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Bar Tabac in New York is a two star French restaurant. Try this spot for cheap eats in the Brooklyn neighborhood. Know before you go: this place features outdoor dining. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a romantic atmosphere. This restaurant features private rooms, a full bar, and brunch. This place is open late.
During peak hours, this Smith Street restaurant draws a full house. Its kitschy interior is crowded with random wall hangings; there's even a moped in the dining room. The upbeat, loungey music sets the tone...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/24/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for brunch last weekend with my girlfriend. The restaurant has a lot of character - funky decor etc. We did end up tucked in a corner and consequently had trouble getting a waiter's…
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place looked like the perfect spot where I was going to fall in love with it. My experience was that the service was better than the food. Went out for dinner with a friend - sent our bottle of…
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There are some things in life that pluck at emotional cores in ways that can't be expressed and for me Bar Tabac is one of them (along with Phish, geometric abstraction, and certain types of nose).…
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i like this place because its on a busy corner but your pretty much able to snag a spot whenever! on some night they have live music playing. last night it was a 3 piece ens amble and they sounded…
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
bar tabac used to be my brunch go-to spot before i got hella burnt out on their most delicious hanger steak and i decided that it was imperative to start exploring other brunch avenues. that being…
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is my late-night savior. I love coming to this place after I get off work cause the food is great and the atmosphere is killer. Love their risotto. Sometimes the service can be a little…
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Bar Tabac, I've heard, is notorious for its crap service. Everyone else in my dinner party had heard the same thing, although many chalked it up to the fact that there is no host and it's up to the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I really want to love these guys. They're 1/2 block from my apartment, and we ate there the first night we first moved into the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the service is so poor it just kills…
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Once you get past the lovely outdoor seating, delightful Jazz band, and damn good sausages, sadly you're left with some of the most prickish service I've encountered in New York. And I'm pretty sure…
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have to say this has been one of the worst dining experiences I have had in a long time. If it weren't for the lousy service, the restaurant would have received more stars since the food is decent.…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have been to Bartabc several times, and haven't really enjoyed it at all. My boyfriend makes me go there because it is very close to us, and he for some reason really likes the food. It has some…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
please please please don't buy into the hype. It ain't worth it.
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great brunch in Brooklyn. Their burger is great, their croque madame is great, their champagne is great (and often compliments of the owner). It is my favorite place to be when I'm in New York and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Food was great, service was slow and I didn't like where we were seated (inbetween 2 tables which each sat 2 people but it felt like we were all at the same table since we were so close together!) We…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my new favorite place in Brooklyn, but my full disclosure, this is very much due to them having my favorite Belgium beer on draft, Grimbergen Brown. The day we stopped by was wonderful if a…
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had a great dinner here this week with my boyfriend. I loved the atmosphere and was presently surprised with the quick service. I had a wonderful pasta dish while enjoying some live music. Can't…
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
love this place. i brunch here alot. i have multiple stories about how rude the service used to be but it's better now.
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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What can I say about the previous review. I live a few blocks form here and...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I feel so blandly average about this place that I care barely muster the energy to write a review. Location and ambiance were adorable. I'm not in NY very often since I moved out west, but I was…
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Really, Time Out New York? Best neighborhood bistro? Really? Bar Tabac has always had ramshackle service every time I've been. The waitstaff always seems to ignore my party when we try and get sat. And…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Every time I return to NYC, a trip to Bar Tabac is on the short list of things to do. Unfortunately, this year's trip (first in two years), just didn't live up to past experiences. The dishes have…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is legit. all other "bistro" posers should watch and learn from Franck and co. best burgers in brooklyn? possible.
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ate here when i lived near the area...it's yummy. atmosphere is chill. kinda french chic. frites were served in a bucket and delish...nice choice of wines. For dinner, I got the skewered fish…
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I really dislike this place. Every time I walk in, there's nobody there to seat us. We just have to stand around awkwardly while the waitstaff rudely ignores us. The music is always way too loud --…
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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I have never taken the time to write a review for a restaurant...until now. We went to Bar Tabac for dinner on Saturday night. We had an 8:30 reservation. We arrived right on time at 8:30 and waited for a few...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't been here in about a year, when a Francophile friend took me. We were starved and in the mood for burgers so we skipped the bar and made haste for a table at the back. Once seated amidst the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is good to eat outside, very popular and always crowded on the weekends. They have live music for brunch which is nice. Food is nothing to write home about (altho if you are in the…
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
i hate this place. the food is mediocre. the service sucks. but the worst part are the roaches that fall from the ceiling into your lap. not a joke. 2 roaches fell on my cousin while we were…
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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Due to site limitations, I cannot review the evening we had at Bar Tabac in...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ugh. I do not live in Brooklyn so I can encounter French snobbery. Yes, the food is good in both price and taste, but on multiple occasions have I gone in about an hour and a half to two hours…
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ahh, Bar Tabac. Great little Cobble Hill French Bistro with plenty of options for vegetarians. One of your only options for good late-night-ish food in the area. I was first introduced to Bar Tabac…
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Perfectly snobby authentically french mini-bistro. I love the snotty bar staff. This is where I always come for a burger upon landing at JFK after a trip abroad. They never bother me when I'm here…
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One rain soaked winter night, I ended up at Bar Tabac after striking out on the last minute Christmas shopping. Once I entered the place, I was immediately impressed by the French cafe interior…
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this is one of my favorite burgers in brooklyn. reading that over, it sort of makes me sound like a big fat pig, but so it goes. anyway. it's sort of a new-brooklyn little french bistro, and if you…
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2007
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the duck salad and coq au vin are my favorites here but I agree with the others that service is less than pleasant.
menupages.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food was great - onion soup not to be missed, and the special filet mignon with black pepper sauce was cooked to perfection. But - warning! - they sat us in the back area, which I guess is used…
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It seems that every time I come back to NY to visit I end up at Bar Tabac. It's a great place for brunch (although it can get very very crowded) and also a nice place to get some dinner. I love the…
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2007
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I've been to Bar Tabac for dinner, late night, and brunch many times. The service has always been somewhat disinterested, adequate at best. But the food has been good, nice atmosphere, reasonably priced, so...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
bad service. really pretentious. they are french, right? i LOVE french food, but i've had three really disappointing experiences here--from mediocre food to rude waiters to a manager who told me it…
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2007
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I agree with the downhill reviews. I also frequented this place often a for a few years. I went back after a long rest about two months ago and was very disappointed with my meal, I just let it slide thinking...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/06/2007
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So, do not order the calamari the batter is worse than terrible-and I asked they are frozen from a bag with the batter. . However the real problem here is that similar to Cubana cafe, (I beleive it is the same...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really liked this place. I loved the rustic French country setup and friendly atmosphere from the moment I walked in... We had Brunch there and the Food was wonderful as well...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love the vibe of this place. It's like they transported a sweet French bistro into Brooklyn mixed in a wee bit of Vespa and added a little swinger 60's influence (think Henry Mancini and you've almost…
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Most definitely my new favorite restaurant in Brooklyn, and the best French food I've had outside of France. I had the croque monsieur and it was so savory and warm and just what I needed. My…
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just was here for the first time a few days ago. The food was pretty good. I had the salmon and it was pretty tasty. It has lots of outdoors tables, and it's a great place to people watch. Only…
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Bar Tabac has a nice ambiance, but it does feel rather crowded and loud. The tables are so close together, you can hear the conversations going on at the tables beside you, but that is not so bad. The…
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This sexy Brooklynite (he knows who he is) brought me to Bar Tabac for brunch one Sunday morning. He was a little grumpy because I woke him up so early, but hey, I was hungry and had to get on a plane…
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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It's amazing to read the two previous reviews, because my experience has been similar: I have had great night's in this place, but on dining there on a last week on a weekday night, I was greeted with a nod by...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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I was extremely disappointed last time I went here. The manager/owner was brusque and rude both on arrival and when he asked us hurry up before our dinner and drinks were complete. While the place may be...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best food for your money in brooklyn, and atmosphere no joke great all around.
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a great little French gem on Smith St.! They made great croque madame, nicoise salad, and burgers and fries. But my new favorite thing is the little "bistro bites" - little brochettes of seafood…
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
How on earth the waitresses at this joint get away with wearing flip flops and shorty shorts without the health department swooping in is beyond me. How they get away with being unprofessional and…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, maybe I am an easy grader. But you know what, I love going to this place. I can't say it's for the food - which is good if you know what to order (I recommend the grilled chicken sandwich, the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I am French (from Paris) and anyone who says this is anywhere close to a French cafe is full of shit. The menu is pathetic: not a single French beer on tap but they have Stella Artois in a pint glass,…
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ah, Bar Tabac. You bitch. This place has had some great runs for me but it always ends up throwing a drink in your face eventually. They've done this classic French bistro almost perfectly in terms of…
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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i frequented this resturant often years ago. the food was always consistent and the sangria is great. but ive been noticing that as much as the food is decent (as well as the price) there is something to be...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Had brunch yesterday - eggs norwegian (fancy for smoked salmon on poached eggs) were good. Ate outside on a beautiful day. Service was okay.
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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This place rocks, and please ignore the lame compaints about the service. The place is super busy, and the staff is just fine so long as you're not the kind of person who asks questions about whether the beef...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/23/2007
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This restaurant had the worst service I have ever seen. The waitresses and manager are rude and don't know anything about the people skills needed to run a restaurant. I will never go there again. I went to...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/17/2007
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I work near this restaurant and thought that it would be a nice place to go to lunch with my mom. My mother and I went to lunch at this restaurant and dealt with the most rude waitress I've ever had. She was...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think I have been to this place just about every time of day and I have never been disappointed. Good fish, great breakfast and I love that the fruit tarts taste like they are made that day and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Oui Oui, said the blind man. Non Non, said the mouse. O--kay! said the Martha, as she settled into her seat and dived into a plate of moules frites. Quite frankly, the moules are the best thing to…
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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This place was outstanding! We went to brunch on a busy Sunday morning (first perfect day of the year). We were greeted by the the host/manager (guy who looks like Tyler Durden at the end of Fight Club) and...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Coming in from a rainstorm on an wet, dreary Sunday morning, I was surprised to find this place packed to the kilt. The cafe was lit warmly by the cheerful colors around as well as by the live,…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In my quest to find the best Eggs Benedict in the country, Bar Tabac is a strong contender. They have by far THE BEST hollandaise sauce I have ever had... just a little more tangy than usual so that…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has been well reviewed here, but I must say that it's another of my downtown Brooklyn go to hangs, particularly because they serve food until at least 1:00 AM. They've got a real authentic…
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Bar Tabac is a much preferred alternative to Pastis - better service, nice authentic French atmosphere, less frantic, not as loud. The people at the table next to you aren't sitting on your lap like…
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2007
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My last trip to Bar Tabac has altered it badly forever. I had been going there for years and last week had a party of 12 there for brunch. A few days later, on a Monday, my brother-in-law and sister went there...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I hit Bar Tabac as soon as it opened in the neighborhood back in the day. My friend Stacy and I were regulars there for quite a bit. The first night we ate there...they gave us champagne at the end…
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A truly distinct and memorable experience. When I walked in and discovered a quartet that seemed to have jumped right out the film Triplets of Belleville I knew I would have a good night.
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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OK I had passsed this place many time but never ate here. I had friends who came out to brooklyn and we were hungry so we decided to try bar tabac out and OMG did we completely and utterly enjoy ourselves. The...
menupages.com - user review - 03/28/2007
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I have never reviewed a restaraunt but I would tell anyone who enjoys dining and a relaxed meal not to go here. It's cute atmosphere and the burger I had was good but i would never go back to this place. As...
menupages.com - user review - 03/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I moved to Brooklyn 3 years ago this was the first place I went out to dinner w/ my new roommate. Since then I've been hooked. Bar Tabac never disappoints. The waiters are friendly and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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This is one of my favorite places in the city. I love the vibe. The food is consistently good and the staff is kind of great, even though last time I went our very cute waiter was upselling a little more than...
menupages.com - user review - 02/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I did an interview for my newspaper at Bar Tabac, and I ran into a few minor troubles. However, these setbacks should leave the reader a solid grounding on what the restaurant is like. First, the…
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Before we turn our attention to the perfectly prepared cuisine at Bar Tabac, we must pause, and bow our heads for a brief moment, in honor of the band. The band is a soulful transport through time,…
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2007
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it's a shame that more customers don't really grasp the charm of this great place. the maddness of it all is what brings my friends and i back each week. No, we're not really ever sure what the hell is going...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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I have been going to Bar Tabac for the last year and I am suprised to hear about all the disgruntled reviews. Contrary to the reveiws that I recently read, I find the service to be extremely courteous. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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My fiancee and son and his friends dined there and the food and service was simply divine. The waitress was extremely courteous, helpful with the menu items, and a real treasure. The atmosphere there is...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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This retarded girl named Lizzy works there. She is sooooooooo cute y'all!!! The manager is funny and always treats us well with complimentory champagne. I wish more positive people would write reviews because...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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Great service great wine select great brunch very french. I was suprised to see negative comments, i ve been to this place many time it s very nice. Try to be a nice customer ;) Thank U
citysearch.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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Awful experience, the manager yelled at us because we had sent back a dish that was not properly described on the menu. His hands came very close to my face as he was screaming at me telling me that he did not...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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My partner and I had brunch yesterday with another couple and our morning was ruined by the service, in particular, the manager. My pregnant friend ordered the waffles with "fresh fruit" and was served brown,...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Scrumdiddaliumptious. Mouth-watering burger is right. This place is well worth the trip for the food and the ambiance. Cozy little comfort Parisian joint, complete with French signs on the walls,…
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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I finally tried BarTabac for the first time last night. Food was good but not spectacular. I liked the atmosphere...dark, nice, not too loud, Service was solid. Given their prices I think this place is a good...
menupages.com - user review - 12/23/2006
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