Le Relais de l'Entrecôte

Last Saturday I went to Paris to meet my mom who flew from Houston to spend a couple of weeks with me (yay!) After strolling around Montparnasse,  the Luxembourg Gardens and Notre-Dame, we were starved.

We had this amazing list of restaurants to choose from (courtesy from a friend of mom's), and we decided to go to Le Relais de l'Entrecôte for dinner. The place was packed, and waitresses dressed as maids ran all over. We sat down and all the waitress gave us was a quick "bonsoir" (good evening) and a tiny, tiny menu, which contained only desserts and beverages. It turns out they only serve one thing: entrecôte, or rib steak, and fries, for a set price per person: 24.50€

Another tip to eat in France: if you like your meat medium-rare, rare, ask for it medium. From what I have heard, it's rare that French restaurants will cook meat well done - an exchange student from my school tried to order duck well-done at a restaurant once and the waiter refused to take her order, which was pretty funny - so if you ask for it well done it's very likely you get it close to medium. 

But let me cut to the chase: the meat comes cut in stripes and with an amazing sauce on top of it. The fries are delicious and taste fresh. I was missing red meat so much, since I had not had any ever since I arrived (3 weeks!!), so this rib steak was like heaven in my mouth.

Definitely recommend it, especially if you are not in the mood for looking over a menu and having to choose whatever you are going to eat - price is not so bad, compared to everywhere else in Paris.

The plate

Notre-Dame

City: Paris, France

Restaurant: Le Relais de l'Entrecôte

Food: Good

Service: Ok

Price: €€