Practical information
Address: 8 rue Volney, 75002
Nearest transport: Opéra (3, 7, 8 )
Hours: Closed Saturday and Sunday
Reservations: Book a few days in advance
Telephone: 01 42 61 06 65
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Average price for lunch: 20-34€
Average price for dinner: 35-49€
Style of cuisine: Classic French, French bistro
Special attributes: prix-fixe, excellent cheese course, good for game, open Monday
Type of crowd: suits, neighborhood locals
Interior: charming & traditional
Atmosphere: casual
Reviews of interest
- Emmanuel Rubin – Le Figaro (2012) “…ce bistrot d’élite valse régulièrement avec les chefs. En espérant donc que se maintienne le petit dernier, puisé au filon nippon, ancien de l’excellent Stella Maris et fameux de maîtrise dans son genre néoclassique.”
- John Talbott (2012) “…The place still looks lovely with its 1932 lights over the bar, deep interior and bright ambiance…petit pois soup…salmon confited with citrus fruit…foie gras with dried fruit chutney…pigs’ feet, parmesan and cured ham; all were great.”
- JohnTalbott (2010) “…started with three of the finest scallops I’ve ever had; I had a soup of millions of shellfish reduced to a delicious creamy smooth soup…We had two classic desserts, both of which were perfect: a Grand Marnier souffle and crepes with Grand Marnier.”
- Alexander Lobrano (2010) “Aside from Dufroux’s very good contemporary French bistro cooking…what I love about this place is that it proves that hip young Parisians really do know and like good food beyond the identikit menus at the Costes Brothers tentacular empire.”
- Barbra Austin via Girls’ Guide to Paris (2010) “good enough to visit regularly and elegant enough for a special occasion.
- John Talbott (2010) The Bistro Volnay is a place I’ve been to 3 times in as many years under 3 different chefs…”I approached the place with trepidation – fancy entry, all suits and ties and all men, most (around us) speaking English, an imposing menu, with hefty supplements for anything not on the “menu.”
- François Simon – Le Figaro (2010) “…un bistrot que nous avions adoré lors de son lancement…”
- Emmanuel Rubin – Le Figaro (2010) “…une vraie belle allure de bistrot qui tamise en volumes contemporains le Paris des années 1920-1930-1940…”
- John Talbott (2009) “There was nothing wrong, just nothing really great.”
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Lovely food .. truffled artichoke soup and veal in particular – plus lovely decor but .. wow .. what shocking service. The waitress in charge SOOO did not want to be there to the point of intense disinterest and rudeness. For their sake, I hope she finds a new career before she ruins the work of a great equipe ..