Rumsteak! Really? The beef plat was a perfectly cooked rump steak !as tough and stringy as they come. The Cepes were a pathetic vegetarian dish and they were cold ….and so we’re the potatoes.

To be fair the Grenouille were excellent, the sommelier very helpful, the junior staff pleasant, although surprisingly without any English at all, but the sound loop (REALLY REALLY!) of Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf and Doris Day was a bit like a Carnival Cruise (I guess) and way too short so you heard the same songs come around again …..and our waiter held up Paris’ reputation for curt impatience.

This was not what ALLARD used to be and not, I expect, what M. Ducasse wants his reputation to be. Please come back Sir and give it your attention.

The profiteroles were a new take on a century-tested perfect dish: This was Milk chocolate (Ok, I guess) but then bursting with a type of creme anglaise that overpowered everything and made for a mushy desert. (Ducasse is a great chef so…OK for inventiveness but not for the result. )

Being a racing man and going to the Prix de l'arc de Triomphe every year and as all gamblers superstitious we go to Allard.
We have been to Allard three times and won at the races. Last year we didn't go to Allard we lost
,so we returned after winning again.

Allard is living in the past ,the service very alof, the menu very limited as it is,even the Roast Chicken at 88euros for 2 ( if it was Bresse Chicken I could understand) and the Cod were finished leaving the Menu even more sparce. With Roast Duck with a multitude of olives at 90 euros. We even had Halibut on other visits, how can Allard have a Michelin star beggars belief.

This is probably the reason for many empty tables on a time when Paris was heaving.

Sort this out Mr Ducasse before it's too late and we won't get our winner next year.
GG

On the positives, the staff was very nice.

On the negatives, this was the most expensive meal we had in Paris and the worst. The menu is limited and has dusty tourist trap recipes like frog legs and escargot, but very little that imaginative. It is not very kid friendly (unless your kids like sweetbreads or fish) because the menu is so limited. So we had to order the chicken for two which was 88 euros for the kids. I can roast a better chicken. Hell colonel sanders can too. It was dry and not seasoned well. The 28 Euro pate was awful. Just an all around disappointment.

The place has a big reputation for chicken so we ordered the chicken with other plates. Comments were that chicken was dry and very expensive. 88 Euro for a chicken and veggies or potato are extra. Decoration will remind you of Grandma's House.

We dined at Allard again and had a great evening. The staff were friendly, sufficiently attentive and knowledgable about the menu. The sommelier provided an excellent recommendation to complement our meal - we had the asparagus followed by the chicken. Dessert of profiteroles along with strawberry & rhubarb cake was perfect.

We'll be going back soon...