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Don't go
First of all, please excuse my broken English. I am a French person and I feel obliged to warn you against that place. I myself had dinner at that restaurant and had a bad experience. The freshness of the vegetables in my lasagna was questionable, the dessert was taseless, the toilets were dirty. The owners of the "Grenier" don't care about their customers, for they know that most of them are foreign tourists who won't come back to their place anyway. I absolutely do not recommend that restaurant. If you're a vegetarian, there are plenty of other options, near the rue Mouffetard in the same district, you have "Les 5 saveurs d'Anada". If you're near the Louvre, you may try "La Victoire Suprême du Coeur", which has become a bit pricey, but you will have a good experience. If you're a vegan, you may go to "Saveur Veget'halles", which is near the Louvre, it's the only vegan restaurant in Paris. Those restaurants have web sites if you need more information. Voilà ! And enjoy your trip to Paris!
Cons: Bad Food, Bad Service
bad food, no service and worst vine in my life
maybe it is because we came at 1Opm, but we had
1) no service (the young vaiter just throw the menu on the table, didn't propose anything, didn't ask if we are enjoying the meal... couldn't help with the vine or close the door because it was too cold for us and too hot for him)
2) casoulet was too sallty
3) lasagna didn't have any taste
4) and the vine (bordeaux) was the worst vine i had in my life!
P.S.
i've been to 5-6 vege restaurants in paris and this one is the worst one!
Pros: location, a lot of choise
Cons: food quality, vine quality, service quality
delwinv
Amazingly, having lived in vegan heaven - San Francisco, and living now in Paris, I would have to say this is by far the best restaurant in Paris. If you had a salty casoulet, it was a one-time error. I have never been partial to the bordeaux, but wines do vary by bottle and year. I have never seen wait staff or the owner be rude, inattentive or anything but the most pleasant and helpful, even speaking great english to people who will not even try to speak another language themselves.
vegman in France
After giving this resto several chances to get it right we stopped going there, especially as there is now far better and cheaper in Paris. This review mirrors what we experienced several times. How anyone can state that the salty food was a one time error.... ? What, so you are present everyday, surveying everyone's meal? Nonsense of course! Whether the food here is bland or not is completely subjective. The simple fact is that the standard of the cooking is very poor. Yes, over or undercooked vegetables. Yes, excessive (or even under)use of salt and certainly an amateurish use of herbs and spices. They simply can't cook here. It is entirely unacceptable to say "well, this or that dish is meant to be bland" I've never heard of any dining out experience where you would choose to eat bland food. Risible! Concerning the service, I am perfectly bilingual and the waiter and the owner have both been unfriendly, unhelpful (bordering on impolite) in both french and english. And don't dare return a dish complaining of the quality or lack of taste....... By the way, I am a vegan cook with 20 years experience of eating in Paris.
Sonia Silva
Totally agree Vegman in France, I was totally irritated and surprised with the attitude of the manager, Antoine, as you can check out by my comment posted today. I only did not get to the police beacause I was with a friend and I prefered to rectify that really really awful moment. We all have our days, but threaten and start injuries asks for a reply - which I did.
A little overpriced but nice building
As a vegan I was so pleased to find this beautiful little restaurant. The staff weren't to welcoming to us which caused us some concern. After looking at the vast options on the menu for vegans and ordering, our food came quickly but was bland and a little overpriced.
Pros: Beautiful Building, Vegan/ vegetarian friendly, Close to centre
Cons: indifferent staff, bland food, overpriced
jaya49
Points +13
Wake up and smell the tofu! - Edit
My husband and I have been vegetarian for over 30 years and have eaten memorable meals in some of the best restaurants in the US and Europe. We have found consistently better food at non-vegetarian places, and Le Grenier is no exception. Our experience there was frustrating and disappointing. The food would have passed muster 25 years ago, but the world and vegetarian cuisine have all moved beyond the menu here. You don't have to put up with this kind of mediocrity, especially in Paris. The food was vastly overpriced and the service bordered on rude. The best thing I can say about it is that the wine was good and reasonably priced and the kir was one of the best I've ever had. Other than that, we ended up wishing we'd gone to a falafel stand.
Read morePros: good wine
Cons: outdated menu, overpriced, rude
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