Marcel — Restaurant in Paris

In the 38 years we have been coming to Paris and enjoying it a great deal, we have never come across a restaurant we could truly call - The "Worst Restaurant in Paris" and so much more. Even the restaurants we thought might have been bad in the past, none of them served a Sweet French Onion Soup. How on earth did this restaurant accomplish such horror. Indeed onions on their own have a sweetness to them but this soup we were served at 9.00 Euros per bowel was absolutely horrible. That was not all they served that was tasteless. We ordered a Cob salad and a pulled pork dish. The Cob salad 16.00 Euros had chicken that was horribly dried and it was like eating beef jerky. The pulled pork dish at 19.00 Euros did not state that is was barbecued pork - I made certain I did not ordered that dish that was in the menu. So I thought I would get a nice amount of pulled pork in my dish. Instead I got a glob of BBQ pulled pork with a gross amount of BBQ sauce. Even their wine selection was bad. I think the philosophy of this place is: If it does not contain a horrible amount of sugar or if we are not able to add lots of sugar to our dishes, it will not be served. Please do not waste your good earned money on this...

Marcel is a really delicious little restaurant that thankfully I learned about before my trip to Paris, so I got to enjoy it when in Paris. It is impossibly small and tables are way too close to each other, but I guess in a way it gives it a bit more French atmosphere and ambience. When I came, I had ordered the Avocado Toast which then came with cream cheese, oranges and noisettes de Cervione. I had to try this because I never thought that oranges would go with avocado toast and cream cheese, but let me tell you how incredible it was. It's such a busy little spot and everyone looked happy and like they were enjoying the food and the service was quick and friendly. The premises are that small, that behind the counter, there's a hideaway dumb waiter that gets a lot of the food brought down from upstairs to the restaurant itself. It's just so cute that I cannot wait to visit Paris again so I can come back here and try things off their current menu. It's a little off the beaten path, so I don't feel there were heaps of tourists here, but that's a good thing to me, and I can't wait to come back. I highly...

A real joke! I took the falafel salad, 17€, which was alright. Granted the 3 falafel balls on it were very tasty. But the rest of the salad was just ok. And it was just small. The fun thing is I heard the waitress tell other customers "oh yeah at least with this one you won't be hungry in one hour"...haha! Well, I have to say I'm hungry now. Even having ordered an extra fries and ate a refill of bread. I'm not a huge eater usually. So to summary, not bad food for itself, but just the price is completely not justified, for the quality and the size. You can eat a lot better food for 17€ in nice neighborhoods of Paris. The staff was ok, there was one guy, really nice and attentive to us despite being there at the rush hour, and one unpleasant lady behind the counter: barely polite, weirdly familiar with some customers, and treating others with total disdain. She needs to learn respect and politeness. I'd say it's a tourist trap, but most patrons were...