La Cordonnerie

This was the best meal we had in Paris, in my opinion. I booked a reservation on The Fork for lunch. It is pretty much required that you do a reservation here. The chef makes all your food within 10 feet of you, in view. Everyone in the restaurant receives their meal practically at the same time.
I ordered foie gras, which I have never eaten before, and felt torn between animal cruelty and curiosity in tasting it. So, I went with trying it out at least once. It was pan seared with drizzles of unsweet dark chocolate. I cannot begin to describe how creamy and delicious it was. I mopped up all the sauce with the bread they provided.
My main entrée was white fish (the fresh dill was amazing) with rice and onions. Everything tasted extremely flavorful and buttery. I will probably never eat another meal as satisfying as this one. My husband ordered lamb with fries. He said they were the best fries he has ever eaten.
The service is perfect and the waiter translated the menu for us and gave us all the service needed. A reminder, french service is very different from American. They do not hover and do not ask you when you are ready for a check. Please make sure you research the proper etiquette for eating in a French restaurant, so you are not offended by the different in culture.

WOW — It’s true it’s true! Hugo IS the Master… EXCELLENT lunch today. OK Need a nap now. AWESOMENESS.

Excellent Parisian restaurant. Very traditional and a wonderful wine list. We had the special lamb and steak with shallot. Wonderful family owned place. Very cosy and intimate.

Very small but quaint restaurant located not far from the Louvre. The food is not fancy, but rustic French and very tasty. There is one chef and one server, so be patient. Service is friendly and the server’s English is very good. We enjoyed our visit.

This is my absolutely favorite Paris restaurant. Today was my fourth (4^th) dinner and each time to include tonight the service and food were stunningly perfect. Chef Hugo and Host Jeremy are perfect host serving some of the top tier of the finest dinners I have had in Paris in 11 years. The great part is the dining excellence. The less than great part is impatient Americans, through Unilocal reviews, are here now and dinner has changed. How unfortunate but this restaurant continues as my favorite in Paris.

My wife had a scallop with rice dish and it was great. My son and I tried the steak dishes, one was grilled and one with the shallot sauce. I must say the meat quality was mediocre and very tough. I would recommend ordering the daily specials and avoid the steak dishes.

Absolutely fantastic. The service was courteous and efficient. The restaurant was small but afforded a great view of the chef at work. The best meal I’ve had in Paris. This restaurant is a must.

The food and service were excellent. The restaurant is small and quaint, and you can watch the chef prepare your meal. I had the veal and mushrooms in a cream sauce. It was tender and made with just the right level of acidity.

This is by far the smallest restaurant we have ever eaten in. We called on our way to make a reservation which is really needed in order to get a table. We saw several people who were turned away.
The food and service were both phenomenal! I had the veal which came Ina rich buttery sauce with French fries. The best fries ever! My husband had the scallops and cod. It was a beautiful presentation and an exceptional dish.
Realize that everything tastes better in France because of the butter, but it sure was worth it!

This was a mixed bag. Food was very good… mushroom moose with truffle sauce, duck and chicken entrée. bad news was its a tiny place with no a/​c (inside was sweltering) and only 2 tables outside. The 4 person table abuts the garbage dumpster. There were varmints crawling around.

The food is excellent, get the steak w/​fries or beef stew (the sashimi of beef), it’s delicious!

This meal was «close your eyes» good! This quaint family-​owned restaurant for 51 yrs. only holds about 20 people and requires a reservation (we called on Tues and they couldn’t get is in until Thurs.- and I understand why!) I had veal in a mushroom cream sauce– so delicious! Highly
Recommend! We had 2 entrees, bottle of wine, an appetizer, a soup, and each had an after dinner drink: final bill was 125 euros. It was pretty reasonable for a nice dinner out!

Read Marc B’s assessment. I cannot top that but must emphasize he is spot on (although I was able to make a reservation on-​line through one of the third-​party reservation sites). A great evening, and more food than I expected from a restaurant that gets such high marks. My only regret, that we were not seated next to the kitchen fireworks.

We weren’t so impressed by the restaurants in Paris, but on our last day we found this gem. The food is amazing and the chef is amazing. Must try all the specials and everything on the menu is great! We would have eaten here everyday if we found it first.

It doesn’t get any better than this, in terms of food, atmosphere and story. Tucked away in little alley next to probably the most tourist crowded places. However, very very few tourist here (so far)
A father and a son, where the father learned how to cook from his father. Only a few tables inside, which is very small, but there’s a nice table with a view on the open kitchen. But even better, if the weather is nice, grab one of the two tables outside.
The wine list, is a true gem with some very old preserved ones for a fair price. I truly hope this place will remain it’s authenticity and spot on Paris romantic vibe

The best meal of our 2 week vacation was here. I had a chicken dish (can’t remember the name) that was slow cooked all day with berries, according the the extremely kind chef that visited our table that evening. He told us we should make reservation next time, as we were lucky there was a 2 person no show.
We will return!

Tiny little restaurant. We were a fairly large group of 7 so we took one of the last late reservations. It was basically the chef and one waiter. The chef personally came and explained the specials of the night, which is usually what he finds fresh at the market daily .And you can see him cooking in the open kitchen as you wait for the food.
For appetizers we got the seared foie gras with this reduced balsamic sauce and these tiny little cheese raviolis in a cream sauce. For being how small the ravioli were, they were little tiny pillows of delicious heaven. The pasta was soft and tender and the delicate filling was a perfect match. The foie gras ws not the best I would have to say. It was a little over cooked and the sauce was too overwhelming.
We also go the entrée special and two of the ribeyes that is on the regular menu. One of the steaks was in a shallot sauce and the other was just grilled. I would have to say the grilled one without the sauce was much better.
Overall all the food was good, it is a very cozy atmosphere and both the chef and our waiter was very nice and helpful. Make sure to make reservations ahead of time as they do book up fast.

Kleines, verstecktes Restaurant mit tollem Ambiente und authentisch hochwertiger französischen Küche. Kleine wechselnde Karte, sehr familiär geführt. Nur ein paar Tische, die natürlich immer besetzt und der Chef persönlich schmeißt den Laden. Auf jeden Fall reservieren!

I can say, without an ounce of exaggeration, that the best chicken I’ve ever had in my life, I had at La Cordonnerie. This restaurant was recommended to us by my husband’s globe-​trotting aunt and uncle. They’ve frequented Paris, and this is their favorite restaurant. We tried it on our honeymoon, and it did not disappoint! We started off with appetizers– 1) langoustine prepared in butter and 2) pâté and bread. Both were delicious. The pâté was the best pâté I’d ever had (so flavorful, with actual bits of duck in it). It came out looking a bit like headcheese which had me worrying, but it was WONDERFUL.
Knowing our difficulty with speaking French, the chef personally stopped by and gave us a description of the dishes we were curious about in English. He was so kind in recommending good wine to go with our entrée selections as well. My husband got the special of a day– the chicken dish I still rave about (it was cooked with leeks I think), and I got the veal with fries. SO GOOD. For dessert, we ordered a cheese plate and chocolate mousse cake. Again… my tastebuds were going crazy.
Next time we visit Paris, we’ll definitely stop by again. This restaurant is very small, but very popular, so please call ahead for reservations because it is not unusual for them to be booked for an entire night.

Went here for dinner during a week stay in Paris with family. We searched for a nice restaurant via Unilocal close to our hotel and La Cordonnerie popped up. This restaurant is VERY small, but don’t let that discourage you from visiting.
The chief personally came out of the kitchen and explained to my group of 3 the specials (they were not in English on the menu, although everything else was). I ordered the beef steak with shallots and white wine sauce and it was sooooo good! Traditional French cuisine at it’s best. For dessert, I ordered the citron sorbet with vodka and it was very good as well. Very lemon and light sorbet in a glass with vodka on the bottom. Great mix together. I would DEFINATELY recommended this restaurant to anyone visiting Paris who wants a quite, personal dinner atmosphere.

Possibly the best meal I had in Paris! I would recommend making a reservation as they only accommodate walk-​ins if there are not fully booked for the day. Keep in mind that Parisians typically eat lunch around 1pm, so you may be the only one dining if you’re there at 1130 (or the first person to show up for lunch at noon)!
I had the daily special app (mushroom w/​truffled sauce) and entrée (chicken breast topped with pan seared foie gras w/​mashed potatoes). My mushroom appetizer was tasty and delicious but not amazing. The chicken breast w/​the foie gras was WONDERFUL! I was never a huge fan of french cuisine, and esp. foie gras, but this entrée was delicious! I also typically love dark meat, but the chicken breast was juicy and tender which i loved! I would certainly go back when I’m in Paris next time!

Deux frères adorables aux manettes… L’un en cuisine, l’autre sert. C’est la cuisine du marché. Leur foie gras mi-​cuit sauce cacao est une tuerie! Il faut réserver au moins trois jours a l’avance. Ils ont une tarte fine aux pommes a commander deux jours avant. Et le prix est canon, ce qui avec leur gentillesse ajoute que du bonheur à la maison!