Daniel et Denise

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• Anynomous

  28 January 2024

  Very disappointed. Did the tasting menu with a group of 5. The service was incredibly slow and left us with far too much time between courses and at points we couldn't even find a staff to get their attention. Also, the meals that came were very inconsistent between all the plates for any course. I don't recommend. Don't waste your time and money.

• Anynomous

  22 October 2023

  Friendly service, charming place (though emptying a bit at the time of our 9:30pm reservation), but the food is mostly nothing special. Wouldn't go here again, I'm afraid.
  
  We had two starters, two mains, and a bit of wine, which filled us up nicely (at 80 euros for two). We initially thought to get the set menu (35 euro each), but some of the more interesting dishes were not among the options.
  
  We both felt that the pate, which gets very good reviews, was just fine. We've been in France three weeks and have had better several times from high-end butchers.
  
  The sweetbread starter was the best dish of the bunch, the only one where the quality of the cooking really made it more than the sum of its parts, with the sauce pairing very well with the sweetbread.
  
  The pike quinelle was a bit boring. First you taste very little, then a bit of pike at the end. Sauce didn't add anything. A grilled piece of pike sounds like a much better option to me.
  
  The spare rib wasn't an inspired choice, really. Again the sauce didn't really do anything for the dish, tasty but eminently forgettable. (Wishing I'd gotten the liver instead, but I can only cope with a full plate of liver if it's very well prepared, so I chickened out.)
  
  The house white was not very pleasant, but cheap, so fair enough.
  
  Overall, the sweetbread dish is the only one I happily paid for -- the others I'd rather take the money, but the relevant ingredient, and bung it up myself, would enjoy it at least as much.

• Anynomous

  29 September 2023

  I feel like this is one of those places that used to be very good and as a result got a lot of high ratings on TripAdvisor (and other sites), but then people started showing up in mass quantities because of the reviews and so the restaurant has had to produce mass quantities of food and as a result the quality is suffering.
  
  The poached egg was excellent, but the fish was quite rubbery and the accompanying side dishes (fried potatoes, macaroni and cheese, bread, etc.) were all very mediocre. In France, I expect these things to be above average (at least above the American average) simply because I'm in France. At a place that has a rating of 4 with 700 reviews, I expect them to be outstanding.
  
  In addition the merely average food, the service was strange. There were only 3 people serving the restaurant, which should have been enough but they all seemed to be a little confused as to who they should be serving and when. It was disjointed and ended up taking longer than it should have (and I know that in France they like to let you take your time - this was not that).
  
  Finally, the prices were way too high for the quality of the food, and the wine got for 20 euros for a half bottle was, again, mediocre.
  
  In a foodie haven like Lyon, I have found many better options.

• Anynomous

  29 August 2023

  Liked the food, kudos to Joseph Viola - the Chef. The waiters were a bit slow though. You have to pay the bill at Maitre d'hotel's till, and not to your waiter, which was unusual.

• Anynomous

  27 August 2023

  Best meal I've had in the past year so far.

• Anynomous

  18 July 2023

  Very easy to navigate website if you're booking from outside France. Excellent set lunch with generous portions and a stunning dessert (the L'ile flottante). Friendly service and a very convivial atmosphere.

• Anynomous

  24 March 2023

  Had a fantastic lunch here in May! Recommended!

• Anynomous

  03 March 2024

  the favorite of my uncle i prefer saturdays

• Anynomous

  14 February 2024

  Very authentic experience of the Bouchon. The food is beautifully prepared with all the savoir faire of the long tradition of this very french cuisine. From the rewarded pate en croute to the superb quenelle de brochet, the scallops were devine and the warm madeleine still remain like a perfum in my mind.

• Anynomous

  07 November 2023

  I wanted to love this place. I really did. The inside is charming and the service was good. I thought we were in for a great meal. Unfortunately the food was just - for me at least - ok. The pate en croute while well made lacked depth of flavour and seasoning. The veal head was nice, but one dimensional (and of course extremely fatty and gooey - but you expect that).
  Highlight of the meal was accompanying carrots, excellent. Potato and macaroni were OK, under seasoned and not wowing though. Dessert tarte tartin was quite nice, a solid rendition.
  Maybe it was an off night - but I don't think so. Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend this place to friends. All the best, just not my personal taste.

• Anynomous

  14 October 2023

  Very average food for a very high price. Went to Daniel et Denise this evening and felt compelled to write this review immediately. DON'T GO HERE. Firstly the service is very rude and we felt completely rushed through our 3 course dinner. We arrived at 7pm and left before 8pm. I was still drinking my red wine when they served my dessert (which i could not eat). My partner and I eat out alot and understand what good food and service is and this restaurant did not even meet our expectations. When we paid the waiter did not ask us how everything was and simply said goodbye. This place seems to get very mixed reviews so I suppose the writing was on the wall. Big mistake.