Paris Restaurant Review

Romantica Caffe
96, Bld de la tour Maubourg 75007 Paris Tel 01 44 18 36 37

We stumbled upon this restaurant as we strolled home (back to our hotel) from an evening view of the Eiffel Tower. It is located at a quiet street corner near Les Invalides. We made reservations for the next night and arrived promptly at 8:00 - we were the only ones there! Other diners soon joined us as the city was truly in a quiet mode. It is nice to be able to pick any restaurant and pretty much get seated right away - this happened every night of our visit.

We started out with petite bruschetta and we ordered their featured pasta which is prepared table side. The server rolls out a wheel of a parmesan-like cheese and uses it as a bowl to prepare the dish. They scrape the insides to loosen the cheese. The cheese melts to a gooey goodness after being doused with cognac and lit on fire. Hot, cooked pasta and additional sauce is added and voila - dinner is served. It reminded me of an alfredo sauce - but a really good one. It was delicious.

If you're looking for Italian food while you're in Paris the Romantica Caffe offers a nice venue for dining.