Sweet Melissa
Well-Known Member
Why all the hate for Chefs de France? I will be eating there for this first time in a couple of weeks.
I wouldn't say I hated it. I intentionally labeled my lists "favorites" and "most disappointing" instead of "best" and "worst" because the bottom of my list were just that: disappointing. I thought my croque monsieur was decent. My partner very much regretted ordering what he had. I forget what he had. I think it was some kind of crepe. I do remember that he expected it to be savory based on the ingredients listed in the menu but that it was actually much too sweet for his taste.
Ordering wrong won't keep us from recommending an otherwise good restaurant, though. The thing that deterred us most — and has thus far prevented us from giving the restaurant a second chance — was the service. Perhaps it was stereotypical French aloofness, but we didn't feel welcome. Our server was visibly annoyed that we weren't ordering more. He kept trying to push appetizers and cocktails on us while we were ordering. It was an early lunch; we didn't need drinks or a large meal. After that we were largely ignored until we flagged him down to order a dessert to share.