In an space with loads of college students from the Sorbonne, in addition to vacationers desirous to eat something so long as it’s quick, the rue Soufflot isn’t overflowing with high quality eateries.
A Braccetto is the exception, and a welcome one. Simply minutes away from the Lodge des Grands Hommes, Lodge les Dames du Panthéon, Lodge Baume and Lodge Design Sorbonne, what was a grungy beer bar has been remodeled right into a fastidiously curated Italian restaurant with actually scrumptious meals and (for the second) as much as 50% off the à la carte menu !
Open since March (though the official opening occasion was early April), A Braccetto replaces a naff beer bar (known as La Gueuze) that no-one will miss. The inside has been opened up, brightened, modernised and tastefully embellished, fairly an achievement for this oddly-arranged house, with a protracted skinny room main far again to a bigger house on the left with a glass roof and actual sense of house.
Every a part of the restaurant has its personal really feel – busier up entrance close to the bar and pizza oven, calmer in direction of the again the place there’s even a semi-private area of interest the place 5 company can dine discreetly at a spherical desk. The hall between the 2 areas is even large enough to carry mini live shows (like the Brazilian one we occurred upon accidentally).
The terrace will even undoubtedly be the place to be this summer time…
With its mixture of younger and barely less-young native hipsters and really smiley employees, the restaurant has fairly a hip vibe to it, and the mini-concert is a cool addition.
After being seated and ordering some wine, we began our meal with Cichetti di Culatello, small corners of pizza dough fried Napolitan-style with Parma ham, taggiasche olives and capers. Sadly we didn’t realise that ordering this dish with out ham left us with simply fried bread, roughly (completely our fault).
In any case, the dish fairly small, however comfortable and never too greasy. Maybe we must always attempt it once more with the ham to see whether or not the worth (12€ 
) is justified…
For the principle dish we selected grilled octopus with pan-fried spinach, dried tomatoes, and new potatoes with natural olive oil with thyme, and Gnocchi Gratinati, potato gnocchis served with a fondue of Italian fontine au gratin (cheese from the Aoste valley).
The octopus was nicely cooked, not elastic, fairly tender, and the spinach is clearly contemporary. As a substitute of the sun-dried tomatoes, it appeared our dish was served on a mattress of tomato sauce much like what you would possibly discover on a pizza, served with oven-cooked new potatoes.
The gnocchi have been additionally nicely cooked, tremendous melt-in-the-mouth, and the cheese au gratin was wonderful, however we’d advise you to skip the complement for contemporary truffle, as we discovered it didn’t actually have a lot style to it, which was fairly a disappointment.
This apart, each dishes have been extraordinarily nicely executed.
And at last it was time for dessert, typically our favorite a part of a meal! We have been desirous to attempt the Pavlova (meringue with blackberry, blueberry and black grape) and the enigmatic iced, ‘destructured’ Snickers!
Each have been a hit. The pavlova was each crunchy and comfortable, with nice fruit tastes, and the peanut ice cream actually appeared like a Snickers bar, with a welcome beneficiant drizzle of caramel. Bravissimo!
In all, A Braccetto was a really agreeable shock. The younger crew may be very skilled and relaxed, and the meals was distinctive.
Though the costs could appear just a bit excessive, you possibly can at present e book on TheFork the place (for the second) there’s 30%-50% off the à la carte menu (relying on what time you e book your desk for), which makes all the things a cut price!
The restaurant can also be open seven days every week, and actually near our resorts. We will’t wait to return!
A Braccetto (right here) is open day-after-day for lunch and dinner
On-line bookings right here
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 01 01 07
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