Last night we got there too early, around 6:20 p.m. There was no line, though we saw a few people dining inside. We figured it was the staff. We walked around to kill time. We got back to the restaurant at 6:40 p.m. and were shocked to see a long line. We were mad at ourselves for not starting a line when we got there. As we stood nervously thinking we would not get in, Gary decided to start counting the people in line while we try to count the seats inside. I estimated around 50 and Gary said we were number 75. Ramon estimated more than that. Thank God I am bad in mathematics! We did get in. As they filled the restaurant to capacity, people were still in line in the cold weather waiting for the second seating as they watched people inside dine through the window.
L'Entrecote serves steak cut in pieces with French fries and a wonderful sauce. You get a green salad before with a mustard dressing, bread and the main entree. You get 2 servings of the steak and fries. Many years ago, it was "eat all you can", then they limited it to 2 servings. We happen to get a waitress that was not very friendly. The first one we've encountered with a bit of an attitude. Milena who speaks fluent French spoke to her and tried to be super friendly and we just could not get a smile from her. Gary got half a smile, she responded better to men. Service was speedy as they wanted you in and out which is unusual for a restaurant in Paris. As a rule, you can order anything little and stay all night if you pleased and they would not mind at all.
We remembered their Profiteroles as being very good so we ordered one of those plus a chocolate cake and an apple tart with ice cream. Profiteroles were excellent!
As soon as we were done with our desserts, we paid and left the place while the people that were outside came in and am sure were grateful for our early departure.
If you can't make it to Paris, New York has one and Los Angeles will have one soon.
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