Vin & Maree - Paris

First time in this wonderful city and staying in the Montparnasse area and looking for a nice quite dinner. Tour de France has just finished and was concerned of over packed restaurants with the crowds around. We stumbled on this place. They had menus in English which was great as I only know half a dozen worlds of French. The service was excellent and very helpful with staff knowing a bit of English. The food was even better. I would fully recommend this restaurant to any body in the area looking for a great dining experience.

It all started with the horrible service. A waitress, an older woman of Asian appearance , dabble our expensive wine in glasses as pigs, quickly, and spraying some on a white tablecloth. When it was time to update the wine, she repeated the same, while pouring wine on the tablecloth even more, looking as if everything had to be that way. Then they brought the oysters which were many fragments of shells, and which were already dead, of course could not be a speech about the reaction of DEAD oysters with lemon juice...the lemon was old, dry and even a little brown...and the crab...which was brutally crushed, with ugly crooked bones... On a hot dish, nothing to say, ordinary fish, the level of the bistro. I think that 85 euros is too much for this ****, and especially with such waiters. Disgusting. Would not recommend to anyone. In Paris enough other GOOD restaurants.

Svetlana, my siberian friend, was craving for oysters, and fresh fish.... the first idea that came to my mind was this very reasonably priced seafood restaurant ( especially if you reserve via LaFourchette, for 20 to 40 % discount !!! ). Comfortable tables, nice lighting ambiance, not too noisy, .The service is efficient, and the lady in charge is of excellent advice for the wines...The oysters were superb, especially the Irish sweet salty savoury whitish meaty specimen. But also the Gilardeau N.2, and the fines N.3I could not resist the crispy Croustillants de gambas which quickly disappeared...Svetlana went for a whole grilled seabass with pesto dressing, perfectly cooked.the 2 other guests had the solettes meunière, and the marmite de St Jacques lutée( scallops and langoustines cooked in a pot sealed with a puff pastry cover, in a bisque de homard !!!!A bottle of fruity aromatic QUINCY was in good harmony.We hardly could reach the dessert dilemna. And finally shared a crème brûlée and a Millefeuille stuffed with vanilla cream.Both were...good but not outstanding. The Chef is not a pâtissier ?It was midnight when we thought it was time to leave, as we were the last table still chatting.I can only recommend to try this restaurant, when you are nearby Montparnasse.

I already put a review on TA, but I was asked to complete my draft. When I clicked on the link, everyhting was blank. I want to recommend this restaurant very highly, but am not ready to start all over again on another review if TA lost my first one. Just take my word - try it and you won't be disappointed.

This is one of four in a Vin et Marie franchise and should not be confused with Vin & Maree on Rue St Honore ( which is absolutely fantastic). We arrived for lunch and were promptly seated, then shown a blackboard of the menu. My companion chose the herrings and I had the fish soup, both were ok. For our main courses we had the sea bass, which again was presented well, but without being anything more than average. The staff were not overly welcoming.