Chez Napoléon

365 West 50th Street Btw. 8th & 9th Aves, New York
(212) 265-6980

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Lovely restaurant! Great food and excellent service. Definitely one of the most authentic and delicious French restaurants. The boar stew was perfect and the steak I ordered was too. The owner (and my waitress) used to be a gold medal slalom skier in the 60s- lots of good conversation available if you speak French too. Adorable little hole in the wall gem! Highly recommend
Chez Napoleon claims to be the oldest French restaurant on the Eastern seaboard. I'm too lazy to verify if that's true, but I do know that they offer the quintessential, old timey, mom 'n' pop French bistro experience--something that is increasingly becoming obsolete even in France. Go here, before they succumb to corrupt capitalist forces.

The cold, creamy Soupe Vichyssoise was the perfect start to our meal, while the garlicky Escargots...
So… this brief note may tell you everything..
We were at Chez Napoleon the day after it re-opened after quite an “odyssey” (thankfully they were able to open…) back in December 2022. We are coming back - now a group of six - this coming week because we just loved this quaint place and thought… this is fast becoming our “anchor place…” it is real.. real good food and joy … and we love the atmosphere and super good dishes… we think it’s easily a ?????...

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