La Table de Colette

Excellent food, cosy atmosphere. Superb service. Amazing wines.

PERFECT!

Amazing! Incredibly beautiful and equally delicious! Even more so considering early April is not peak produce season. Carrots, celery and parsnips expertly prepared in fantastic ways, and a dessert that used seaweed as the salty element!! The wine pairings were all perfect. Best meal during our two weeks in Paris!

We had a nice meal but maybe my expectations were too high. We got the 5 course vegetarian tasting menu. Service was excellent but lacked small details I'd expect at a fine dining restaurant, like spilling some wine on the table from pouring and not wiping it off before putting down the food plates. We were also not super impressed with the food. It was good but not memorable. The sweet potato soup was served room temperature. I have no idea if this was intentional but didn't seem like it. Each dish focused on one vegetable cooked different ways, but lacked depth in flavor and textures. Each dish felt very monotone with one flavor only. I was hoping the vegetables would be cooked in surprising ways that was more out of the box. Something that would make me say "wow, I didn't know a parsnip could taste like that" but that wasn't the case.

Overall it was a nice dining experience but not something I'd recommend as "must go"

We were happy to have a vegan meal in Paris. The wine was excellent and the service was friendly and professional. The food was not as good as I've had in comparable restaurants. I found the consistency of the dishes to be very mushy. It lacked variety in texture and needs a bit more creativity. But, overall, we had a very enjoyable evening.

Very good restaurant, with options for menus, tasty food and good wines to go with them. I found the dishes creative and modern. The service was also pleasant and attentive, making our weekday 3 course lunch go by almost too quickly. Was happy that they were able to change some ingredients based on preferences of one in our party, who really enjoyed the meal.
My only critique is that they add the option, and verbally emphasise, for a tip can be added when paying the bill with pre-selected options of percentages to choose from. This creates an expectation to tip, which is a practice I have only seen in tourist areas (been living in France for a decade, never seen a restaurant outside of a tourist area offer this option). However, this is totally unnecessary - tipping is not required in France as servers are paid a living wage and service is included already on the bill. If a person chooses, they leave a few euros - not 10-15% of an expensive bill. This extracts extra money from the client, who is already paying a lot for a nice meal (especially if it is a tourist who is also dealing with exchange rates!), and guilt for people who have to, in front of the server, choose no tip. For a high end restaurant, i am truly surprised at this practice given both the amount of money it represents and the ‘bad taste’ it could leave on the way out. Thought about giving a lower star for this (I wish 4.5 was an option!), but I think its unfair to the rest of the experience - but wanted to note in hopes that the management reviews this unnecessary and counter-cultural practice.

Lately, after finishing my challenge of testing all the Michelin Stars in 365 days and retesting morts of them multiple times (follow me for reviews and updates), I’m also testing the Michelin Guide without stars. I’ve heard about this one several time so I really wanted to give a try.

Sweet Brittany and vegetables.
A quick review. 2 things interesting here.
The important and obvious: The focus on the vegetables. Which means that the side dish will be the fish (in my case, but it could have been meat) and the main plate about the vegetables. So it’s quickly obvious that you’re in a vegetables centered restaurant. It’s also eco responsible, it’s logical and comes with the territory.
The other point that stands out is that the chef has a sweet taste. The plates are a bit more sweet than your average. It’s not a problem because it’s naturally done. It would contrast with other vegetables centered chef that could play another register but does go along with some fully vegan restaurants that are also on the sweet side.

It’s a very solid Michelin, at night i suspect it becomes a top tiers, a real gastronomical one.

Definitely recommend. Food exceptional, wine as well. Tried same tasting kind of dining at a more expensive restaurant, truffle specialised, not too far from this one, and by far, as value for money, I'd recommend this one.