Le Louchébem

Service and foods are great as always, the portions is pretty big, I ordered the dish of the day, beef shank stew with veggies and it took 2 more of us to finish it with me. Perfect place for lunch on a rainy day in Paris. However, the bathroom needs to be cleaned

We tried this place for dessert tonight and they totally ripped us off. My partner and I ordered a profiteroles dessert which was described on the menu as three puff pastry filled with ice cream and covered with hot chocolate sauce and toasted almonds. The price on the menu was €10.90 for three. They only gave us two, there was barely any ice cream in them, maybe a small teaspoon each, the sauce was cold and there were barely any almonds on it. Plus, we ordered a "fresh lemonade" that was supposed to be "house made" which ended up being sprite with a half slice of lemon, it was gross. When we got back to our hotel room, we noticed they charged us €11.90 for the dessert. Don't patronize this restaurant unless you want bad food and be taken advantage of.

Came here to try horse steak. Was delicious. Hard to find horse in France. This place delivered!

A lot of people talking about this restaurant. I am French and speak fluently. I make a reservation early, we arrive they give a table by the gutter I talk to my wife about it she speak only English. So in a nice French way ask the gentleman in charge if we can have a another table, he put us inside with no choice and basically said if I did not like it I can go to other place. We sit down order wine appetizer and ask our waiter some suggestions and go with nice beef ask to be medium rare and it came blue rare. I mean cold in a middle. We try to stop our waiter many times and he never asked how we were doing or if our food was okay. We don't eat the meat, no waiter
nothing happens a lot frustration at this time. We ask 10 times for our bill nothing came. I was ready to walk out my wife stop the server and he give us some kind of look who trigger a very animated French conversation. He tells me "maybe you want it for free you can not afford this restaurant". We paid and left. So if I was you I will not go not for the food or service I can t imagine for the tourist who don t speak French how you will be treated. No excuse for treating people in this way.

This place is ok...Staff is pretty nice. Menu is a little confusing...food is tasty...but the meat is tough.

Delicious Filet Steak in a traditional Parisian setting:

We went for a late dinner with a very big group of friends (we had made reservations in advance), early on in the week. Service was pretty fast and delightful. We started off with some planches charcuterie to share. I would have liked more pickles on it and as I am not generally a fan of cold cuts and white baguette bread, I did prefer the goat cheese we had near the end of our meal.

I had ordered the filet steak for the main dish, medium. The meat was very tasty, soft on the inside and nicely grilled on the outside. The sides, potatoes and green beans, were ok. I had asked for an alternative, but you cannot expect special service and particularly healthy options in a traditional French restaurant in the Les Halles area. So I made do with what they had paired the meat with. I think all the meat dishes come with a selection of sauces - or maybe we got all of them as we were so many.I really liked the onion sauce.

For dessert, I had ordered the café gourmand. I was pleasantly surprised to find that one of the three accompanying patisseries was an 'Ile Flottant' (a soft meringue floating in a vanilla custard sauce). One of my friends had the creme brûlée and I did steal a spoonful, it was quite yummy. Most of us had ordered the chocolate profiteroles. That portion looked so huge (three profiteroles with vanilla ice-cream), it could serve as a whole meal. . .

If you are looking for a very French restaurant experience and you are hungry, especially if you wish to eat meat, this is definitely a place to go to. There are, however, many similar restaurants, even within walking distance - so it depends on what area you like best and what price-range you are looking for (I prefer smaller spots in different areas of Paris). I did, however, really enjoy the old-school Parisian decor of this place.

I wish there was a minus for the rating because 1 star is still too much for the way we were served, the quality of the food and our waiter. The only good part was the wine. What happened to you ?
I use to come every month but I think this is the last time ever. The waiters really don't care about clients, I almost choked on a piece of bone ( teach whoever is cutting not make small pieces of bones) I mean the worse ever! So much more to write but I will save you for the past times I had a good experience.

This place is amazing!!!! Great selection with so many varieties of meat! Very welcoming and friendly staff. Bread is delicious!

I ordered my filet medium well but it came to me rare, they took it back twice, it still wasn't right, after being cut into so much they then gave me a new steak and it was great. I'm assuming Europeans like there meat rare. Overall it was a lovely dinner.

Hadn't had a good piece of protein since arriving in Europe for a few days. Went with a search on Yelp and found this gem that didn't disappoint on both value and flavor.

First, their are no English menus...but the waiter who helped us and who is representative of this steakhouse (big burly rough bear kind of guy) was the best host . He suggested the right compliments to help make everything go together perfectly.

Escargots in the shell is always a good thing. There's is perfect and enjoyed with the pieces of baguette. The rib steak was cooked perfectly and had the most amazing crust but still so tender. Frites were crispy (my preference) and green beans.

I didn't get a picture of the creme brûlée at the end because it was devoted before I knew it. I'll assure you that the custard was silky smooth with the right hint of vanilla and the brûlée crust not to overwhelming. A perfect "meat" meal!

If I could give a negative 1 star I would. I've never walked out of a restaurant before this place. There was only one other couple in the restaurant and the waiter never came to us. After my husband asked him to come over, he declined to serve us the meal we wanted. He brought us 2 meals that were terrible. We left cash for the food and left.