Le Bon la Butte serves basic French dishes with a recent twist in Montmartre.
102 ter Rue Lepic, 75018
Open Friday–Sunday for lunch & dinner
Open Wednesday-Thursday for dinner solely
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Reservations on-line or at +33 (0)9 70 93 55 52
Genuine bistros will not be tremendous on-trend in Paris today, however that didn’t cease 4 buddies from opening this easy spot in touristy Montmartre, in any other case a beacon of business, overpriced delicacies.
The menu incorporates a eager stability of latest, neo-bistro fare and dishes that might have walked out of a time-locked model of Paris finest recognized to armchair vacationers and Woody Allen. Frogs’ legs – deceptively troublesome to come back by within the fashionable metropolis – stay true to custom with a parsley and garlic scented sauce. A large plate of Auvergnat beef-and-pork-stuffed cabbage evokes the consolation meals of central France.
A dish of home made foie gras terrine is infused with inexperienced tea and served with a barely candy relish with mustard seeds; toasted baguette slices exchange the extra conventional brioche. A waiter wastes no time in reminding us (lowly Individuals) that foie gras ought to by no means be unfold on bread however relatively positioned there. I’d have been pleased to acquiesce if the slices had been a bit thinner; as it’s, spreading is the one technique to get a fair considerably ladylike mouthful, tasty as it might be.
Up to date fare usually takes a cue from worldwide flavors. French snails are served in a coconut and lemongrass broth with a beneficiant sprinkling of Thai basil. Sadly, the massive portion and lack of spice (or, for that matter, sufficient salt) makes the dish considerably too heavy and devoid of nuance.
Dessert ranges from conventional pastry, like baba au rhum, to modernized iterations of classics, like a deconstructed fraisier or chocolate cake with yuzu sorbet.
Parts listed below are monumental – probably a nod to the predominantly Anglophone clientèle flocking right here, if not for the restaurant’s creativity, for its unbeatable location only a bit downhill from Montmartre’s well-known Sacré Coeur basilica, for its a stupendous bay window overlooking the neighborhood’s picturesque cobbled streets, for its 11€ youngsters’ menu, or for its ever-evolving, seasonal veggie plate that guarantees that even plant-based diners may have one thing to get pleasure from. Whereas not show-stopping, meals listed below are made recent and served with a smile, and this, if nothing else, makes Le Bon la Butte a standout within the neighborhood.
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Le Figaro (2018) loves the “neoclassical” dishes at this bistro, although it notes that some, significantly a poached pear dessert with espresso and Pastis cream, are a bit too busy.
Restos Sur le Grill (2018) praises Le Bon la Butte for standing out among the many “cliché” and “industrial” vacationer traps that make up many of the neighborhood addresses, calling it “good with out being transcendent.”
newtable (2018) notes that the restaurant embracing its Frenchness, with “beneficiant” dishes that evoke French childhood favorites. A particular nod is given to the restaurant’s appropriately French accented wine record.
