Practical information
Address: 5 Rue du Nil, 75002
Nearest transport: Sentier (3)
Hours: Closed Saturday and Sunday
Reservations: Book many weeks in advance.
Telephone: 01 40 39 96 19
Website
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Average price for dinner: 45€
Style of cuisine: Modern French
Special attributes: prix-fixe, market-based cooking, prestige ingredients, renowned chef
Type of crowd: foodies, tourists
Interior: bare bones & minimal
Atmosphere: casual
Reviews of interest
- John Talbott (2010) “Colette loved the speck salad with clementines, parmesan and mint leaves while I was enchanted by the warm smoked sardines and brussel sprout leaves on a butternut squash puree.”
- Thierry Richard (2010) “On s’y régale d’assiettes diablement futées et originales (c’était quand la dernière fois que vous avez mangé de la betterave jaune ?), exécutées superbement…”
- Caroline Mignot (2010) “…toujours aussi bien balancée entre accords vifs, fraîcheur et gourmandise.”
- Christine Muhlke – New York Times (2010) “While the feel and food of Frenchie wouldn’t be out of place in Brooklyn or London’s East End, Mr. Marchand has the advantage of French training underscoring his seemingly informal offerings…”
- Emmanuel Rubin – Le Figaro (2009) “…deux petites salles de brique et de bois et ce tonitruant rapport créativité-prix..”
- Barbra Austin (2009) “The food at Frenchie is ingredient-driven and free of gimmicks…”
- John Talbott (2009) “…simple, inexpensive but quite fine food.”
- Alexander Lobrano (2009) “…this vest-pocket bistro in the Sentier, or old Paris garment district, is a delightful spot with really excellent food.”
- Meg Zimbeck (2009) “a simple-sounding truite fumée, asperges (smoked trout, asparagus) over the too-simple-sounding salade tomates cerises…it was clean…and bright.”
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TIP TO ALL FOODIES NOT ON VACATION -IF you can get through on the phone (dropping by is more efficient) you can actually get a reservation at Frenchie until August 17th when they close for the summer – they are open Monday to Friday for dinner only. Food is memorable and very reasonable. Had an amazing sea bass (bar) in a fennel consommé last night followed by a pannacotta with raspberries and chocolate to die for…
I realize what becomes hard to become obtain, becomes most desired, but really, what happened.
I haven’t been to the restaurant in a while, but thought it necessary to write about their customer service, or lack of. There’s no denying Chef Marchand makes some incredible food. Unfortunately, with popularity and fame comes customer service complacency. He has hired unruly front of the house staff, his reservation system or lack of sucks! It takes months to get a reservations, and just keep your fingers crossed they got it right. Just the other night, friends from US made reservations for a table for 4, months in advance in US. Prior to leaving for Paris, they once again confirmed Third time you’d think would be the charm, well you’d be wrong. They arrived in Paris last week, had concierge reconfirm. The restaurant said they only showed reservations for 2 NOT 4. So, they were left with no dinner reservations. Fortunately, they found a decent place, L’Hedoniste.
I use to have friends from US call me to plead to me to make reservations for them, because at one point they weren’t answering their phones. So, the only way you could make reservations was in person. But currently I refuse to go anywhere near that restaurant, because of the horrible experience I had trying to make reservations for the last set of friends who pleaded to me. The attitude was like, “take what I give you, I can’t be bothered with all your demands.”
The dining experience has to be about the whole experience, from the time you make the reservations to the time you leave the door. Yes, those types of restaurants exists in Paris, more so than not! So why put up with this type of crap. If Chef Marchand would give half his attention to the customers as he does the food, then that restaurant would be a winner.