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Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

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France

Nestled in the heart of Paris at 20 Rue Ponthieu, Le Ponthieu offers a quintessential Parisian dining experience that captures the city's vibrant culinary spirit. This charming brasserie combines a relaxed atmosphere with authentic French cuisine, making it a perfect spot for both casual lunches and intimate dinners. Despite some mixed reviews, the restaurant remains a popular choice for travelers seeking a taste of local flavors amid the bustling city streets.

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This place gave my daughter and I food poisoning. We are literally on day 4 of our trip and its devastating to be stuck in bed and watch your 13 year old writhe in pain and unable to get out and about. We should be enjoying Paris but are stuck inside and horribly uncomfortable.

We figured it out in the middle of the night when the pain and discomfort started and then saw a dead bug in our to go box!

I'm so disappointed. 

The staff seemed nice and it was an upbeat environment just obviously not keeping a clean kitchen.

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As my daughter was tired after walking around the Champs Elysees and the Olympic venue sites, I just went with whatever was close.

While the reviews are rather binary, my experience confirmed the overall rating.  

I just got the usual tourist fare: beef bourguignon, onion soup, and some cheese skewers.

The bourguignon was barely better than what I could get in the frozen section at home.  The beef chunks were small and tough.  Sauce was rather plain.  Not terrible, just not all that great.  

The onion soup was a real let down.  How could they get this staple wrong?  There was barely any cheese on top and the soup was just watered down broth, almost entirely tasteless.  

Even the cheese skewers were bland.  Plus, they weren't on skewers, just 3 strips of cheese on the plate with some meat wrapped around them.  

The location was great though, just off the main drag.  A true tourist trap.

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We are on Carnival Cruise line and we decided to take a tour of Paris. After a great drive seeing many of the city sites we were dropped off not too far from Le Ponthieu were we enjoyed many sites before stopping at Le Ponthieu and deciding to have lunch.

With our limited French, which is to say I have not spoken French since the late '80s when I took it in high school and had a few people I could practice with, we got a table inside right away. Would have loved to eat outside but it was pretty packed and we were on a time crunch. The hostess was able to get us seated but we were pleasantly surprised when Jessica came to take my order and asked me if I spoke Spanish. YES I do. 

We ordered the charcutería board and I was glad she spoke Spanish because we were able to determine that we wanted the board with cheese and meats. It was only later that I realized Planche de Fromages is cheese only and Planche de Charcutería is both meats and cheese. There were two types of pate with the meats and the prosciutto was very delicious and tender; not hard like some of the recent prosciutto we have had recently. We were given a very generous portion of baguette to eat with our Planche.

I ordered a Bordeaux while my wife decided to order a Kir. We weren't knowledgeable with Kir but when our waitress explained that it was white wine with a "shot" of liqueur we decided to try it. My wife is not very adventurous with things like this and she absolutely loved it. I asked Jessica if I could try the Bordeaux because I wasn't sure I would like it and she assured me it was very good but did offer to bring me a taste. I decided from her suggestion to try it anyways and she was right, the Bordeaux was absolutely delicious.

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Wandered in to this place for early lunch and sat outside in covered porch area. Food was exactly what we were wanting for a light lunch and excellent! Would return to this cafe again

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We had a fabulous late night dinner here. Service was super fast! Our waiter was really nice too. Nice music, chill vibe. Would definitely come back here.

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I came here with 7 people.  We sat in the restaurant and I started to read all the reveals about bad service and overcharges on the bill.  

The place was half full at about 11:30 am. There is an English menu. We had an older gentleman serve us.  He was very quick and efficient.  Did not idle to small talk with anyone.  A younger guy came around and helped us translate our order.  I personally had the fish and chips and French onion soup.  I thought the fish was ok but the onion soup was completely tasteless.   I tried adding pepper to it but it was still tasteless.  Every thought the food was ok.  Nothing to write home about. 

When the bill can we checked it very carefully and everything was in order.

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Typical street cafe for city of Paris, however with poor service. Waiter forgot to bring  wine, beef brought cold, bred was not fresh.

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The service was friendly; the food was okay. I had the sea bass fillet with ratatouille for my main course and the parfumerie for dessert. The sea bass was slightly undercooked but the ratatouille was good. The price was decent IMO. Overall a not overpriced okayish-to-good meal in a touristy area.

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My family and I were visiting Paris for a few days and had a lovely dinner here. The server was so sweet and helpful. My husband and I had some delicious Moscow Mules and our daughter had a tasty "lemonade" which we found out that in most of France lemonade are carbonated lemon-flavored drinks. My daughter and I ordered vegetable pad thai which was delicious, and my husband got the chicken pad thai which he also loved.  I would definitely recommend this restaurant is you are in the area.

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This place is not worth the bad reviews. Unsure but maybe management changed or staff changed but for a Parisian Café this place is amazing. It's got great music, relaxed environment, the staff is very friendly and quick. The food was also perfect for a afternoon meal.  This is what I think of when I find myself missing Paris. Stop by if your in the area and just relax.

Le Ponthieu: Authentic French Brasserie & Café in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

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