Au Clocher de Montmartre

Summary: the food is good; the menu is small which might give some challenges; and like another review they don’t keep their wine list stocked.
My wife and I went on a Saturday night. It is nice inside (although the paint on the corners of the walls could sure use a touch up) but not very busy, which did not change through the night.
S ordered the pork and i ordered the asperigus salad and the monk fish. The salad was very good with mackerel in it which complemented the asperigus perfectly. The pork and monkfish were also excellent. S finished with a crème brûlée which was freshly flamed and had a rhubarb jam in it which was a treat.
So on the food side all is good but of the dozen or so wines on their wine list they were out of 3 of them, including the one I wanted. Very bad planning on their part; or not as I ended up picking a more expensive wine.
Total cost for 2: € 96 of which € 46 was wine.

Le Clocher de Montmartre — Not Worth the Hassle to Get There or to Stay
We’ve enjoyed the cooking of Chef Antoine Heerah since he opened his restaurant in the 7éme arrondisement of Paris. We’ve enjoyed the Chamarée Montmartre several times since it moved to the 18éme arrondisement, so had little concern about trying M. Heerah’s latest undertaking, Le Clocher de Montmartre. Were we ever wrong!
First, this little restaurant is located next to le Sacre Coeur in one of the most honkytonk, tourist areas of Paris. The only practical way to get to the restaurant is to take the beating of traveling up the hill on the funicular with 54 of your closest tourist visitors to Paris … most screaming at the top of their voices during the mercifully short trip. The short walk to the Le Clocher de Montmartre is akin to traversing a mine field of tourists.
The restaurant is very well designed high tech even though it lacks a view in one of most view-​worth areas of Paris. Our friends arrived a little ahead of us and chose a table near the front window. It was as far from the blaring music as one could arrange. Merciful!
We were shocked when the waiter mumbled that the restaurant was out of the Burgundy that we ordered. Also, out of the vegetarian plate. (This on a busy Saturday night. Anyone planning menus?)
The menu is both limited and esoteric. The food, once it arrived, was up to M. Heerah’s high standards. Well prepared; nicely presented; very tasty. Two of us ordered hamburgers that were excellent.
Well now, let’s talk about the service, or the complete lack thereof. While there were two servers, one was wholly occupied in conversation with two friends at a nearby table. The job of service fell to our, sole, server. In addition to lacking any vestige of training, having a very surly attitude, and being assigned far too many tables, he was overwhelmed. He failed to come to our table except to remove plates. His conversational colleague did deliver our «plats» having to ask who ordered what. It required 10-​minutes for him to deliver the check once it had been asked for. He was busy making coffee for a large party whilst his colleague continued her conversation with her friend. She totally ignored by signal to her; didn’t miss a word!
Bottom line: While the food was excellent, the menu was a challenge. Being out of wine and a single plate with such a limited menu is unforgivable. The service was so bad that we wouldn’t think of returning.

Un bistro gourmand & Salon de thé avec une décoration très British, les lieux sont très agréable.
Il à été revu par Antoine HEERAH du Chamarré Montmartre.
La carte a entièrement été revu par ce chef talentueux, avec des plats traditionnels revisités.
Vous pourrez apprécier de nombreuse patisserie avec un bon thé.
Les plats sont abordables, avec un brunch à volonté à 21 euros.
Je vous le conseil vivement.

«Au Clocher de Montmartre «, vous êtes chez Chantal. Elle est à la tête de son restaurant auvergnat depuis 1975 maintenant, et elle tient à ce que vous vous sentez comme chez vous. Alors, depuis l’accueil jusqu’à ce qu’on vous présente dans l’assiette, tout est fait pour que vous vous sentiez bien et détendu.
Et «Au Clocher de Montmartre «, on y mange très bien. Les spécialités auvergnates sont mitonnées à la manière de la grand-​mère de Chantal. Et avec la complicité de son chef, elle transmet l’héritage culinaire familial, mais garde bien ses petits secrets. Conviviale et chaleureuse, l’ambiance est agréable et on y revient, croyez-​moi.