Le Madeleine C - Paris

My favorite restaurant, a refined and delicious cuisine.

Very good table with very beautiful and good dishes (bravo chef ! and impeccable service with good suggestions

Cute little restaurant. pretty deco (to the chairs) and excellent card

A la recherche d'un restaurant avant une pièce de théâtre en ce pluvieux été. Tombé par hasard sur La Madeleine C. Très bonne surprise avec des plats délicieux. (Boeuf au poivre Sichuan, saumon en entrée, poisson hors menu)Service prévenant et avenant.Addition en revanche un peu élevée

Having read several great reviews my husband booked this restaurant several weeks in advance, as advised, as it was near our hotel. It was for a special birthday meal. The whole place looked tired, with brightly coloured patio-chair cushions placed on top of the faded velvet seats. The distressed look did not inspire a well worn charm however, as the tables were so small I couldn't get my legs underneath And it just felt unkempt and not well loved. The menu was pricy but we were not perturbed. We had expected it to be expensive. We anticipated great food. We were the third table to arrive and only 2 more couples arrived after us. Not the heaving hoards we had been lead to expect. We were not offered tap water by the waiter despite asking for it. He remained resolute in his French repeating Evian or badoit? as I asked yet again for eau de table, tap water? My husband like fizzy water so he ordered that. However after our starter we saw another waiter (possibly the owner) offering tap water. We sighed. Our starter was ravioli with langoustine and a cream sauce. We got a bowl of sauce with pieces of lobster in it but no ravioli. I said "ravioli?" He replied yes. There were a few broken pieces of pasta under the sauce. It tasted good but I was egg with the feeling that a French couple would not have got this. It was meant to be ravioili! I think we got a broken parcel between us. The main course was also tasty but not wonderfully so. Despite ordering different meals, our plates looked remarkably similar. I didn't want to upset my husband so just ate it and smiled but I get cheated and underwhelmed. We have eaten in several restaurants during our time in Paris. This was the worst and the most expensive. I could see why the place was destroyed.