Food is relatively expensive in Paris, but since I was on a holiday, I had to eat out sometimes though I really preferred to eat at home. I'm not much of a cook but Sab is. Since you'll be expecting to spend between SGD$60 onwards for a meal, it'll be better to know which restaurants to avoid. I didn't eat at many but these 2 really top the list of Never Again...
1) La Duree
It's a popular restaurant I know. I went to the branch near Concorde. The Macarons at this place is really quite good but besides that, food is average and the service was really bad. Rude and impatient service staff who sat 3 of us on a tiny table to have lunch while others had 1 table to themselves just to have tea, and the waitress couldn't explain the menu and order taking properly and we had to pay an additional e10.00 for the mistake in order taking. Not to mention she was close to raising her voice at us when we tried to explain our orders. Worst experience ever.
2) Le Jardin Du Roy
We went to this alley near to the Notre Dame Cathedral one day to grab some kebab, for some reason we ended up in this restaurant. The owner was fun and friendly. He greeted us on the streets and said they served authentic French food and so we decided to give it a shot. French food tasted like supermarket instant food. The steak, the chicken (or was it duck) leg, escargot all tasted like instant food that was badly done, the wine tasted like it was mixed with water. It was really really bad. I think we helped trick the next few customers (there were none before us). If you are walking by the areas outside Notre Dame, especially where you see a lot of Greek food (kebab), take note there's a friendly French man waiting to trick the next customer into his restaurant.
Saving tip: Order a 3 course set meal and share it with a friend. If all else fails, there's always free flow of baguette with every main course.
