Food was so good. I got the duck confit and she got a steak with fries on the side. My duck was crunchy on the outside but moist on the inside. The ceramic bowl they serve it in is SO hot so don't touch it like I did. The chicken is served on a bed of sliced potatoes that soak up the flavor from the duck fat. My goodness this dish made my top 3 in Paris during our 1 week stay. The steak we got was served with onions on top. Very buttery and tasty. Cool old divey vibe. The language barrier here was quite difficult so we pulled up pics on our phone to order. I got a beer and she got a wine both were good but the food was the winner here. I'll be visiting again during my next trip to Paris.

Great place to taste the French food . They are a large menu in order to make everyone happy serving was good and friendly thank you

Two days into my trip to Paris I started getting worried. The food was generally quite disappointing. This is Paris! Every meal should be amazing. I was near Les Halles and was looking for recommendations. This place looked like the kind of food I wanted for lunch. I managed to get a table and ordered a steak on a skewer. Wow!! Amazing beef. Cooked to perfection. Simply but perfect presentation and the fries just perfectly crisp yet creamy inside. Best meal I've had in Paris by far. I only wish I can come back and try (almost) everything on the menu.

This is essentially and old-school, meat and potatoes type of place. Though they do have fish, duck, rabbit, and interesting daily specials and so on. The place is small and frequented by older neighborhood locals, pensioners, and tourists who read online reviews. The food is ok, steaks are sometimes overdone, staff can be gruff to non-French speakers...as well as to French yuppies & younger people. This kind of place would be non-exceptional in another era. Think working class, burly men coming over for a steak, a drink, and linger for hours on end at a table. Semi-communal sitting if it gets crowded. Don't come if you can't stand rubbing elbows next to complete strangers at a table for four. At this visit, I had a delightfully done veal, calf liver. It was so tender and almost the consistency of cream topped with bacon and grilled onions with a side of potatoes. It was absolutely delicious...the best liver and onions I have every tasted my entire life!! On the other hand, my brother had a steak ( don't know what cut) but the topping was so salty it needed to be scrapped off. It was also well done when medium rare had ben requested. We were given a few glasses of a nice Calvados to make up for the poor steak. Portions are large, so I don't recall ever having dessert here. We've been here regularly as it's near my brother's district. Overall the food is good...like Three-Stars good.... definitely not four or five. Dishes can be inconsistent, but it's charming, and reliable in the sense that you won't get lousy food and you know the service to expect. There is also the opportunity to get daily specials that would be difficult to find in other places. Overall, think of going to an upscale version of Denny's or Applebee's on a smaller scale. We just enjoy hanging out here, sipping wine and talking for hours after our meal. Don't be put off by the occasional gruff demeanor of some of the wait staff. They've been there for years and are part of the furniture.

What a great restaurant! The menu is on a chalkboard, the dishes are classically French, and the vibes are excellent. It's not stuffy or pretentious, but it is quite delicious. I had the steak frites and would happily come back for everything else on the menu.

Historic Bistro in Les Halles We had been wanting to try this place since Boudain's first episode of No Reservations, "Why the French Don't Suck." Nice, typical French service where the table is yours for as long as you want. Classic dishes, with a bend to offal. Cheap house Brouly red. We started with escargot and a frisee salad. Escargot was excellent; the salad a bit too acidic. We followed that with the stuffed tomatoes which were outstanding and the lamb chops that were probably the worst dish of the trip. If I was in the US I probably would have sent them back, which I never do. Desert-- awesome chocolat mousse. I so wanted to love this place. The food was a bit of mixed bag. The service outstanding, and the atmosphere-- a time warp of old Paris.

We found this spot in Yelp and Im so glad we went there. Granted, it was one of the few restaurants open late night and still serving food past 10 pm. Make a reservation if you can. It is a popular local spot. We had a little wait, but were lucky to get a seat. The menu is in French, but our server spoke English and we had two very nice gentlemen next to is that offered to translate. Get the beef stew! Everything was delicious. To top it off, table wine is flowing all night.