Le Parisien - Boulogne-sur-Mer

Had a lovely lunch after Lea jardins ephemera’s visit. Steak lovely, salads lovely, and great value for money. Recommend

We stayed in Boulogne for 1 night and our hotel was just a few my minutes walk from this restaurant. It’s on a stretch of road with about 10 restaurants all next to opposite each other but this was one of the only ones with a few tables available so being as though the menu looked good we gave it a go. Initial impressions were good … drinks arrived quickly and ordered our food. It had been a long day of travelling so weren’t really fussed what we had so just went with something simple a spag bol and a carbonara. The food came out and that’s where the initial impressions ended. Both portions could easily be described as child sized and they were the most basic dishes you could image. What we ordered weren’t exactly complex anyone could make them but these were taken to the extreme. Barely anything else other than pasta and sauce one of the most bland and boring dishes we’ve ever had out. Anyway, couldn’t be bothered to argue over it so we let it go and hoped to get the bill. This proved a lengthy task. Despite making numerous attempts to get a member of staffs attention and doing the universal sign language for the the bill the staff turned a blind eye and kept walking off which just goes to show the type of rude people they are. After what felt like an age we finally managed to get this paid. Think it’s safe to say any other restaurant in the area would’ve been a better choice than this one.

Walked up to restaurant plenty of diners inside and outside waitresses gave us a booth inside and menus then nothing after 20 mins got up and walked out totally insufficient number of staff

I ordered ‘pave de boeuf’, took a bite from both sides of the small piece of meat I received, but after tasting the meat in my mouth, decided to put everything aside. Meat was unfresh. On the other side of the table a goat cheese salad; but the uniform bed of iceberg salad did not raise any enthousiasme either. Even with their low prices you’re entitled to a better quality. I should have checked tripadvisor in advance. To avoid.

No wonder Etchebest is not interested in this restaurant. there is indeed no hope of improvement for this establishment if it keeps the same staff. We'd just have to shut him down before he'd make other disappointed people like us. We should have stayed on our first idea. Once again it confirms that by offering too much choice, nothing can be done of quality. a avoid at all costs. Pass your way.