Le Pré Aux Clercs

Good and decent breakfast. Had a cup of cappuccino, ham and cheese omelette and croissant.

Très chouette brasserie où on mange très bien. J’ai testé leurs salades, délicieuses et copieuses. Serveurs sympas et beau quartier… Bonne adresse !

Love this place! When I studied abroad in Paris, this restaurant was a couple blocks away from my school so I would stop by after class, get drinks and eat dinner. It’s a very comfortable and warm environment. The staff is really friendly and fun! When my friends visited, I loved taking them here.
I’m not huge on change, so when it comes to food, when I find something I love to eat I order it over and over again. I always ordered «La Pre aux Clercs» salad. The salmon and avocado were very fresh and the romaine lettuce was crisp. I had never had a poached egg on my salad before, but I loved that addition to this salad — It gave the salad a more rich flavor. There’s a light vinaigrette drizzled over the salad. It also comes with small pieces of toast that I dipped in the crème fraîche sauce. Just writing this makes me crave this salad!

A few years later and I’m back. My friend who I was with really liked this restaurant and asked if we could eat here last night. We sat inside and had excellent service.
I asked for some vegetables and rice since I’m a vegetarian and was craving them! They were very sweet and not put off by my request. The vegetables were mostly onions, but I appreciated the effort. I am not sure what my friend ordered, but she devoured it and proclaimed it «fantastique!»
Again, service was great!

This restaurant had the worst service I have ever experienced in my life. The food was fine, but it took two and a half hours to get to us. People who had come in after us were asking for the check before we had even received our meals. Totally incompetent staff, completely disrespectful. Can not emphasize how much I did not enjoy my dining experience.

My wife and I loved Le Pre Aux Clercs. It was comfortable, and casual. While visiting Paris we spent 3 nights here sitting at the bar socializing. Our French was limited, yet we had a great time communicating with the bartender. He was teaching us different words, and phrases with broken English and broken French. It was a good time.
They had a decent selection of wine and cheese. We mostly just had snacks and salads as we were working on our wine hangovers. The bartender let us buy wine to take home as well. It was a 20 dollar bottle of good wine, he discounted it for us since we were visiting Paris for our honeymoon– we got it for 10 bucks.
Cute spot.

How do you serve flavorless ‘French fries’ in France? The beef and chicken were over cooked and the bread tasted like cardboard. The house wine (le coup de couer) was delicious.

We came here twice during our visit to Paris. I thought the food was delicious. I got the salmon the first time and the roasted chicken the second time. Both entrees were delicious. The house wine was not good at all which is why I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5. My dad loved his onion soup. We got the sorbet and crème brûlée for dessert and both were delicious. The service was very nice both times and very accommodating.

After a long walk along the Seine, I was walking back to my apartment and saw this place. My french is extremely limited, but thankfully the waiter spoke perfect English and he was really nice. So I stayed and ordered dinner.
I got the chicken and mashed potatoes and a glass of house red. The food came out in less than 10 minutes. Right then I had a feeling it wasn’t going to be all that fresh or great tasting, but I dug in and started eating… what else could I do?
The chicken was dry and over cooked and the mashed potatoes tasted more like the kind you would get from a box. The chicken did come with the sauce it was cooked in and that sauce was real tasty, if only they had given more of the sauce it would have made the meal better.
The house wine was good, the best part of the meal.
The service was fantastic, the waiter very friendly and attentive. I would consider giving this place a second try and order something else, however since I am only here for 2 weeks, there are too many other restaurants to experience.

Have a drink here, DON’T EAT HERE! I wish I had turned my phone on (it was close to dying) before I had ordered and ate here. While the atmosphere was nice and dining alone was comfortable, the food was terrible. I ordered the scallops and they were fishy and small and the basmati rice was crunchy (like when I cook it). I’m paying for it now as I think I have food poisoning!

Got their grilled sword-​fish & duck special entrée. I liked my fish, but hubby’s duck was chewy.
Service was prompt. I loved how one of the servers was able to clean, set up tables, AND take orders all in one round. Amazing!

Stuff felt like it came out of a can. French onion soup cheese was odd and different and the onions weren’t cooked. My chicken in a cheese sauce wasn’t awful but very bland.
On the other hand, waiters were pleasant and efficient. Prices are normal for the area. Great location, but I think there are better choices nearby.

Super sympa
Une brasserie très agréable de Saint-​Germain des prés avec des serveurs particulièrement souriants et sympathiques ce qui né gâte rien. Des plats de qualité et un décor très cosy. Vraiment bien pour profiter de l’ambiance Saint-​Germain des prés le côté «bling» du Flore et des «Deux magots» en moins !

Sort of a cute looking place — we came in on a whim. But the «veggies» doused in tomato paste were gross. Salmon was good, but could have used more flavor. Go elsewhere, my friend.

Café agréable, serveurs sympathiques et plats de brasserie bons et copieux.
Est bien chauffé.

My sister ordered dish of the day which was some sort of steak with potatos it was a ⁵⁄₁₀
I ordered half a Chicken which was suppose to be their signature dish, the fries came soggy and the chicken cold! ²⁄₁₀.
My wife had onion soup, it was made with sliced cheese that looked like it was microwaved! Tasted like soup out of a box, a disgrace for the location this place is at. I never heard the end of it! DONT TAKE YOUR WIFE THERE.
If you’re ever here, just have coffee.

Zwei Sterne gebe ich für das Ambiente und die Freundlichkeit der Bedienung alles andere ist eher unterdurchschnittlich. Das Essen ist in der Tat (wie in der Rezension eines Vorgängers dargestellt) ratzfatz fertig. Ich hatte Lachs mit Gemüse. Die Qualität ließ darüber hinaus zu wünschen übrig. Der Lachs war trockengebraten, das Gemüse war Arm an Geschmack und völlig zerkocht. Das ebenfalls servierte Hähnchen war ebenfalls vollkommen trocken. Frisches Essen sieht anders aus. Ein Schock war für uns der Preis für ein Bier. 10 eur!!! Wow! Das war mein bisher teuerstes Bier was in Paris allerdings keine Seltenheit zu sein scheint.

Un beau petit café et restaurant sur la rue Bonaparte, une rue calme et tranquille, au centre de Saint-​Germain-​des-​Prés.

Très bon rapport qualité prix
Repas très bon avec des cuissons parfaites (magret de canard et veau). Service rapide. Le moins: tables petites, un peu à l’étroit avec le pain, sel, vin et plats.

We sat outside and had some beer. It was good but almost 5 times the prize we would have to pay at our local dive in Germany. Well, it is Paris after all. And we’re worth it!!!

Mon café préféré sur Paris.
Calme dans un quartier sympathique, et si vous avez un p’tit creux y a LADURE juste en face.

Not so friendly waitress and just probably needs to stop clubbing at night. I think she took advantage of us since we just landed and just wanted coffee and breakfast. She said they don’t have menus (weird) and to tell us what we wanted. i got a croissant and a coffee and my friend just wanted a ham sandwich. So after a nice long 20 minute way we see the waitress come back with a baguette and grocery and came with our food. The bill was huge, 4.50 Eur for a cup of coffee and 3 Eur for a croissant.
It was the most expensive breakfast ever and it wasn’t even good or ok.

délicieux!

Il y a un temps, quelques années auparavant, où le Pré aux Clercs représentait un excellent rapport qualité/​prix dans le quartier: l’adresse était certes old school, avec des serveurs très uniformes, mais les plats étaient franchement bons.
Apparemment, il y a eu un changement de propriétaire. Si, désormais, les serveurs né ressemblent plus tous à des Waffen SS (avant, c’était quand même un peu choquant le style très militaire), on regrette les bonnes assiettes d’antan…
De fait, le pain n’est pas terrible; les salades sont devenus moyennes; le tartare n’est pas fameux; les viandes de qualité juste correcte. Quant au service, il n’est pas très bon car débordé.
Certes, les prix restent raisonnables. Et l’endroit est bien situé, avec un cadre agréable. C’est d’ailleurs pour ça qu’il né désemplit pas vraiment.
Bref, cela peut être une solution de secours si vous trainez dans le quartier, mais en aucune manière un premier choix.

Non-​fumeurs au placard
On y a été bien accueillis, ok. On a mangé correctement, ok, et on s’est même bien amusés dans notre coin tout au fond, tout au fond. L’arbre et la vue sur l’extérieur, c’est pour ceux qui n’ont pas innocemment demandé le coin non fumeur. Dommage !

After a long afternoon of walking, shopping and enjoying a nice Paris afternoon, we ended up stopping by Le Pre Aux Clercs for a drink.
This experience did not go as we had imagined. I saw the Stella Artois sign outside and thought: «A Stella sounds good right about now». So we went inside, the interior was kinda cool with a funky indoor tree thing in the middle of the room, but the service… oh the service…
The waitress comes up, I ask for a «Stella», she replies «Amstel»? No… a «Stella». She proceeds to ask me the size and I think all is good.
She returns a bit later with an Amstel… I was a little upset because not only did I clearly say Stella twice, she still screwed it up (all of this conversation is in french btw).
So I proceed to drink the Amstel, I mean, I’m not going to flag her down to get another beer. I’m bitter because its the wrong beer and I was a little tired from the afternoon, when she comes walking behind me and drops her entire tray onto my head and back. That… pissed me off. Not only did she bring me the wrong drink, she now just dropped everything onto my head… Yeah… not very happy at this point.
We immediatly ask for the bill, I’m thinking my beer better be free… it wasn’t. So I get to pay 8 € 20 for a Amstel, 5 € 60 for a cappuccino and a tray of crap on my head.
Oh and apparently you need to have a bill of 15 € to use the carte blue (we were at 13 € 80) so… now I am just thinking we should get up and leave… but we didn’t and we even ended up having to tip her 1 € 20 to get to 15 €.
Worst beer experience I have ever had. This place has been added to my blacklist.

Un seuil minimum et maximum de paiement en carte bleue de 15 €…
Le Pré aux clercs impose déjà un paiement minimum par CB de 15 € (ce qui est très fréquent) mais en plus un paiement maximum de 15 € ! On né peut donc payer que la somme de 15 € par personne en CB. Exemple: pour un hamburger et un café, compter 14. 2 = 16 €: pas de paiement par CB possible car le montant est supérieur à 15 €. Trêve de galanterie au Pré aux clercs, chacun paie sa part en espèce… Pour le reste, l’ambiance est sympathique et les salades plutôt bonnes, en revanche le hamburger né vaut pas le détour.

Médiocre
Service plus que médiocre, un petit tour en école hôtelière né fera pas de mal à certains serveurs, rapport qualité prix très moyen, si ce n’est le quartier, rien né justifie d’y aller.

Dressing your tongue with the taste of traditional French food comes at a price. A delicious, mouth watering, desire to come back for more price.
Everything on the menu at Pré aux Clercs sounded lovely, but we settled on the French onion soup to start and share which I have to say was the best I have ever had. Then the roast duck with rosemary potatoes and grilled swordfish, then on to the crème brûlée. If the French do anything right with desserts it is crème brûlée. The crack was satisfying and the inside a creamy delight.
Pré aux Clercs is definitely worth a try if you are on a budget, or an every day splurge if the euros don’t matter. Magnific!

My friends and I happened on this place while enjoying a walk around the neighborhood of Musee d’Orsay. It was getting late and our bellies were getting hungry so we spontaneously dropped in on this restaurant for a quick bite.
I am seriously in LOVE with Paris and this was my 2^nd trip here in a month. The first time was LOVE at first sight but this 2^nd trip almost broke us up. I won’t go into details but some lovely French gentleman ran off with my purse on the train ride into Paris. So as you can imagine I was quite saddened by the loss of all of my favorite things in my purse but dinner here was so enjoyable & pleasant that I forgot my sorrows.
My friend and I ate a chicken dish with frites while our other friend enjoyed steak with frites. The inside décor of this restaurant was warm and friendly and very green. Service was attentive and the food was very good. We had such a great time here talking, enjoying our meal, and surrounding environment. I believe we had chocolate soufflé for dessert which was amazing as well. If you get a chance to eat here, please do so!

Une brasserie sympathique
J’ai passé un moment très agréable dans cette brasserie à l’ambiance champêtre. Ai particulièrement apprécié les salades, variées, joliment présentées et (très !) copieuses. Sans oublier le service, efficace et avenant. A retenir.

Très sympathique
Petite brasserie sympathique de Saint Germain des près, un peu en retrait du côté show off du Flore et des 2 magots. Tout est frais, bon et bien préparé. C’est un peu ma cantine, aujourd’hui, la salade du jour était une sorte de gâteau de courgette avec des pâtes et un avocat… Délicieux, frais, original. Les serveurs sont tous très sympathiques, ce qui n’est pas évident pour le quartier. La salle est lumineuse, agréable… et les oranges pressées sont délicieuses !

Nice café in St Germain at the corner of Jacob and Bonaparte.
They happily moved a table to make room for our party of 5. Service was good, surroundings nice — big, open windows onto the street.
They had several types of biere pression which was perfect for us since it was an extremely hot day, and we needed something to soothe our throats.
They’ve got quite a menu of salads, and the folks in our group proclaimed them delicious. I had a massive piece of grilled tuna with pesto and delicious asparagus. The tuna was cooked a bit more than I like though.
Although the food wasn’t cheap — EUR12-​EUR14ish — the portions were pretty substantial. Didn’t get into the wine.
It was busy when we were there for Monday lunch, so I’m guessing it’s probably busy all the time.
Great lunch spot.

Fairly pleasant and bustling bistro in the 6eme, with fairly reasonably priced food, and fairly extortionate wine. I actually saw some tourists go back to the bar and check their bill: EUR34 for 3 glasses of wine?! This can’t be right!
Well — if you ask for wine they don’t ask you what type, which is pretty bad form. I’d mark them down a touch if it were not for the fact that it was about the best rose I’d ever drunk. So, 4 stars!

Le Pré aux auvergnats
Alors, oui, on peut trouver café moins cher à Paris… mais cet endroit à d’autres atouts qui m’ont bien plu. D’abord en été la terrasse est très sympa avec sa pelouse et ses arbres (presque) centenaires. A l’intérieur, les banquettes sont confortables et invitent à passer de bons moments seul, à deux, ou en groupe autour de verres servis «comme il faut» dans la tradition de la brasserie parisienne. Après il faut connaître quelques astuces: les conso au bar sont tout à fait abordables (et les barmen et barmaid sympas ce qui né gâte rien) et puis même assis, on peut parler aux serveurs qui viennent en grande majorité d’Aurillac… un moyen de se dépayser en plein St Germain !

Bistro de quartier et à touristes
Emplacement oblige (croisement des rues Jacob et Bonaparte, à 3 pas de St Germain dess Presse…), c’est souvent assez rempli. Niveau bar, c’est effectivement plutôt sympa pour prendre un café ou une bière (surtout en terrasse en été), niveau resto, c’est de la cusine de bistro archi classique. Sans fioritures, sans surprises, c’est correct mais ça n’a rien d’extraordinaire.

A revoir
Ce resto est pas mal mais pas aussi bien que le disent vos internautes ! L’accueil est décevant.

Une adresse à retenir
Entre le restaurant et la brasserie Parisienne. On y mange bien, l’accueil est sympathique et le cadre agréable. Un coin de paradis au coeur de Saint germain.

Pause dans la bonne humeur
Ambiance relax, serveur qui prend le temps de plaisanter, nourriture de qualité (viandes fondantes, légumes frais). Plus de place pour un dessert mais ils avaient l’air succulents! C’était samedi midi, il y avait du monde et nous avons passé un moment agréable.

Where is «Le Pwé au Claiw»?
C’est vrai que le Pré aux Clercs né manqué pas de charme. Le service est au poil et la bouffe absolument impeccable. Seul problème, vous n’êtes pas le seul à être au courant et je crains que cette adresse né figure dans tous les guides touristiques de Paris. Mon conseil: parlez anglais, vous vous ferez des nouveaux amis.

Pour passer un bon moment
On y passé un bon moment, le personnel est sympa sans être encombrant, le cadre et la musique sont aussi agréables. Les tables sont suffisamment espacées pour satisfaire votre besoin d’intimité… Et pour ce qui est du rapport qualité/​prix, c’est franchement correct.

Pour oublier le temps
Un restaurant très chaleureux avec une déco (un arbre au milieu de la pièce) qui le rend particulier. Une musique d’ambiance qui vous rappelle les années 30, certains moments forts du jazz. Des plats impeccables, des produits frais (toujours un plat et un vin du jour sont proposés à l’ardoise), des prix plus que corrects pour le quartier. Un service irréprochable, bref plutôt que d’aller dans un resto gastronomique, venez aux Pré aux Clercs, vous né serez pas déçu.

I like Le Pré Aux Clercs. It’s nothing really special for Paris but it’s just a nice and comfortable place to get a drink or a snack (you can make a meal here but don’t make it a serious meal, it’s not that kind of place). If your expectations are right you’ll really enjoy this.
My fun time for Le Pré Aux Clercs is at 7am or so, in the dark of a Winter morning. I’ll go out for a run along the Seine (nothing like being almost alone under the Eiffel Tower, running in the pre-​morning dark; it’s magic, like no place else) and on the way back to home/​hotel, I’ll stop at the bar for a coffee. At that hour, it’s me, a couple of Parisian garbagemen or street sweepers with their truck parked in front, a couple of construction workers on their way to work, maybe a woman walking her dog and stopping for a quick coffee, all of us at the bar. See, this is a Parisian neighborhood hangout before the St. Germain crowd takes over later in the day. I think that’s pretty fine.