Robert and Louise

[Jody]

Has anyone been to this restaurant? The reviews are all over the place, wonderful, good, terrible!

[sistereurope]

Never been, but my read of the many reviews is that it used to be really good, now it seems mixed. Is it near your Oct apt?

[PariS]

Turffaut has been there and recommended it to me a year or more ago, but I haven't gotten over there yet. Maybe he's been recently and can enlighten us!

[nutsabouttravel]

It does get mixed reviews. I had an entrecote which was mediocre -- but, then, I am not crazy about most cuts of beef that I have had in France. I think if I go again it will be with someone so that we can order the cote de boeuf which looked very good. It's got a lot of atmosphere and it's unique to watch the meat being cooked in an open fire. If you go for lunch go early or make a reservation as it fills up. I assume a res is necessary for dinner. Worth a try...
Mary

[Jody]

The cote de boeuf sounds good to me, but the DH prefers, ENTRAILS and OFFAL!

[jo]

Den and I ate there in May of 2008 and really enjoyed our meal. The cote de beouf for 2 was perfect, rare and tender and melt in your mouth. We shared our table with a wonderful older couple who live in Paris part of the year and with who we shared some wonderful conversation. We plan to go back at some point.

Here's my blog entry for our meal:

Den and I make our way towards Robert & Louise on Rue Vieille du Temples. This is a little hole in the wall place that we have read about and that our dining neighbours at Cafe des Musees recommended to us on Saturday. No pretense or fancy food here, just good meat and plenty of it. You sit at communal tables and get to know your dining companions. We had a delightful conversation with a couple from Michigan, he is a retired art historian and they have lived and worked in Paris off and on for the last 40 years.

We both had escargots to start and then split the beef for 2, which is served with salad and pototoes. The beef is grilled on an open fire at the back of the restaurant and served on a wooden platter. It was perfectly rare and tender and went very well with the bottle of Malbec we choose. We both had lemon meringue pie for dessert and stumbled out of the restaurant stuffed to the gills, and a little drunk. The place was still full at around 10pm, with people waiting for tables at the bar and onto the sidewalk. Dinner was 83 euros and it was the type of place you hope to find when you are in Paris, rough and authentic and just no frills, deliciously plain food you would make yourself at home if you could cook like that!

Hope this helps,

Jo