Omusubi Gonbei Paris République — Restaurant in Paris

Me when I walk by a French restaurant: 😑 Me when I walk by an Asian restaurant: 🥹 In Paris 🇫🇷, it's almost easier to eat Asian than French: Indian 🇮🇳, Thai 🇹🇭, Japanese 🇯🇵, Chinese 🇨🇳, Vietnamese 🇻🇳... Name it, there's one nearby. In particular, near Palais Royal, there are lots of them. 🥳 During one of my last visits, the first time I went to that neighborhood, I was so sad because we had a booking at a local restaurant with my aunt and I so wanted to stop in one of these Asian places... 😓 There was one in particular that caught my eye 👀: Omusubi Gonbei, which, as stated in its name, sells omusubi 🍙 (better known as onigiri and AKA nigirimeshi). There's one thing I like a lot about omusubi: it's a cheap food that... my son loves! 😅 It's way cheaper than sushi 🍣, which is his favorite food, and it's not spicy 🌶️, as opposed to many other Asian items. As I said we couldn't stop there but I kept the idea 💡 and, a few days later, as my son was in a bad mood and I wanted him to relax, I looked it up on maps and I found another branch just around the corner. Yay! 🥳 The menu is simple: they offer 2 bentos 🍱 and omusubi per piece. We tried 1 of the bento (the non vegan one) and the bomb omusubi, which is a special one with a mix of salmon and tuna if I recall properly. Everything was good, including the karaage 🐔 in the bentos. But here's the thing I like the least about omusubi: it's comfort food, but it's never "wow", or at least I never had an amazing omusubi. So these ones were as good as the ones I had in Japan, and not much more expensive 💸, which, in Europe 🇪🇺, is quite exceptional: we had lunch for €8 each (no drinks, no desserts). The venue was cool, nothing fancy but I didn't expect fancy either, and the service was ok. Not much to expect on that side as you order at the counter. . . . Quality & taste: 8/10 Quantities: 8/10 Atmosphere: 8/10 Originality: 7/10 Ratio price / quality: 9/10 Service: 8/10 How I felt...

What happened to this place? before I rated it a 5 it was perfect, ate here minimum 2 time a week… and NOW: 1)Each onigiri we got sooo salty almost impossible to eat. Ghastly. One thing I must say good job on the coquette the flavour is great the oil wasn’t the freshest doe lingering after taste of burnt grease.

2)At times 2 onigiris and a full side is going to be cheaper than the formule depending on the one you get. So if you’re not trying to spend a lot check the math!

3. THE STAFF IS ABSOLUTELY THE RUDEST PEOPLE I EVER MET. When I ask how much something is without a formula do not talk to me through your teeth. Also it would be nice if I got a hello, thank you, or in fact any nice phrase. Instead I got the staff barking at me like I’m a dog. I speak French fine and it wasn’t the issue of my language. So please if you have no desire to serve customers with a smile do not come into work. So disrespectful and I will whole heartedly not reccomend this place any longer… this isn’t the first time that your service has been rude and just unacceptable. Previously good quality made up for it and now everything produced by your store is...

I would definitely recommend this restaurant. The service was quick and efficient, even though there was a huge line. The food was really affordable and filling. I went to this place with a friend, and we tried 5 different onigiris 🍙. I had the spicy-chicken onigiri, the mayo-chicken onigiri and the shrimp tempura onigiri. Whereas my friend got the curry onigiri and the kombu onigiri. I would personally rate the ones I tried: 9/10, 8/10 and 6/10 in that order. I was full by my second onigiri, so I would say three might be too much. My only and last critique is that there isn’t that much filling inside the onigiri, it’s...