La Petite Bleue — Restaurant in Paris

The food here is excellent, and the location is great. However, I wouldn’t particularly recommend this place for solo travelers.

I visited on a weekday morning when it wasn’t too busy. After waiting only a few minutes, I was seated at a window-side table for two. I had already settled in, placed my order, and then a staff member came over and politely asked if I would mind moving to an inside table. I felt a bit uncomfortable but reclined politely.

However, a few minutes later, the same staff returned and told me that a party of three had just arrived, and since the available inside tables could only seat two, I was requested to make room for them. I ended up agreeing just to avoid unnecessary awkwardness — but frankly, the whole experience felt a bit offensive.

What bothered me wasn’t just the request itself, but the fact that I was asked to move after I had already placed my order and settled in. I hadn’t chosen the table myself — the staff assigned it to me. If they were concerned about seating solo diners at tables for two, they shouldn’t have placed me there in the first place. Once I was seated and my order was taken, it would have made far more sense to ask the newly arrived group to wait for a suitable table to become available, rather than asking me to relocate.

The only reason I can think of is that I was dining alone, so I was seen as the “easiest” guest to move — which, unfortunately, gave me the impression that solo diners are less valued here.

Overall, unless you’re completely comfortable with the possibility of being asked to change seats even after you’ve ordered, I wouldn’t recommend this place for...

This is wow – food, beverages, style, service level!

Interior: To me the venue had mid-century vibes combined with Greek vibes in the centre of Paris. So much architectural atmosphere in one place. I like. I mean look at the tiles in the bathroom area with some Mediterranean influence to them. Then the chairs with rattan elements. Take the glass block counter. The mussel lamps. The white blue marquee spanning the outdoor area.

Food: We had plain dishes with avocado, salmon, scrambles egg toast, fries. Our drinks: water, flat white (beautiful and delicious), freshly made amber juice. All very good. A wise chef once said: also simple dished are deserved to be made with love and patient. Yep, that I could feel there.

Service experience: Very kind, attentive. We don’t speak any French besides a “Merci” and “désolé”. I was there with my wife, au-pair and 20 month old daughter. It was very busy, only 2 tables vacant when we entered around 1200 at noon. Our table was located pretty much in the centre of the room. Yet it was not a problem what so every that we sat down in peace and even had the stroller next to our table for some minutes to unpack and get set up. We swapped the stroller for a kid chair. All with kidness and helpfulness from the staff.

Definitely worth a visit.

PS: One recommendation from the bottom of my heart. Take taxi, tram, train or whatever to Paris. But do not venture out with the car into the city centre praying for a parking spot to show up. In the end we were lucky with our VW bus – we got a parking spot by the side of the road. With the car being 200cm in height we didn’t fit in any underground...

A borderline comical experience at this place today...Like many others, we went there because we were tempted by the high rating. First, the staff confused our drink order but thankfully exchanged it with no fuss - yet with no apologies either. Then the food came and I searched for a hidden second bottom of my shakshuka because it was so small for the price of almost 20 euros. Additional avocado made me immediately ask 'Is that all of it?' since the portion was the equivalent of a tablespoon of avo for 3 eur. Lastly, when we were finishing our dishes, the waitress came by and asked if we also want some bread :D Throughout the whole experience, we were not sure if the entire staff had a big party the day before or if they were all temps hired this morning because they seemed so confused and sluggish. Overall, I'm not confident we need a place like this in Paris. Sure, the food was good - but rather overpriced. The drinks were fine - but not 4+ star good, I wouldn't go there only for a coffee. The staff were sleepwalking. The decor made me think it was a Greek restaurant yesterday, 'transformed' into an Insta bait place few minutes ago by adding some floral arrangements at the ceiling. No distinct atmosphere whatsoever, no soul in this place. The strongest point was a clean and fancy bathroom :) If anyone asks for my recommendation, I'll tell them not to bother with this resto. Which is a pity - the food...