Brasserie Bofinger - Carta

We are here on our last (7th) night in FranceOur hotel made us the reservationService was really good and all spoke English.

Très belle brasserie, service impeccable, plats très bien présentés, un peu juste en quantité pour les bons mangeurs, prix un peu élevés.

Bofinger was founded in 1864 and is located very close to Place de la BastilleThe dome and fresh flowers inside the restaurant are beautiful. Ver carta

We came here for my son's birthdayThey ran out of his choice of main dish which was the beef optionThen I found plastic wrapping in my onion soup.

Brasserie traditionnelle, j'y vais régulièrement "carte esprit brasserie", c'est bien mais pas toujours à la hauteur de la réputation, je recommande de réserver au rez-de-chaussée sous la coupole

on retrouve l'ambiance de bien etre et de gentillesse qui s'était un peu perdu,tout va bien avec l'acceuil la gentillesse et la qualité des plats et de la carte en général vins compris;on y passe un bon moment et bien sur le cadre est exceptionnel d'histoire et de décoration;bravo Ver carta

We visited on one occasion and had oysters and wine which was very nice. We returned and had a steak and hubby had house specialty pork dish and it was not what you would expect from a restaurant charging such high prices. We returned to Paris and someone recommended the sole which I ordered and I wasn't given an option of how I wanted it cooked and it came up swimming in a sea of butter which congealed on the plate. For 42€ (just for the sole) it was the worst meal I've had in France and we've been there for 6 months. I definitely won't be visiting again. The locals only have oysters & shellfish in there so they are relying on the tourists.

Hutsle and bustle - big and full dining area, waiters scurrying about with purpose and just a touch of aloofness (but professional and attentive), big meals served quickly - all in classical interior designed setting.If you're after a classical brasserie experience Bofinger is definitely worth a visit.My suggestion, this is not the place to finesse about food - go with the flow. Have the Alsace Bofinger Sauerkraut Royale with pork hock and sausages. You get enough food to feed an army and it's really good quality.It is a little bit pricey, but then again you're in an institution in the heart of Bastille. Suck up the little bit of expense and soak in the whole experience - this is Paris after...

Yes, it's a lovely old French brasserie but really, the food leaves much to be desired. Alarm bells rang when the olives offered as nibbles were probably the most tasteless olives I've ever eaten. How can you get olives wrong? White wine was then brought to the table with apologies for it not being chilled as the fridge wasn't working. Things perked up with the starters, good oysters and a tasty, if overly chilled terrine, but my main course of sauerkraut was as quotidien as it sounds. Boiled cabbage and frankfurters sums it up. On top of all this, the service was efficient to the point of brusqueness. Please, don't whip away every glass and plate the moment it's finished with. And it's not... Ver carta