front door is open, so if you dine in first floor, there can be a cigarette smell. but expect that, everything is good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup
Abigail Forbes
Food was fantastic but they’ve gotta hire more people for dinner service cuz service was slow and it wasn’t the servers fault.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
VG
Small French theme restaurant with decent price. My appetizer is mango pear and prosciutto is pathetic. The presentation is so bad , I can do it myself at home, they cut fruit in big slices and place on top of a bed of lettuce, prosciutto on top. No sauce no nothing, and it wasnt cheap, $20ish, “Bro i can do it myself at home better than this”. But I love the main entrees duck breast and lamb chop, well seasoned, tender with amazing sauce. I like the Italian red wine too. Our raspberry melba is great, fun texture.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Mariella Suleiman
Review: We had an incredibly shocking experience at Pascalou on February 7th at 5:30 PM. Upon arrival, the staff first claimed they couldn’t find our reservation, then suddenly changed their story, saying there was a "mistake" and our reservation was actually for 6:30 PM. Despite this mix-up on their end, they told us that since we were "too early," we could only have a table for one hour (5:30–6:30 PM) because they had "so many people" coming—yet the restaurant was nearly empty, with only one occupied table.
When we questioned the reasoning, they dismissively said, "You don’t need more than an hour for drinks anyway," and "the longer you talk, the more time we were wasting from the reservation". At that point, we decided to leave.
I have never encountered such rude and unprofessional staff. Their attitude was dismissive and condescending, and the lack of basic customer service was appalling.
Service: 1
Veerle Bergink
We made a reservation but were refused a table and than forced to leave within one hour, worst service ever. Waiter was aggressive and rude (feb 7 2025). I used to love this place and have been here many times with friends, the people working here used to be very friendly but they hired new personnel.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Dmitry Zinenko
If I had to compare it only to American restaurants, it might be 5 stars. However, I've definitely had better experiences in this price range elsewhere. To begin with, I was offered the complementary "bread and butter" experience. It was a single piece of Baguette and plain butter. It reminded me of Italy, because the bread was pretty stale and I wasn't sure if it's just a gesture or for actual consumption. A disappointing start. I ordered a glass of wine, grilled asparagus, and duck confit. The asparagus was spot on - perfectly cooked and combines well with the pastry. The duck confit was too American for me. Once again, perfectly cooked, but too much of what tasted like sweet BBQ sauce, and too little mustard (which was excellent) on the side. The mashed potatoes were OK and the sauteed vegetables were a kind of bland afterthought. The service was good, and I almost gave it 5 stars, but once again not perfect. Overall I must say I had a good time, but I expected more. Might come back to try again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Penny Schwartz
Excellent service and food. I would have preferred better acoustics so that conversation would be easier.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Souffle, Seafood
Remi M.
Great place to go for dinner - small spot but with great atmosphere, food was great during my first visit there yesterday. I had fantastic french onion soup ? and for main dish beef bourguignon with mashed potatoes and vegetables which was also great culinary experience.
Music played was also fit perfectly for this place ? will be back soon to try some other french dishes ? Merci beaucoup ???✨️✨️✨️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, French, Desert
Hammad Jawdat
Pascalou has delicious, authentic and unpretentious food. The food, coupled with the warm and responsive service and the relaxed atmosphere, both indoors and outdoors, are what have brought us back over and over again.
Service was extremely slow and food was average at best. The price is decent for a nyc restaurant. I think the rating is on the higher end because it’s not exactly an accessible location for food reviewers.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Beauty is Skin Deep
The food and drinks were really good and friendly staff. I will return ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Fish, French, Seafood
Ann Middleton
Variety, value, voluminous, and Very, Very good. Do not miss!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yakov Fradkin
Food was bland, I wouldn't come back. We were for lunch; I had an asparagus soup and short ribs.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Lisa White Hoeschele
This was a charming authentic French restaurant. The best of well prepared, delicious food. The chef came to our table and asked “What do you like?”tp make personal recommendations. Can’t wait to go back.
front door is open, so if you dine in first floor, there can be a cigarette smell. but expect that, everything is good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup
Food was fantastic but they’ve gotta hire more people for dinner service cuz service was slow and it wasn’t the servers fault.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Small French theme restaurant with decent price. My appetizer is mango pear and prosciutto is pathetic. The presentation is so bad , I can do it myself at home, they cut fruit in big slices and place on top of a bed of lettuce, prosciutto on top. No sauce no nothing, and it wasnt cheap, $20ish, “Bro i can do it myself at home better than this”. But I love the main entrees duck breast and lamb chop, well seasoned, tender with amazing sauce. I like the Italian red wine too. Our raspberry melba is great, fun texture.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Review: We had an incredibly shocking experience at Pascalou on February 7th at 5:30 PM. Upon arrival, the staff first claimed they couldn’t find our reservation, then suddenly changed their story, saying there was a "mistake" and our reservation was actually for 6:30 PM. Despite this mix-up on their end, they told us that since we were "too early," we could only have a table for one hour (5:30–6:30 PM) because they had "so many people" coming—yet the restaurant was nearly empty, with only one occupied table.
When we questioned the reasoning, they dismissively said, "You don’t need more than an hour for drinks anyway," and "the longer you talk, the more time we were wasting from the reservation". At that point, we decided to leave.
I have never encountered such rude and unprofessional staff. Their attitude was dismissive and condescending, and the lack of basic customer service was appalling.
Service: 1
We made a reservation but were refused a table and than forced to leave within one hour, worst service ever. Waiter was aggressive and rude (feb 7 2025). I used to love this place and have been here many times with friends, the people working here used to be very friendly but they hired new personnel.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
If I had to compare it only to American restaurants, it might be 5 stars. However, I've definitely had better experiences in this price range elsewhere.
To begin with, I was offered the complementary "bread and butter" experience. It was a single piece of Baguette and plain butter. It reminded me of Italy, because the bread was pretty stale and I wasn't sure if it's just a gesture or for actual consumption. A disappointing start.
I ordered a glass of wine, grilled asparagus, and duck confit. The asparagus was spot on - perfectly cooked and combines well with the pastry. The duck confit was too American for me. Once again, perfectly cooked, but too much of what tasted like sweet BBQ sauce, and too little mustard (which was excellent) on the side. The mashed potatoes were OK and the sauteed vegetables were a kind of bland afterthought.
The service was good, and I almost gave it 5 stars, but once again not perfect.
Overall I must say I had a good time, but I expected more. Might come back to try again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Excellent service and food. I would have preferred better acoustics so that conversation would be easier.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Souffle, Seafood
Great place to go for dinner - small spot but with great atmosphere, food was great during my first visit there yesterday. I had fantastic french onion soup ? and for main dish beef bourguignon with mashed potatoes and vegetables which was also great culinary experience.
Music played was also fit perfectly for this place ? will be back soon to try some other french dishes ?
Merci beaucoup ???✨️✨️✨️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, French, Desert
Pascalou has delicious, authentic and unpretentious food. The food, coupled with the warm and responsive service and the relaxed atmosphere, both indoors and outdoors, are what have brought us back over and over again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Soup, Risotto, Mushroom Torte with Walnut Salad, Ribs
Very good food, not expensive, good service, I liked it
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Service was extremely slow and food was average at best. The price is decent for a nyc restaurant. I think the rating is on the higher end because it’s not exactly an accessible location for food reviewers.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
The food and drinks were really good and friendly staff. I will return ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Fish, French, Seafood
Variety, value, voluminous, and Very, Very good. Do not miss!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was bland, I wouldn't come back. We were for lunch; I had an asparagus soup and short ribs.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
This was a charming authentic French restaurant. The best of well prepared, delicious food. The chef came to our table and asked “What do you like?”tp make personal recommendations. Can’t wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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