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Unprofessional and Unpleasant

  • February 3, 2009
  • Rated 1 of 5 by correzpond from Sydney, Australia
We booked a table Georges (19 rue Beaubourg, 75004 Paris) for the evening of my 50th birthday on Saturday 9 June 2007 based on the recommendation of the Paris Digest Website.

We were on holidays in Spain, Portugal, and France for 5 weeks from Australia and a London based friend had joined us in Paris for my birthday. My partner (who speaks fluent French) made the booking by telephone (in my earshot) on the prior Wednesday stating explicitly that the booking was for 3 people and requesting a table with against the window. He even asked for the booking to be read back for confirmation.

When we arrived at the restaurant we were taken to a table in a type of 'igloo' with no view to speak of. We, of course, protested that this was not the table that had been booked and were told that they 'don't give tables on the window to parties of 3'!

We protested as my partner had made it very clear that we were a party of 3 when they had taken the booking. If this was their policy then it was also their obligation to make this clear when they accepted our booking, not when we arrived in the restaurant.

We were then asked to wait in the bar while the waitress consulted with her supervisor. The supervisor then advised that if we could wait a few minutes they would arrange a table by the view on the terrace. We agreed that this would be a reasonable compromise. Within minutes the same waitress came back and attempted to seat us at a table in the middle of the open terrace nowhere near the view, stating again that it was not their policy to seat parties of 3 by the view. At this time we were requested the Maitre 'D who just shrugged. We made it very clear to the Maitre 'D that this was plainly unacceptable and that it was clear to us that our booking had been accepted on false pretences. At this point our party left the restaurant in disgust with the Maitre 'D hissing after us.

Our wonderful London friend fortunately found another restaurant in St Germain which had excellent service and proved to be wonderful alternative location for my birthday celebration.

However, our experience at Georges certainly did not start the evening in way we had intended. It was easily the most unprofessional and unpleasant restaurant reception we have experienced anywhere in the world barring none
Editor Pick

Sensational View, Good Food, Poor Service

  • February 11, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Mastemah from Vienna, Austria
I was together with my fiancé visiting Paris... we were looking for a nice place for dinner and her relatives in Paris recommended to us this place. So we went there as a party of 6 people.

First of all: Georges is located very centrally, nearby Notre Dame in the 4th district. We had dinner around 9 pm, so you couldn't go through Centre Pompidou but had to take an extra escalator.

First of all: The view from the restaurant is breathtaking. You could overlook all of Paris, had a wonderful view on Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower (which still was heavily illuminated from New Years Eve). There is also a terrace which you probably can use in spring and summer (it was closed during our stay).

The place itself is very modern and stylish. A lot of steel and concrete.. very nice if you like that kind of understatement. The waitresses are all very young (and somewhat head-turners, I must admit), but not very experienced and sometimes really unpolite. (maybe the only bad thing I could report). This unfortunately applies for all of them, whether the girl on the reception, the girl on the wardrobe or the girl serving us.

We had oysters as a starter, then different dishes (I had the "crying tiger" - beef, my fiancé foie gras). The food was good, price was ok for the quality served. We paid 350 EUR for 6 persons, including 3 bottles of wine, starter and main dish.

The ambiente included a small bar with cocktails (which was located in some funny bubble within the restaurant). Music was provided with a DJ who was playing some modern and decent house and new Jazz tracks..

Would I go there again? Yes, definitely and I would recommend that place to anyone who likes decent food, a stylish place and view which you probably don't get that easy.

Thumbs up!

George's

  • April 9, 2007
  • Rated 1 of 5 by oslojack from Oslo, Norway
Looking forward to a fun experience at a restaurant I've heard good things about, I made a 9:30pm reservation. When I got there we were asked to wait at the bar. The service at the bar was really poor. The guy at the bar sort of flew away after eventually taking our order and a women who was stocking the bar asked us what our order was. She was obviously embarrassed. This by the way was the last time anyone in the bar offered us any sort of service, refill, etc.

An hour went by without a word from the hostess - a group of young attractive girls who seemed to be more preoccupied with their appearance than providing service to their guests. We eventually were offered a table with no explanation as to why we had to wait, or rather three different explanations that were all disingenuous.

The food was pretentious and the service was arrogant. With all the great options in Paris you should really avoid this place as it will likely go under, change owners/management or simply disappear.

From journal George's - Don't Go

Georges

  • September 14, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by am331 from New Jersey, New Jersey

When a friend and I visited Paris, the friend we were staying with recommended this place, and it was fabulous! If you want to visit one of the trendiest restaurants in Paris, this is the one! Located on the top floor of the Centre Pompidou, if you take the escalators to go up you will see even more amazing views of the city and Eiffel Tower. When you enter, you pass an outdoor terrace and reflecting pool, and the decor inside is full of steel and aluminum exposed piping, but it gives it a really cool feeling. The chairs are all white leather and quite striking, and the lighting (from below the table) is subtle and intimate. The food they serve is Asian-inspired. We ordered exotic cocktails, and there was DJ music playing in the background.

The food was interestingly presented and tasty, but one of our favorites aspects of this restaurant was the panoramic views afforded of the city, with their wrap-around windows. The best part was watching the Eiffel Tower light up at night, so go for dinner! It's beautiful!

From journal Spring Break in Europe - Paris

Editor Pick

georges

  • April 2, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by saraherose from atlanta, Georgia
georges

after viewing a rather wrenching exhibit of late 20th century modern performance art type something or other, my friend and i decided to move down the exposition hall and check out this restaurant everybody had been talking about. it's the most recent endeavor of the costes family (as in, i believe, la coste) who are known for excellent restaurants in paris. this latest effort is an impressive amalgam of modern artistic flourishes, primary colors, shapes, metals, single long-stemmed red roses and gorgeous food. the people who are there to see and be seen are not so shabby either.

we went there for lunch, so the clientele was not quite as ultra-hip as the dinner crowd is certain to be (in fact, we sat next to a family with two small children who puttered with their frites and acted bored), but it was still a pretty good spread of beautiful people.

the food was delicious, albeit quite pricey, but what really made this place over the top was the inimitable panoramic views of all of paris, which you can enjoy while sitting at your table. also over the top are the menus, which are printed on almost a vellum paper which, when properly folded, spells the name "georges" in misty, ethereal letters among clouds (puffs of smoke?). if you really dig the atmosphere, be sure to stop at the hostess desk on the way out and purchase a compact disc of the music their live d.j. plays there. oh, and you MUST check out the bathrooms which are separated from the main room by opaque glass and whose fixtures are none other than standard prison issue stainless steel.

merveilleux!

From journal paris, je t'aime

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