L'ARPÈGE

Un restaurant extraordinaire, merci au chef Passard pour sa cuisine d'artiste et son contact humain. Nous avons tous passés un moment particulier et précieux.

My wife and I visited Arpege on 27-May, 2025. The overall ambiance was impressive. It was a classic French meal in a beautiful establishment. The professional staff was knowledgeable, efficient and friendly. They catered to every question and need. Each course was explained and when appropriate, highlighted were meat and dairy were replaced. I applaud Chef Passard for offering a complete whole-food, plant-based menu. It is sustainable, healthy, and good for the environment. He uses the freshest, in-season vegetables from his organic garden. Chef Passard’s passion for cooking with vegetables, shows. You can tell his meals are made with love. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we were thrilled to be invited into the kitchen to meet the man himself. Bon appetit!

A special restaurant and the perfect place to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Everything was perfect.

Après une première fois remarquable il y a un an, j'ai trouvé certaines assiettes "très/trop" osées (céléri aux fraises) ou à l'opposé très classique (salade verte).
L'ambiance est toujours bonne et décontractée (voire un peu trop - un client était en T-shirt blanc. :( ).
Globalement nous étions moins emballés, contrairement à la note par rapport à l'an passé...

I've been to 3 star restaurants before and must admit was rather disappointed at Arpège. We went for the lunch tasting menu which consisted of all vegetable dishes. The chef was creative and the strawberry/onion cold soup with with wild celery ice cream was amazing, the best thing we had that day. However, the service was disappointing. The serving staff was chatting to each other on the dining floor (which is very small btw) - something I wouldn't expect nor have seen at other michelin star restaurants. A lot of time, they just stood around, not being attentive to diners and when clearing our plates, they put the dishes away in a couple of stations they had where at times the plates would stand for quite some time. Again, never seen that at a michelin star restaurant before - you don't see dirty plates stacked up on the dining floor. When we sat down, they asked if we wanted to use English or French, we said French. One would've expected them to remember this (quite basic service I'd say) but they used English and French interchangeably as they pleased. They kept pouring our water glasses and when we finished a bottle, without even asking they opened another one and started pouring so we thought water was part of the service (the water bottles didn't have any logos/brands) or where you pay 2-3euros and get unlimited. How shocked were we when we got the bill and we had to pay 8 euros per bottle of water! Again, the lunch menu was 240euros pp so it's not that we can't afford to pay for water but surely, one should ask the diners if they want more water before just going ahead and opening bottles? It really was a shame that the service didn't live up to michelin star restaurant standards - was actually quite shocked they could have 3 stars as it's not just about the food but the overall experience. We were there on our mini honeymoon and as a congrats they gave us 2 scoops of rose ice cream with 'happy honeymoon' written on the place in chocolate. We could've done without it, the ice cream tasted like just shaven ice. Again, if you want to treat us to something special, would expect more than this - both in taste and in presentation. It's unlikely we will go back even if the food was good - there needs to be more than just the food for that price tag.