Phone: +33627359358,+33140265010
Address: 54 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, 75001 Paris, France
City: Paris
Dishes: 15
Reviews: 115
Website: http://www.restaurant-hokkaido.fr/
"Never mind le Pied de Cochon, just a couple of doors down is this little gem. All the French reviews here confirm this. We love Japanese food, and there's plenty of it to be had all over Paris, but this one is exceptional, mostly, I...think, because of the lovely Lucy herself, who puts her own very special stamp on it. The food is fresh and delicious, with plenty of interesting choices and an excellent value menu at 11.50 euros, which you can easily afford to add a couple of extras to. But the service is just superb, we've only ever had this kind of competent, on-the-ball attention at a really posh, Michelin-starred place before, and then it wasn't nearly so relaxed and friendly and personal. Details like advising us to use the salty soy sauce with the fish and the sweeter one with the meat, pouring the wine for us at the right moments, respecting and complying with our preferences about the order of serving, and advising to take the sake at the end of the meal warm not cold (wow! especially with crystallised ginger, the best I've had anywhere), were all much appreciated. It was really busy all evening, all kinds of people, everyone having a good time, Lucy remembered us from our booking earlier, had a friendly and personal word for everyone, and the young guys she had working there were all really quick and nice and attentive too, plus they were also supplying a busy take-away trade too, and all this on a Monday night out of season. Can't recommend the place too highly. If you know and love Japanese food you can't afford to miss it, and if you don't now's the time to learn to!"
All prices are estimates.