Review: Le Tout Paris, Cheval Blanc Paris

Review: Le Tout Paris, Cheval Blanc Paris

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This Review of Le Tout Paris Restaurant at the Cheval Blanc Paris hotel is from our recent visit for both dinner and breakfast. The hotel and restaurant has been open just over a year, and the hotel, which we'll be reviewing soon, is the second Cheval Blanc property in France (after Cheval Blanc Courchevel).

Le Tout Paris Restaurant Location and Hours

Le Tout Paris is located on the seventh floor of Cheval Blanc Paris, which is at 8 Quai du Louvre, overlooking the Seine and steps from the Pont Neuf. Le Tout Paris is the more casual brasserie style restaurant (the hotel's other restaurants include the Italian Langosteria and the three Michelin-star Plenitude). Le Tout Paris is open daily for breakfast from 7am. Dinner is served from 7pm.

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Dinner at Le Tout Paris

Unless it's too hot outside to be comfortable, outdoors on the terrace is where you want to be, to enjoy the view of the Seine and ideally, the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Indoors is frankly very garish, especially compared to the subdued, residential tones of the rooms and suites.

Le Tout Paris Restaurant, Cheval Blanc Paris

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Here's the dinner menu:

Le Tout Paris Restaurant Menu

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After ordering, we were brought bread, as well as a tasty savory brioche amuse bouche:

Amuse Bouche, Le Tout Paris Restaurant
Bread, Le Tout Paris Restaurant

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We loved our table positioning and vantage points, with a great view of the Seine, and the onion soup was both one of the best we've tasted plus came with a dramatic presentation.

French Onion Soup, Le Tout Paris Restaurant

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The Pommes Dauphines side dish was also excellent; we should have ordered two of these.

Les Pommes Dauphines, Le Tout Paris Restaurant

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The chicken and lamb mains were very well executed, but not particularly memorable.

Poulet (Chicken) Main Dish, Le Tout Paris Restaurant
Lamb Main Course, Le Tout Paris Restaurant

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Since we'd waited quite a long time for the main courses, we opted for the cheese plate, figuring it would be quick to prepare. Alas, it took such a long time we considered leaving, and it was only after multiple reminders that it came. It was very good, but not worth the protracted wait.

Cheese Plate, Le Tout Paris Review

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What we really didn't care for, in addition to the inconsistent pacing, was the loud party-like music, and even when we complained to our server, it was never altered.

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Breakfast at Le Tout Paris

Fortunately, breakfast was completely different. There was no music at all (fine by us), we had a very polite and responsive server, and everything we tasted was excellent. Breakfast is ordered a la carte from the menu. There's no buffet; everything apart from the freshly baked pastries is made to order.

Breakfast Menu, Le Tout Paris
Breakfast Menu, Le Tout Paris

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A basket of breads and pastries are brought to each table, as are little dishes of berries and vanilla bean yogurt.

Breakfast Breads, Le Tout Paris
Croissant, Le Tout Paris
Berries, Le Tout Paris Breakfast

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Everyone adored what they ordered: our teen ordered crepes, my husband had the brioche perdue (french toast), and I had the eggs florentine, with plenty of cheese and spinach.

Eggs Florentine, Le Tout Paris Breakfast
Crepes, Le Tout Paris Breakfast
Brioche Perdue (French Toast), Le Tout Paris Breakfast

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I had an excellent latte, but kept stealing sips of our teen's decadent chocolate, which must have been a high quality Callebaut or similar chocolate melted with milk.

Latte, Le Tout Paris Breakfast
Hot Chocolate, Le Tout Paris Breakfast

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The Verdict

Our dinner experience at Le Tout Paris was somewhat uneven, and we wouldn't return for dinner unless the music was toned down to something relaxing or unobtrusive. The a la carte breakfast was very good, thankfully with no music, completely peaceful. We noticed a much higher quality in the pastries compared to the pastries we've had at other Paris luxury hotel breakfast buffets, and the eggs florentine, brioche perdue (french toast), and decadent hot chocolate were excellent as well.

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