Detailed review by arpoodle
We ended up in Le Petit Machon purely by chance. We'd been wandering around the city for most of the day, and at around 8pm on a Saturday night, we decided we should think about eating. I have a habit of just picking the first place we find that looks half decent. As a result, I've had some fabulous meals, but I'm not always able to remember where they were.
Le Petit Machon was the first place we came across that looked more than "just" a cafe/bistro, so we gave it a shot.
Despite not having a reservation, we were seated in the very cosy, very busy room. My French isn't the best in the world, but the staff were courteous and accommodating in both understanding and being understood (unlike the English guy who barged into the room about an hour later demanding, in typical loud English style "have you got an english menu?".
The food was fabulous, certainly not the cheapest, but very nice, and not as expensive as the more tourist orientated restaurants.
It's interesting to note, however, that while this restaurant has a decent rating here, on some of the French review sites, it gets a less glowing appraisal. I wonder if this is down to bad luck on those reviewer's parts, or perhaps an indication of how bad things are in Britain
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