendously which is why we kept coming back. The food is delicious, super fresh, innovative, and generous portions. Our favorites were the duck confit, french onion soup, cod & risotto, home made terrine, and squid. And their bread if you like crusty bread is SO good. The star of the experience was Ryan, our waiter, who really became our friend. His hospitality, warm smile, great English, and just overall kindness made us feel so welcome. His suggestions for wine pairings and willingness to ensure we had a great experience were very special and first class. The restaurant has a great constant buzz of action, but never feels too busy or overwhelming. Just the kind of place you want to return to. We look forward to dining here again one day. Thank you Ryan and the...