the friendly kitchen — Restaurant in Paris

Incredible, iconic, fantastic, and divine. Upscale French food in a cozy modern place.

I saw this place in a post on Happy Cow's Instagram and I wanted to try it. I made a reservation online. You need a reservation to eat here because the restaurant is small and they fill up quickly. I chose to do the tasting menu so I could try everything and that was the right choice. I was seated right away and they confirmed what I booked. Everyone I interacted with spoke English with me and I appreciate that so much because I don't know enough French. I was served every starter in a small portion, 1 dish, 1 cheese plate, and one dessert. They come out beautifully plated and are small portions, but I was definitely full at the end. They also will pair a wine or mocktail (if you don't drink) with each item and they have the perfect matches. The flavors are decadent and it definitely tastes like I got my money's worth. This isn't a vegan burger I could have made at home. It's high quality with perfectly fresh ingredients. There wasn't anything I didn't like and I don't know that I could pick a favorite of everything I tried. I would definitely do the tasting menu again. I highly recommend this place. It would be perfect for a date night or if you are interested in...

The food tasted great and we would come again but we definitely would not have the tasting menu again.

I think it would be a good idea to say which dishes are on the tasting menu at the start so if there is anything you don't like you can ask to change it or not have it at all. This seems to be the norm for other restaurants we have visited. The main course was centred around an ingredient which my partner didn't like but by that point obviously it was too late.

I didn't feel that it was very good value for money either. When we saw other people around us ordering the same dishes we were getting but receiving much larger portions it did leave us feeling a little disappointed. This was a shame because the food we did get tasted good.

A side note - we made a table reservation for 7pm. We arrived a few minutes before but the shutter doors were still down and we had to wait outside until around 10 past 7 until we were allowed in whilst the staff inside sat eating.

As I say, we'd come back but I definitely think the tasting menu needs...

I booked a table for four persons. Two of them were very late and the staff worked pressure on me all the time asking me questions as " Are they really coming and when? They seemed very willing to reduce the number of seats. I was therefore constantly on my phone to reach the late comers and could not think of ordering any drink for two of us present. A waitress asked several times whether we wanted something to drink but honestly under such a circumstance I lost completely apptite. Before the arrival of the latest person we were told that she would not have a starter. When she turned up we had more than one hour left to stay but the starter was rejected. We were supposed to leave the restaurant at 9:30 p. Before this time we were urged to leave the table several times. I felt their stress very much and was sorry being there. I do recommand this restaurant for its very artistic cuisine but when you meet with your friends be sure that they are...