Comments on: Bistro Romain – Paris (Republique) http://ratemybistro.co.uk/bistro-romain-paris-republique/ Cafe, Restaurant and Bistro Review Website Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mike http://ratemybistro.co.uk/bistro-romain-paris-republique/comment-page-1/#comment-222 mike Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:01:31 +0000 http://ratemybistro.co.uk/?p=397#comment-222 I visited the Bistro Romain near the Opera in Paris with my wife and young son on January 8th 2010. Our experience was quite similar to Kate's. The food and service was far below average... even for a chain restaurant... especially for the price. Food did not seem fresh at all, and the service was slow if not non-existent. We ordered two "menu" (prix fixe) items and some other things on the regular menu. Salad double chevre was OK, to be fair - even if it clearly was not fresh. The pasta was exactly the same as Kate's - without the black hair. Very basic, and very dry and crusty from spending time under a heat lamp. Steak was far below average (very tough - even though it was cooked medium rare) - the sauce tasted like it was from a can - the chips served with them were the best part, even if they seemed like they were taken from the Mc Donald's down the street. Salmon carpaccio which is supposed to be "all you can eat" - but didn't see the point as it took over 30 minutes to have a waiter (not the same as the first) ask if we wanted more (of course this was after two of us had finished). After another 30 or 45 minutes (having seen no wait staff) I went to try and find one of the waiters - I saw one chatting with the bartender - and signaled that we needed her. She didn't come. So - my wife (a Parisian) went to complain rather loudly of course there was a flurry of apologies, etc. The best part was that they offered us complementary desert and coffee as a gesture of apology, but once the 4th person (the hostess who seemed mean mean mean) noticed that we had deserts included in our menu's, well, she flat out said - well, we offer you coffee then. Good day. It was a horrible experience. Was told that the manager would come by, but he or she never did. It's a pity because my wife had said that she had been there many years ago, and it was great. Apparently, such is not the case any more. I strongly recommend that no one go to this restaurant. There are plenty of great places in Paris and this establishment does not deserve your time.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('222','mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('222','mike','I visited the Bistro Romain near the Opera in Paris with my wife and young son on January 8th 2010. Our experience was quite similar to Kate\'s. The food and service was far below average... even for a chain restaurant... especially for the price. Food did not seem fresh at all, and the service was slow if not non-existent. We ordered two \"menu\" (prix fixe) items and some other things on the regular menu. Salad double chevre was OK, to be fair - even if it clearly was not fresh. The pasta was exactly the same as Kate\'s - without the black hair. Very basic, and very dry and crusty from spending time under a heat lamp. Steak was far below average (very tough - even though it was cooked medium rare) - the sauce tasted like it was from a can - the chips served with them were the best part, even if they seemed like they were taken from the Mc Donald\'s down the street. Salmon carpaccio which is supposed to be \"all you can eat\" - but didn\'t see the point as it took over 30 minutes to have a waiter (not the same as the first) ask if we wanted more (of course this was after two of us had finished). After another 30 or 45 minutes (having seen no wait staff) I went to try and find one of the waiters - I saw one chatting with the bartender - and signaled that we needed her. She didn\'t come. So - my wife (a Parisian) went to complain rather loudly of course there was a flurry of apologies, etc. The best part was that they offered us complementary desert and coffee as a gesture of apology, but once the 4th person (the hostess who seemed mean mean mean) noticed that we had deserts included in our menu\'s, well, she flat out said - well, we offer you coffee then. Good day. It was a horrible experience. Was told that the manager would come by, but he or she never did. It\'s a pity because my wife had said that she had been there many years ago, and it was great. Apparently, such is not the case any more. I strongly recommend that no one go to this restaurant. There are plenty of great places in Paris and this establishment does not deserve your time.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I visited the Bistro Romain near the Opera in Paris with my wife and young son on January 8th 2010. Our experience was quite similar to Kate’s. The food and service was far below average… even for a chain restaurant… especially for the price. Food did not seem fresh at all, and the service was slow if not non-existent. We ordered two “menu” (prix fixe) items and some other things on the regular menu. Salad double chevre was OK, to be fair – even if it clearly was not fresh. The pasta was exactly the same as Kate’s – without the black hair. Very basic, and very dry and crusty from spending time under a heat lamp. Steak was far below average (very tough – even though it was cooked medium rare) – the sauce tasted like it was from a can – the chips served with them were the best part, even if they seemed like they were taken from the Mc Donald’s down the street. Salmon carpaccio which is supposed to be “all you can eat” – but didn’t see the point as it took over 30 minutes to have a waiter (not the same as the first) ask if we wanted more (of course this was after two of us had finished). After another 30 or 45 minutes (having seen no wait staff) I went to try and find one of the waiters – I saw one chatting with the bartender – and signaled that we needed her. She didn’t come. So – my wife (a Parisian) went to complain rather loudly of course there was a flurry of apologies, etc. The best part was that they offered us complementary desert and coffee as a gesture of apology, but once the 4th person (the hostess who seemed mean mean mean) noticed that we had deserts included in our menu’s, well, she flat out said – well, we offer you coffee then. Good day. It was a horrible experience. Was told that the manager would come by, but he or she never did. It’s a pity because my wife had said that she had been there many years ago, and it was great. Apparently, such is not the case any more. I strongly recommend that no one go to this restaurant. There are plenty of great places in Paris and this establishment does not deserve your time.
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]]> By: kate http://ratemybistro.co.uk/bistro-romain-paris-republique/comment-page-1/#comment-196 kate Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:30:34 +0000 http://ratemybistro.co.uk/?p=397#comment-196 I visited with 6 friends in August. We had very poor service and food. We ordered our meal plus wine, it 20 minutes to be told they did not have the wine we ordered. We were given warm table water, but no water glasses. We received the wrong starters, one had a black hair on the pasta ,one main meal was forgotten, two main meals were sent back as they had been sitting under a hot plate and the pasta was hard and dry! We had to call the manager to remove the meals and a starter from the bill. The most disorganised restaurant I have been to, people got bored of waiting to be seated and left...they were the lucky ones! Would never recommend this place.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('196','kate'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('196','kate','I visited with 6 friends in August. We had very poor service and food. We ordered our meal plus wine, it 20 minutes to be told they did not have the wine we ordered. We were given warm table water, but no water glasses. We received the wrong starters, one had a black hair on the pasta ,one main meal was forgotten, two main meals were sent back as they had been sitting under a hot plate and the pasta was hard and dry! We had to call the manager to remove the meals and a starter from the bill. The most disorganised restaurant I have been to, people got bored of waiting to be seated and left...they were the lucky ones! Would never recommend this place.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I visited with 6 friends in August. We had very poor service and food. We ordered our meal plus wine, it 20 minutes to be told they did not have the wine we ordered. We were given warm table water, but no water glasses. We received the wrong starters, one had a black hair on the pasta ,one main meal was forgotten, two main meals were sent back as they had been sitting under a hot plate and the pasta was hard and dry! We had to call the manager to remove the meals and a starter from the bill. The most disorganised restaurant I have been to, people got bored of waiting to be seated and left…they were the lucky ones! Would never recommend this place.
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]]> By: lee http://ratemybistro.co.uk/bistro-romain-paris-republique/comment-page-1/#comment-12 lee Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:07:49 +0000 http://ratemybistro.co.uk/?p=397#comment-12 When I go back to Paris (soon I hope!), this restaurant is on my list of places to eat again. Friendly staff, great food and a relaxing atmosphere!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('12','lee'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('12','lee','When I go back to Paris (soon I hope!), this restaurant is on my list of places to eat again. Friendly staff, great food and a relaxing atmosphere!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> When I go back to Paris (soon I hope!), this restaurant is on my list of places to eat again. Friendly staff, great food and a relaxing atmosphere!
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