Hippopotamus - Paris

Terrible. Family and I waited for 15 minutes at table to even be acknowledged. We were not. It wasn't busy. Only 5 tables with guests. We left. Walked across the street to La Ruche. We highly suggest La Ruche.

Until today, my wife and I used to frequently say that there's no such thing as a bad burger. We were wrong. Today, we both had the worst burger of our lives. We are avid burger fanatics, so I guess it was just a matter of time before it happened. But it happened. First I thought it might have been undercooked, but the color seemed right. Then I thought it might be rotten beef, but again the color seemed fine, and the smell wasn't terrible. I figured maybe mine was an aberration for some reason, but my wife's burger was just as bad. I told the waiter that the burger was bad and asked for the check. I'm not sure if he fully understood because we were speaking in English, but no effort was made to rectify the situation. We both left the burgers with only one bite taken out, paid the full check, and left. Oh, and it took an unusually long time for the burger to arrive. I guess they were busy slaughtering the rats in the kitchen.

We had a magnificent time here. Although our sever did not speak English our Parisian host guided us through. The atmosphere is fun and reminiscent of a dive bar. The decor is phenomenal. We sat on the upper loft that looks down onto the stairs. We ordered steak, tartar, calamari and of course indulged in French onion soup. As a word of caution get a thicker piece of steak if you enjoy medium, the thinner cut we ordered medium well but it came out well done. The tartar was enormous and tasted just as delightful. The calamari lacked flavor but the French onion soup more than made up for it. They offer bread, naturally, however some of it was either stale or over baked. Over all it was a great experience and we will definitely return.

Nous sommes clients depuis l ouverture de cet Hyppo tres satisfaits, personnel tres sympa et très à l écoute

Nous avons l'habitude de fréquenter des hippopotamus, mais pour la première fois nous avons été déçus. Carpacio italien sans trop d'intérêt. Parmesan de mauvaise qualité. Les légumes n'étaient pas du tout appétissants. En dessert la panacotta au coulis fruit de la passion : j'ai enlevé le coulis car ça ressemblait à de l'eau avec un goût acide. La panacotta avait plutôt le goût d'une creme. En bref pour la première fois nous avons ressenti qu'il s'agissait de produit congelé. Sol et pied de table très collants. Lieu et service très agréable. Personnel très prévenant.