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Les Fables de la Fontaine is a Michelin-starred French restaurant in Paris, known for its gourmet cuisine with a touch of bistro generosity. It offers an elegant and modern dining experience, making high-quality, creative dishes accessible, particularly through its well-regarded lunch menus.
Customers generally praise the restaurant for its great food, excellent presentation, and polite, warm service. Many highlight the exceptional value of the lunch menu for a Michelin-starred establishment. Some reviews mention minor downsides such as occasionally mediocre service, crowded tables, or issues with air conditioning, but overall, the dining experience is highly rated.
Additional Details
The restaurant aims to 'dust off' gourmet cuisine, making a star-level dining experience more approachable with a focus on quality and creativity. Its Instagram profile explicitly identifies it as a 'Fish & Seafood Restaurant'.
Lunch is often recommended for its excellent value, offering a Michelin-star experience at a more accessible price point. The restaurant is popular, so reservations are advisable, especially for dinner.
Awards & Recognition
Michelin Star
5
The foods were great and the waiters were very polite. The Michelin star recognization was not showing until you will not aware if you not look around at cashier counter. The funny part was, I ordered 2 sets 5/6 courses(I can’t recall) and feel just full after dining, however, I was told that I might order the menu supposed by sharing; the food portion just fine for single Asian perhaps. Feel sad now as I notice the restaurant is temporary closed, hopefully the restaurant is close for renovation! The restaurant is worth to plan a trip to Paris just for having a great dining.
We came here for Lunch menu, starter is the pulled beef with veggie stock, It is tasty but I am not amazed by it. Main is the steam cod. The cod is very soft but It seems a bit under seasoning. The sauce is nice on the fish so I think it is still good. Cheese bread as the welcome dish is a bit boring that I agree with. Service is good, staffs are warm n friendly.
For a 1 Michelin star restaurant, their 3 course 28 euro menu is an absolute steal! It won't blow your mind, but it's a fantastic value for the calibre of meal you get. We had our meal outside, but I must admit that service was mediocre and the place seemed to be swarmed by Chinese tourists - there was also a large Chinese tour group that had booked off the majority of the restaurant.
Overall, the meal you'll get is great for the price, but based on the overall food and service, it's a good restaurant. Would have liked to see other items available on their prix fixe menu so I can say how other dishes were. But I thoroughly enjoyed the tomato appetizer and the squid ink with lardons and cuttlefish greatly!
A French restaurant. The food is well prepared and presented. The taste is above average, but not surprisingly meets what I expected. The service is good. Staff are polite and can speak both French and English.
A couple of small downsides. The air conditioning is not very strong. We really feel hot and just want to finish and leave which doesn’t make a perfect experience. The space between tables are very close.
I would give 4.5 stars if I have choice. But 4 stars is on the lower side. So I give 5 stars.
Great restaurant. The food is good compared to other one Michelin star restaurants. The food both taste good, and look good. The dining room is very elegant and modern. The service is good also. The lunch menu is very inexpensive.