Practical information
Address: 6 rue du Nil, 75002
Nearest transport: Sentier (3)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7p.m.-10:30p.m.
Reservations: Reservations not accepted
Telephone: No phone
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Average price for dinner: 20-34€
Style of cuisine: Modern French
Special attributes: small plates, open Monday
Type of crowd: foodies, tourists, neighborhood locals
Interior: charming & traditional
Atmosphere: bustling
Reviews of interest
- François Simon – Figaroscope (2012) “j’ai réussi à décrocher une salade de carotte, orange, avocat et cacahuètes. Pas mauvais, un peu court: trois feuilles de salade extraites du Tupperware, un croissant d’avocat…”
- Emmanuel Rubin – Le Figaro (2011) “…épatante à chahuter l’idée du petit plat, à raffiner le canaille et à affûter le propos ménager. Tellement habile côté assiette qu’on en oublierait presque une cave tout aussi percutante.”
- David Lebovitz (2011) “…the food is just as good as the main restaurant across the alley…The wine list is so compelling that the next morning when I woke up, I realized that the four of us had gone through four bottles of wine.”
- François-Régis Gaudry – L’Express (2011) “Le générique des vins est oecuménique, déjouant le diktat du tout nature via le Nouveau Monde…tapas après tapas, on a retourné toute la carte…une burrata crémeuse dopée par une huile d’olive ardente et une concassée de petits pois frais à la menthe; un exceptionnel filet de truite fumée caressé par le velours d’une purée d’avocat et électrisé par une rafale de concombre vinaigré…”
- Alexander Lobrano (2011) “…a terrific small-plates menu that comes from the kitchen across the street and offers delicious cameos of Marchand’s talent…I loved the wine list here, too…it not only suits Marchand’s cooking to a T but pushes out the walls a bit by including wines from other countries…”
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It’s a good wine bar, i like the small plates menu and would definitely recommend them with a good Bourgogne rouge.
You can also try Le Porte-Pot, near the Sorbonne, a wine bar which proposes remarkable Corsica wines.
Editor’s note: the email address indicates that Vince works at Le Porte-Pot
Went to Frenchie Bar à Vins on a Friday in late August and despite the opening time of 7pm, friends of the staff were already trickling in before then, and by 7:00 I think the place was full (of non-friends too). The staff were very accommodating to the folks who unfortunately arrived at 7:05 and were waiting for tables.
There are about 20 seats, and I estimated the night I was there it was 70% Anglophones, perhaps because it was August. Note that all tables are shared by 4 or 6 people, so it’s not a great place for a romantic date — you WILL end up having a conversation with your tablemates for better or worse. It’s also quite loud and lively/crowded. I loved the food — we shared some charcuterie and a salad of burrata and peaches. Also, Like David Lebovitz, after we left we realized we’d drunk much more wine than we’d anticipated — so go ahead and order a bottle instead of drinking by the glass (especially since there is only one (good!) choice in each category by the glass). Final note: the tractor seats provide a nice rustic look, but they are not the most comfortable for guests of different sizes (tall or large men in particular).