Le Verre Volé

Small and intimate venue with a great vibe, outstanding food and excellent service. And phenomenal wines.

This really is an all-star production. Every single dish was a huge hit. The black pudding tasted like chocolate cake (according to our 14 yr old); the braised pork with cabbage was perfect seared and juicy and the beef tartare was full of flavor. If we had another day we would have gone back for another meal. Next time we're in town we definitely will.

And don't forget their wines.

One of the worst experiences I've ever had in my life.
Let me start off by saying I have been in the service industry for 12 years as a server and bartender. I am a nice person and extremely gracious to servers, since I am one! Around Paris I knew a little French and would always ask people if they spoke English instead of just assuming.
With all this being said: Two out of the three servers that night were literal nightmares. Our main server was aggressive, rude, mean, and arrogant. In our first exchange I had explained that I wasn't familiar with their wines, but am open to trying new wines and I normally like Chardonnay's to give you a sense of my taste. He retorted with 'We don't have any Chardonnays!" and walked away. I was judged for no reason as soon as I sat down, I can't help but think it is because I am an American and also a woman. The exchanges throughout the night got increasingly worse. To highlight a few: he was pointing me out and talking about me from the kitchen, when I politely asked for water and share plates he just walked away and never gave us either of those items, then when we asked the other rude server he basically threw two share plates at us and MINE HAD A DEAD FLY ON IT. Let me be clear, it wasn't a fly that just landed, it had been on there and dead for a while. As a server myself- the dining experience is supposed to be one of enjoyment- you are literally leaving your own house to not only have other great food and drink but also to have an experience. And to give no care for what you do and the experience you are giving people is a complete disgrace. And it's hard for me not to think the fly was intentional . Yet, we didn't yell, or even complain about the fly, we meekly asked for a new share plate and quietly stated that there's a fly on this one. The server ripped it our of my friend's hand ( no apology) and literally threw a new one on the table. I obviously couldn't enjoy myself at all or eat or drink for that matter so after a few more rude exchanges enough was enough and I had to leave. When we went to cancel the rest of our order I told them that I was extremely uncomfortable because of their actions. No apologies, and nothing was comped. I wasn't looking for anything free but WOW. When our main server came to collect payment, (the fastest I saw him do something for us all night) I calmly expressed how uncomfortable and awful he made me feel and how that's really not okay to make another human being feel so badly for no reason and that I hoped he doesn't treat anyone else as badly as he treated us because we just don't need more of that in the world. He aggressively replied back ' That's how I treat all the customers'. If that's his motto, I think that's all you need to know of why you should NEVER go to this establishment.
I had such a traumatic experience that I had to leave the restaurant so I could cry. The experience you'll get from this restaurant is not a good one to say the least. You literally could not pay me to go back.

Fine food overall. Got a table reserved for two even it was 2 hours away from dinner opening time--so lucked out on that. Noticed the staff to be grumpy but that may be just because of the chilly weather outside and the poor heating inside.

Food was phenomenal! Limited and ever changing menu. Lots of characters and a really cozy place for lunch and dinner.

Good quality food and cooking, however not something that would knock you socks off and a bit pricey but overall a nice time Menu changes frequently due to the seasonality of the cooking.

We shared starters of yellow pollock ceviche (good but had much better ones elsewhere), pan fried cuttlefish (again good but nothing special), aguachile of shellfish (that one was very nice for the hot weather we were having) and last but not least fried eel and aragula pesto (best starter of the night and one of the best eel I have ever eaten) a must order if its on the menu.

A particularity of this restaurant is that they only have natural wine so quite young wines. The wine is very nice on a hot day but lacks of character to my opinion.

Overall if you are looking for good food with seasonal products this is a nice place

The food was tasty but I am giving the restaurant one star on account of the incredibly rude owner or manager of the restaurant. My friend and I decided to come here on the evening that we reunited after two years (we live in different countries). Since we are both students and young professionals and were not very hungry that evening, we decided to order a drink and an appetizer. We made our intention clear to our server. When the owner/manager brought the check, he made a sly remark that we were not allowed to have made a reservation if we only ordered a drink and appetizer. He then snatched the drink that I was still in the middle of finishing and ordered us outside. It was an awful experience and put a damper on our otherwise special evening.

OMG, this place is ridiculous. Seriously! Home made food, in a loud tight fitting restaurant. This isn't about a view, music, shopping district, NOPE it's about amazing food. I've been twice now, and due to an upset stomach I had to avoid anything too complex so I chose the stuffed cabbage.

WOW. I don't think i have ever in my life enjoyed stuffed cabbage so much! Seriously. Mashed potatoes and a light green salad came with it. Good idea since the star of the show was the cabbage.

I didn't have any wine on this visit, but the waiters are willing to advise and you can carry away a bottle if you want another one for the road or a picnic the next day.

You must get reservations. Mine were for 10 pm made at about 7 pm. I love this neighborhood place.

Enjoyed a quiet dinner sitting at one of the outside tables - two different seared Mediterranean tunas with summer vegetables and homemade potato crisps and for dessert, the fig with goat cheese. The food at the table next to me looked great too - they ordered my second choice - the house special sausage, potato puree and salad, and they were raving about it too. Everyone there spoke English (and menus had English as well) so it was pretty comfortable for a non-French speaking tourist such as myself.

This is a review from the summer of 2012 that I forgot to finish. My wife and I met a waiter at another restaurant who happened to have girlfriend near us in Virginia where we live. So, in exchange for a promise to put him and his gal up in our guest room when he visits over Christmas, he took us to "his Paris" Le Verre Volé ( "The Stolen Glass" was the pinnacle of our bistro experience. Now let me say this: every Parisian has her or his own personal favorite bistro restaurant or haunt. I have absolutely no problem with this, in fact, it is to our benefit!

We loved this place. It was down the street from our rented flat, so we checked it out for dinner on a holiday evening. We sat on the sidewalk, which was fun for watching the cars and people go by. We had soup and barnacles to start, which were good and different from what we could get back home. For main courses we had the chicken and the duck, which were incredible. The flavor and quality were outstanding. We had a red wine our server recommended that we really enjoyed, paired well with everything. He also told us it was strawberry season, so we had the strawberries in kiwi sorbet, which blew our heads off it was so good. This was a great experience of classic solid french dining and we were so happy to have tried it.