We had reserved a table at La Coupole, recommended by friends that come to Paris frequently and also like eating at Brasserie style restaurant with an authentic French flavor.
Nice buzz in the restaurant, but we are very disappointed about the quality of the signature...dishes we had chosen especially. Their typical French union soup had not flavor at all, obviously the chef must not have tasted it himself, or he is on holidays and did not delegate his responsibilities very well. What a shame!!!
As main dish, we had chosen the "famous curry" which recipe existed since 1927 apparently. .... HOW???? Again, no flavor or whatsoever in the curry. The meat was nice and tender, but had no flavor or whatsoever. How do you dare to call this a curry. Just don't get it. I have had curry's at lovely restaurants like the blue Elephant and The Rose in England, perhaps your chef should go on an internship there and change his recipe. Curry's should not be bland, but wow you as a customer with the intensity of its Asian flavors. NOT here. Do yourself a favor and skip this dish as well. J.
The "huîtres degustation" was ok, but that is hard to mess up by a chef, unless they are not fresh, but you would smell that or it would have a serious impact on our health.
Though in general we are ok with the service from the waiters and maître, what is not ok, is that the maître took our olives away from the table, when we had not finished them yet at all. He did not even ask if he could take them away. Big mistake!
Will I come back here?
Certainly not.
Next time If we go to Paris, we will book a table at one of the better Brasseries instead, like Bon George, another recommendation, we actually wanted to visit, but is was fully booked for many weeks to come, it figures probably why... fingers crossed when we visit Paris next time.More