Petit Paris Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fresh produce clearly plays an important part in the tasty yet simple menu."
• "The Plats Du Jour are exceptional value, the food was excellent, really top notch as was the service and all provided in a slightly rustic french ambience."
• "The soupe d'oignons was perfection, a combination of smoothness, richness, and oniony tastiness."
• "The food quality was good especially the mushrooms soup and Camembert cheese."
• "The stew with sausages and potatoes was, without a doubt, both the best I've ever had in the world."
• "Food was outstanding and the Malbec was up there with some of the best I've tried."
• "Foods are served in a simple, traditional style but packed with a rich and delicious flavour."

Cons:

• "The food was ok but nothing special."
• "The bread wasn’t really fresh and the crayfish on the top of the salmon was too gummy."
• "The salmon didn't feel fresh."
• "The steak was very fatty."
• "Toulouse sausage completely nuked."
• "The sauce was completely 'thin' and tasteless."
• "The food was bloody awful."

Service

Pros:

• "Gigi was more than welcoming and helpful."
• "Both were delicious, service staff very courteous."
• "The service was great and we didn't feel rushed."
• "Service was great, I had the Sea Bass which was amazing."
• "Service was prompt, food was very good and prices reasonable."
• "The service was outstanding. It was attentive, yet discrete."
• "The waiter was 'old school trained', haven't seen such a good service in years and unfortunately never in UK so well done to him."

Cons:

• "The service was terrible here. The waiter was extremely cold to Asian customers."
• "They didn't even try to accommodate us properly."
• "-2 star is due to poor and ignorance service."
• "The service wasn't great, one guy in particular was quite rude and overall it was inattentive."
• "Service was poor, rather looking after themselves than the customers."
• "Extremely rude waiter, who is a racist to Asians."
• "The staff were exceptionally rude: the waiter tried to push us into the Specials Menu even though we had already decided, he kept stating it was cheaper?"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Great setting extremely authentic amazing food freshly cooked great service with a relaxing ambiance all in all a fantastic venue great value for money noted it's well respected and supported by locals a premier destination for the city."
• "A small French restaurant with a warm welcome of friendly staff and a homey atmosphere."
• "Great atmosphere; a little portal to French cuisine."
• "It’s a lovely little atmosphere inside."
• "The Covid restrictions were professionally handled, while taking nothing away from the ambiance."
• "Great atmosphere, fabulous find, quirky building."
• "The atmosphere at Petit Paris is truly exceptional, creating a cozy and inviting ambiance that enhances the overall dining experience."

Cons:

• "The restaurant a little cold, we all ate with our jackets on."
• "Went there during the Edinburgh Fringe. Staff were noticeably stressed and the food was mediocre."
• "The atmosphere was a little cramped inside, and if you stay outside there is a service charge."
• "The inside space was noisy, mostly because of the manager who was like a bull in a chinese shop."
• "Only other criticisms are that the menu selection is somewhat limited, and during busy periods the 'overflow' customers are accommodated in the basement dining section, which is not quite as nice as being at ground level."
• "The downstairs area was a little cramped, would have preferred ground floor."
• "Atmosphere: sitting outside got a good view, but beware of falling leaf."

Value

Pros:

• "Although it is one of the better restaurants along this street, it is still very tourist orientated and probably a bit more expensive than you could get elsewhere."
• "Pricing was excellent too... Only slightly more for steak, roast potato, bread and a coffee than coffee and a cake at a rip off cafe earlier that day."
• "2 courses and coffee before 7.30 for £14 which ain't bad at all."
• "Reasonable prices for Edinburgh, very friendly staff and helpful."
• "The house red wine was excellent value."
• "Affordable options between 5PM and 7PM, 20£ for a 2 course meal and coffee."
• "Inexpensive high quality food."

Cons:

• "The food was good but fairly pricey later in the evening."
• "A bit pricey but in the end we all enjoyed our food."
• "Not really good quality-price ratio, and I suggest to add some more wines by the glass."
• "They charged us for service, which we felt was improper."
• "They charge you 3.5£ for mineral water better ask for the free tap water."
• "We had birthday cake and coffee and each paid about £40 with service charge included. Great night."
• "Good lunch deal in a touristy area, around £18 for starter, main and coffee."