La Réserve du Terroir is a small quiet restaurant on a small quiet street, just off the Rue Lombard with its crowds and noise. I really appreciated the chance to have a peaceful meal in the midst of all that activity. The food is authentic, from the Auvergne, made with very good ingredients. My husband had the seafood salad and I had the salade Auvergnate, which had jambon cru, cheese, and cherry tomatoes on a bed of crisp greens. Deserts were also good--mine was a brioche flavored with orange flower in a sweet creamy sauce with candied orange peel, and my husband had a coconut tart with raspberry sauce. Neither desert was overly sweet or...
Read moreThe champagne was the worst thing I ever drink in my life. I am sure it was prosecco. (when you order a glass of wine you bring the bottle to the table and show).
When I asked the waiter he said was sweet champagne. I said "demi-sec or sec" he didn't know how to reply. Probably they don't know about wines. We left the two glasses of course but we paid for its.
I took the cheese plate and they gave me t pieces of cheese for 18€. Two cheeses were the same. Some pieces looked old.
I suggest you to stay away from this place. There are many places nice where to eat fresh food and with people that knows...
Read moreIt was a disappointing experience. We came as 3 people with a reservation and said we wanted a cheese plate and wine, as we say in every wine bar. They said that the cheese plate could not be shared and that it was only for one portion and it was shown as 18€ each. They insisted that everyone should order their own cheese plate and said that this was a wine bar and this was very rude behavior. When the cheese plate for one person arrived, we saw that it was a very large portion and it was not a plate that one person could eat. It was the most rude behavior we have encountered in Paris,...
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