Le Malabar — Restaurant in Paris

On the corner of Rue Malar and Rue Saint-Dominique is this small but wonderful local eatery we dined at twice during our 5 night stay in the neighborhood. Burger and fries, Vespa salad, smoked salmon with bagel, 1864 beer all delicious. This is not fast food so expect you'll sit about 60-90 minutes. Relax and enjoy yourselves. Service is typical French so be patient. You’re not rushed out by your server after eating. If you’re satisfied leave a few extra Euros for your server. He will remember you if you return later during your visit. Seriously, disregard a couple negative reviews. Those folks are typical, ugly tourists whom are professional American fast food diners expecting a complete meal around USD10. You know: order, eat and out...

Main meal was edible but not particularly special (19€ for a burger!) Service ok but not attentive at all. My friend and I ordered a tiramisu to share and discovered the mascarpone had gone sour - it was completely inedible, so we sent it back. At the end we noticed we’d still been charged for it and when we queried it (on the basis that it was a) Uneaten and b) clearly gone bad, the guy behind the bar (Manager/Owner) yelled across the restaurant : “You ordered it, so you have to pay for it!”. Really disgusting service - he obviously thought we were tourists (not that it would have been ok no matter who we were). As it happens we both travel to Paris weekly for work. We will not return to this tourist trap rip-off joint and do NOT...

“Ouí” to this place. The salmon (saumon) bagel and pastrami bagel sandwiches were just the right things for a mid day snack. The place is tucked away somewhere there are no crowds of people trying to sell you things or insta-tourists taking photos for the followers. As a couple of no-french-knowin’-English-speaking tourists, this fine establishment was our “just pop-in and check it out” kind of place. We weren’t starving. The portions are perfect for those in-between moments if you could use a light meal before continuing your adventure through Paris - also, very relaxing and inviting. Staff are friendly (they speak English). Enjoy the cozy feeling and the spread of taxidermy’d aviary throughout the room. Malbar and...