Le Latin St Jacques

Food was probably the worst I had in Paris. But price was cheap so I guess I shouldn’t have expected much. I was desperately hungry and they were the last café before Rue St. Jacques and I was tired of looking. Next time I’ll look at Unilocal first.

Tourists beware! Although the people are friendly the food is dègoûtant! I ordered two plat de jour one was spaghetti which was overcooked and looked like what you remember being served when you were in third grade and forced to eat at the school cafeteria. The second plate was chicken with mushroom sauce. Chicken was dry sauce was tasteless and presentation was facile. House wine was nothing special, stick with water.
The bill was surprisingly high and definitely not worth it.

Situé dans le quartier ultra touristique de Saint Michel, ce resto est joliment décoré et semblait agréable.certes.
Mais alors, on est très mal accueilli et le service pas du tout agréable.
J’ai pris une formule à 12,90 €.spaguetti aux fruits de mers sec, fade et sans saveurs.
La mousse au chocolat est industrielle mais correcte.
Le resto peut paraître accueillant en façade mais né perdez ni votre temps, ni votre argent, CHANGEZ D’ADRESSE

Le Latin St Jacques proclaims it’s specialty is traditional French cuisine. When we decided on this restaurant, we walked in and waited for a bit. Honestly they seemed more annoyed with us than anything else during our whole meal, until the very end of the meal. When paying, they were super nice to us… strange.
Anyways, we had a nice meal here but I wouldn’t say it was one of the best during our time in Paris. I had the 6 Escargots for 8.50 euros and the Frog Legs for 11.50 euros. The frog legs tasted like chicken :) and were cooked without any breading or deep fried goodness. They were simply flavored a bit. They were A-​OK although I wasn’t wowed by them. The escargot was buttery, herby and everything good. Loved them and really worked to get some of those suckers out of the shell.
We liked this restaurant but wondered if their service was kind of their schtick to treat the customers in a kind of rude way. We weren’t sure but I don’t think I could recommend Le Latin St Jacques to others as the food is just okay, service is just okay and there are so many amazing places to eat in Paris!

This was one of the few restaurants down the lanes that didn’t require a hustler standing out front to get you eat here.
Service:
Excellent. The woman that seated us was very kind, so we made sure she got a very nice tip. When it started to rain, she rushed us inside immediately & apologized! As if it were her fault it rained! She was prompt & helpful.
Prices:
Well, it’s Paris, so it’s not cheap. The fixed menu is your best bet to get moderately full (depending on which one you get, you can definitely get over-​stuffed!), however, I didn’t get the fixed menu.
Food:
Got the mussels in white wine sauce. Amazing. Definitely satisfied my craving for these very French styled mussels. Yum! The mussels weren’t fishy & soft. They were tiny, but there were tons of it. The sauce was really savory, yet light. I wanted a spoon to eat it all!
Escargot was also very delicious. A nice buttery garlic ball of delicious.
The bread wasn’t fresh, so I’m going to assume that it was the factory type baguette.
Had a bite of the crêpe, which was so awesome. It was filled with poulet (chicken) & fromage (cheese), which is generally NBD, but the cheese was so creamy & savory. The texture of the crêpe was great. They really did a great job with this savory crêpe.
Environment:
Down a lane, has outside seating, & inside seating, which is a little cramped. Dimmed lights inside, so it could definitely be a date place!

En toute simplicité
Après avoir tourné 20 minutes dans le quartier latin et esquivé les attrapes touristes nous arrivons au Latin St Jacques, accueilli par un serveur étranger, probablement en stage à Paris, parlant peu français mais attachant tout de même. Nous optons, non pas pour une raclette mais pour un menu à 24 euros, entrée+plat+dessert, avec le classique foie gras en entrée (très bon d’ailleurs), un magret de canard à l’orange, et un moelleux au chocolat pour mon amie. Restaurant simple, sans fioritures.

L’habit né fait pas le moine…
Plutôt déçue par cette adresse. De prime abord, la vitrine du restaurant est attrayante et laisse présager une bonne surprise gustative. Hélas, malgré de belles promesses sur la carte, la présentation est chiche et les plats peu originaux voire fades. L’option pierrade est décevante. Les sauces né sont pas à la hauteur du plat proposé. La pierrade de piètre qualité regorge de sel qui envahit les mets à la cuisson… lorsqu’ils parviennent à cuire, puisque la chaleur dégagée par l’appareil reste à démontrer… Accueil toutefois très sympathique. Les serveurs font ce qu’ils peuvent pour laisser une bonne impression du lieu, qui au final, ressemble plus à un piège à touristes qu’à une adresse à recommander.