Le Lucien — Restaurant in Paris

Just a little off the main street Magenta, but easily found, this bistro was quite a find. The menu was not huge but offered slightly unusual choices to cater for most tastes, including vegetarian. House beer and wine was just fine and discounted until 20:00. Mixed drinks are a bit heavily loaded with ice, but hey, if you want less, ask. My Confit Rabbit was surrounded with baked veges and topped with a great sauce...sort of a classic meal.

The Risotto, was interesting, and very green, but every grain was eaten. Cheeseburger was loved by the guy who ordered it and the surprise dish was the Tartine which was a meal in itself for one of the ladies.

There is an extensive cocktail bar and menu for those looking in that direction.

A basic 1 course dinner for 4 with house drinks was € 92 and a pleasure.

The waitstaff were charmingly efficient and had workable English.

I have no hesitation in recommending this...

Unfortunately we did not enjoy our dinner here. The staff was friendly and the ambience very nice. However the food was overpriced for what it was and just not good. The felafel we had as a starter was ok but the cut of beef really wasn’t. It took a long time to arrive and it was heavily burnt on the outside and unevenly cooked inside. Mine was overcooked for the medium point I requested and obviously tough to chew. My partner’s was overcooked in some points and raw in the middle. The potatoes in the dauphinois were also on the undercooked side. An off night? Perhaps...we can only hope so for them because if this is the standard then it is not something we...

What a beautiful gem of a place. Was walking by going to get just a glass of wine. The waitress Jane was the most friendly person. We were trying to change some reservations for another restaurant. She went out of her way to actually call them for us. We ended up canceling that reservation and since we were at the bar we decided to stay for dinner. We had the best escargot the duck leg was amazing. The chicken was excellent. Everything was perfect. It was a true family style treasure. And the waitress...