Duck confit, black truffle comté gougère, escargot en croute, caramelized onion tart tatin. All excellent.
by Celestron5
7 Comments
theotherchristina
My love for this place knows no bounds
TakingADumpRightNow
Love the food, but I have had extremely bad luck with service there.
pargofan
Is the onion tart a dessert or an appetizer?
liverichly
‘Central LA’ would be the best flair for this spot, FYI. Hollywood is a good 5 miles from it driving distance (vs. as the crow flies).
giro_di_dante
I went there the other week after a long time looking forward to trying it.
One of the absolute most underwhelming meals I’ve had in a long, long time. Can’t even remember the last time I had an outright negative impression after a meal, especially in a restaurant at that price point.
I was sitting there after the meal thinking, “That was a 6/10. And it feels generous. Am I crazy?”
I asked my girl what she thought without telling her my impression. She said, “A generous 5/10.”
I honestly felt ostracized feeling this way considering how much fanfare this place gets. My girl was as nonplussed as I was.
Wine was very good. A northern Rhône that hit the spot. Knew what I was getting into there, so did not disappoint. It was our favorite part of the meal.
The salad/veggie dish we started off with was excellent and had me really excited. Haritcots verts, and lardons, and egg, and frisée. It was delicious.
The onion tart was…fine. Nothing I hated but nothing to remember. Well constructed and clearly a laborious dish, but two things that didn’t make up for the lack of flavor.
The onion soup was overly sweet, otherwise I guess fine.
The wagyu something-something special was bland and a bit uninspiring.
The cassoulet was one of the worse things I’ve ever eaten. It was a vegetarian version. I wanted to order it to counter the meat dish and also because the best representation of a restaurant’s quality is how they treat their vegetables. I love cassoulet, but was fully aware that it would be a different experience considering that it was not a traditional take. Still, I was excited. Boy oh boy. It felt like it was only on the menu to shut up vegetarians. Dry, flavorless beans, unseasoned vegetables, and burnt herbs. Honestly an offensive dish. My girl and I called it ass-oulet afterwards.
The potatoes mousseline were fine, but felt like it was missing half a stick of butter.
The crème brûlée was good.
There was one other dish but I frankly can’t remember what it was. Which I guess is the review itself.
I seriously feel weird writing this. I was so excited to try it. I love French cuisine above almost all others. The design of the place was cozy and cool. Server was nice. And I really never have nothing outright *negative* to say about places that I eat at. From low scale to high scale.
End of the day, it was a great date night because my girl is perfect and the wine was delicious and the restaurant was cozy and the service was nice and we’re privileged to be able to try places like Bicyclette. But the *meal* itself was the taste equivalent of a deflating balloon.
It was so disappointing that I almost want to try it again to make sure I didn’t have a temporary brain-tongue disconnect. But, considering what I paid for the dinner, no chance I’ll be doing that any time soon. If anyone wants to fund my follow-up research, let me know.
Alas, I wanted to fall in love with you, Bicyclette. Instead, you gave me a toothy blowjob.
I would rather blow $100 on pastries and coffee at Republique and gorge myself. I’d be happier and $200+ wealthier.
I really don’t want to think this about a place I was so excited to try. But here I am.
Sometimes, things just don’t hit on a personal level.
Oh well, no shortage of excellent restaurants here.
Old-Razzmatazz1553
Overrated, poor service, bogus HLA charge, not worth it.
7 Comments
My love for this place knows no bounds
Love the food, but I have had extremely bad luck with service there.
Is the onion tart a dessert or an appetizer?
‘Central LA’ would be the best flair for this spot, FYI. Hollywood is a good 5 miles from it driving distance (vs. as the crow flies).
I went there the other week after a long time looking forward to trying it.
One of the absolute most underwhelming meals I’ve had in a long, long time. Can’t even remember the last time I had an outright negative impression after a meal, especially in a restaurant at that price point.
I was sitting there after the meal thinking, “That was a 6/10. And it feels generous. Am I crazy?”
I asked my girl what she thought without telling her my impression. She said, “A generous 5/10.”
I honestly felt ostracized feeling this way considering how much fanfare this place gets. My girl was as nonplussed as I was.
Wine was very good. A northern Rhône that hit the spot. Knew what I was getting into there, so did not disappoint. It was our favorite part of the meal.
The salad/veggie dish we started off with was excellent and had me really excited. Haritcots verts, and lardons, and egg, and frisée. It was delicious.
The onion tart was…fine. Nothing I hated but nothing to remember. Well constructed and clearly a laborious dish, but two things that didn’t make up for the lack of flavor.
The onion soup was overly sweet, otherwise I guess fine.
The wagyu something-something special was bland and a bit uninspiring.
The cassoulet was one of the worse things I’ve ever eaten. It was a vegetarian version. I wanted to order it to counter the meat dish and also because the best representation of a restaurant’s quality is how they treat their vegetables. I love cassoulet, but was fully aware that it would be a different experience considering that it was not a traditional take. Still, I was excited. Boy oh boy. It felt like it was only on the menu to shut up vegetarians. Dry, flavorless beans, unseasoned vegetables, and burnt herbs. Honestly an offensive dish. My girl and I called it ass-oulet afterwards.
The potatoes mousseline were fine, but felt like it was missing half a stick of butter.
The crème brûlée was good.
There was one other dish but I frankly can’t remember what it was. Which I guess is the review itself.
I seriously feel weird writing this. I was so excited to try it. I love French cuisine above almost all others. The design of the place was cozy and cool. Server was nice. And I really never have nothing outright *negative* to say about places that I eat at. From low scale to high scale.
End of the day, it was a great date night because my girl is perfect and the wine was delicious and the restaurant was cozy and the service was nice and we’re privileged to be able to try places like Bicyclette. But the *meal* itself was the taste equivalent of a deflating balloon.
It was so disappointing that I almost want to try it again to make sure I didn’t have a temporary brain-tongue disconnect. But, considering what I paid for the dinner, no chance I’ll be doing that any time soon. If anyone wants to fund my follow-up research, let me know.
Alas, I wanted to fall in love with you, Bicyclette. Instead, you gave me a toothy blowjob.
I would rather blow $100 on pastries and coffee at Republique and gorge myself. I’d be happier and $200+ wealthier.
I really don’t want to think this about a place I was so excited to try. But here I am.
Sometimes, things just don’t hit on a personal level.
Oh well, no shortage of excellent restaurants here.
Overrated, poor service, bogus HLA charge, not worth it.
No invite? Rude 😤