Brasserie Balzar
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Have to agree with the last reviewer. My wife had the same tender, but bland lamb with the steamed green beans and white beans and parsley. I had the chateaubriand with bernaise and pomme frites. The steak was blackened on the outside and extremely rare on the inside - even after the waiter had recommended it cooked medium. Mix up in the kitchen, I guess. The steak was tough, dry, and tasteless. Service was great though and the pomme frites were excellent and the best part of the meal. Wife had a goat cheese salad for appetizer and I had a legumes soup which was OK. Their recommended wine - a 2003 Bordeaux was excellent. But for the price and the reputation and tradition, this was a very disappointing outing. I would not recommend this brasserie.
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Mike R
Friday, February 08, 2008
My friends and I were very disappointed by our experience here. The maitre d' was brusque and we felt very unwelcome. The waiters were a little more friendly but were too busy to give personal service. The food I had was also disappointing. The potage du jour was a watery concoction tasting only of overly salted pureed squash and potato. The lamb was tender and wasn't overcooked, but the side dishes of green beans and white beans weren't very good. The green beans were overcooked and underseasoned and the white beans were very bland with no seasoning beyond a sprinkle of parsley. My friends weren't impressed with their orders either. We had planned on having dessert and a bottle of champagne to celebrate our last night in Paris, but agreed we didn't want to spend any more time in such cramped uncomfortable surroundings.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
I would not recommend this restaurant. I have dined here a couple of times in oprevious years and the food is at best mediocre. The last time I ate here I decided to test a couple of "staples": Onion soup and steak au poivre. The soup was a poor imitation of a good model ~ the flavour was just not up to standard, I guess the result of poor quality stock and/or preparation. The steak was tough, and the pepper souce once again lacked real flavour and quality. My companions had similarly disappointing meals. Service was brusque but adequate. I recently dined at Julien, a member of the same restaurant group, which was much better in terms of food quality, service and value.
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Brent Hayward
Thursday, July 19, 2007
