Wild & The Moon — Restaurant in Paris

I have come here already a few times in a very short period. It is a great location and easy going, a cool spot for meeting up with a friend or two.

The 'Blue Moon' smoothie is super tasty! So are the hot bowls, the banana bread and the golden tumeric milk - all very yummy! I have also tried the spirulina pop-corn and the chocolate truffle, both very tasty. I am not sure how I feel about the use of coconut butter and oil. It is in a lot of the things I have tried and the taste can be a little too strong and overwhelm the other ingredients, like the banana flavour in the banana bread. The signature style goji berries in the hot bowls are a lovely touch, just like raisins are used in traditional couscous dishes. The cold bowls in the fridge didn't quite catch my interest.

This is a self-service restaurant, somewhat arranged like a canteen, with a big community table in the back (love that table!). Firstly, you pick something from the fridge near the entrace and/or then order something from the counter, pay, get a number and sit down until your order arrives. Which is pretty fast. You can grab a glass from the shelves and tap water from the serving station.

The tables are not being looked after enough. After paying we had picked a table and waited for a while for someone to take away the old dishes - which never happened. So we had to make some space ourselves and then ask one of the waitresses to at least wipe it clean. This was at a time when it wasn't too busy (between lunch and dinner) and there were definitely enough waiters . . . however, most free tables had the same issue.

The kitchen-ware is enamel, a material I love to eat from! It is a little dangerous though once it gets chipped. . . so be careful to check your bowl/plate/cup. I am not saying that this will happen here. I just had an issue before at home with my own enamel kitchen-ware and since then, am super worried as it can be as dangerous as a glass splinter.

I haven't tried the juices yet. . . generally I prefer things that are freshly prepared, so I guess I will stick with the smoothies and warm drinks.

While I do recommend this place, I do find that some of the items are too expensive and I would not ever buy them. For example, the 7,- Euro cookie. That's pretty outrageous. Mind you, prices can be high in a lot of the hip Parisian foodie spots. Espresso that costs 3,- Euros though. . . especially from a self-service restaurant. That's just too pricey and doesn't make any sense to me. My adivce, study the offer and take your time chosing something that's both tasty to you and still good enough...

I used to come to wild and moon when I lived in Paris and was back in town for a quick trip, I was having a hard time connecting to the city on this trip, and I decided to go back to wild and moon because it felt like a place of comfort and somewhere I knew I would feel grounded. Happy I listened to my intuition, I came in and felt the sweetest and warmest welcome from the girl at the register, I believe the person who helped me is named Margarite or Margot , she was more than lovely. I’m a native English speaker, and she picked up on that and started communicating with me in English, and suddenly between the time she took to help me select a smoothie, and explaining everything that could be added in and basically the entire menu because I forgot my glasses and could not see! to just sympathizing with me about feeling a little out of place and trying to find my bearings in the city made it all better. It was such a lovely experience. I would highly recommend the blueberry smoothie I had and this location and the kindness offered. There was another woman there that seemed lovely as well but a little stressed and paid me no mind, but regardless I was able to sit and spend time in a nurturing space and it was incredibly worth it! I feel the prices are normal for the products you receive and the location. I will definitely be back and I felt like the best feature was the human element that made me...

Wild & the Moon is known to be a chain of vegan restaurants with really overpriced items for the portion size- and most of the items- with the exception of the smoothies and juices, are extremely bland. These types of places make veganism exclusive and inaccessible to normal people who would like to become vegan. And to echo others- grilled cheese was really bad- served cold, and as you can see from the photo- the ‘cheese’ was not melted at all. If you can’t melt vegan cheese, I think you should rename your menu item “Cold cheese sandwich” to be more accurate. Also the Ube latte is beautiful, but it’s tasteless- it’s milk with a purple hue. Also as others have said, hygiene-wise- they should reevaluate the dishwashers they use- i have been there over a dozen times and the dishes and utensils are often not clean, served w caked on food on them. Overall, it’s disappointing that a chain that is evidently thriving financially is so stingy with portions and/or cannot drop prices. There are many better vegan restaurants serving organic vegan food for half the price that are not bland, with larger portions, and where the people who work there are more welcoming (perhaps not as exploited by a corporate chain), around Paris. Just...