Came for the escargot, wanted to leave bc of Ashley. She treated my friend like the scum of the earth. As service industry workers we are very empathetic for her but nobody deserves to be treated like that.
Food: 5
Service: 1
Charles Manning
Good food great atmosphere.
Jessica Peterson
Rough customer service from the person helping us yesterday evening. The greeting we received and how we were prompted to give our order was basically this person walking over to our table and shrugging at us without saying anything. We ordered drinks and soups which both came out in decent time but was not shrugged at again or asked for our entree and second drink order until about an hour after getting the soup. So we finally order our entrees after being seated for over an hour. We proceeded to wait well over a half hour for our entrees, almost to the point we were going to tell them to forget it. Minutes later the food finally arrived. My steak frites were not even the slightest bit warm though my partner’s duck confit was steaming. Such a frustrating experience. We were at this restaurant for 2.5 hours mostly just waiting. I was hoping to find an email to let management know of our experience but couldn’t find anywhere to email or send a message so it will have to be a review for now.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Phil
Eaten there 3 times now, each meal consistently great. Only issue is that they're a French restaurant with the worst escargot I've tasted. Strange. What it lacks in snails, it makes up for in duck. Truly a phenomenal place to eat. They consistently knock it out of the park.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Breast Frites, Duck Confit
Jared S
I love this spot!! It's one of very few places in Seattle that has great food and cocktails without being pretensious or overpriced. It's cozy, has great atmosphere and is one of the only spots where you can get good French food that's also cheap! Go on Thursday for half-off absinthe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Calvin Chang
Had the duck breast and the burger and the chocolate mousse
Server was kind enough to inform me both came with fries and subbed one for salad.
Duck breast was delicious, I felt the sauce was a tad salty though. The fries were great and the ketchup was some of the best I've ever had. The aioli was good.
The burger was very simple and nice, great bread great meat and confit onions. The side salad was delicious and had nice thin slices of strawberry that complemented perfectly.
The mousse had the same strawberries, nice cream and the mousse itself was nicely textured and flavored.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
For Reals?
Wow! I have lived around here for 35 years, and never came here for a meal. I thought it would be a very upscale, cloth napkin, French restaurant.
This, it is not, which to me is a good thing.
The atmosphere is bar/Bistro, and there is a nice selection of cocktail offerings, tap beers, etc. I like the open kitchen. I had the French Dip sandwich, with poutine, shared sauted mushrooms.
Best French dip I’ve ever had. The menu options are super interesting.. and their house burger I’m told is EXCELLENT. It also goes for 7$ on 3-6 pm Happy hour, M-F. Oh, and all the entres are approx $13-15. Wonderful! Whoever is calling the shots in the kitchen is a winner!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poutine, Croque-Madame, French Dip
Alex Beatty
Of the dozens of restaurants I have been to in Seattle, Gainsbourg is my favorite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Santo Carino
One of the best burgers I've had in Seattle. The garlic sauce is awesome. Happy hour prices are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Morgan Johnson
The place has a funky bar vibe that I didn't expect, but the craft cocktails were good, and the meals were special. A guy was in a sharp suit with his date in a floor-length gown, another in jeans and a long sleeve tee. Be comfortable! It's all good!
The steak frites were AMAZING! Seriously… the food was legit a surprise. I expected PUD food. I got an amazing cut of prime steak perfectly cooked and braised with onions and brown sauce. The dinner salad was SOOO good I took a picture of it. Yeah… I’m “THAT” guy now that took a picture of his food. Sigh… but look at that presentation! And the texture and sweet strawberries offset by the tart vinaigrette. Very good.
And ask specifically for Ashley. Grew service!! She was great. 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Niqalia Evans
From Seattle originally and live in Paris now, this place is just like a typical brasserie/resto you would find in Paris. Finally got to take my husband, who is French this year and he agreed completely.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lizzie G
This place is sooooo cute. It’s definitely a smaller restaurant (I think 49 pple occupancy). We walked in around 7:20ish and sat at the bar. There’s no official host and it looks like the bartenders were basically running the show. They had some old timey movie/shows running in the back but they had modern music on… interesting combo!
I had the Gainsbourger and that was pretty tasty. I didn’t love the Dijon mustard but it was a pretty filling.
We also split the Brussels sprouts app & they were alright, but balanced out the burger nicely. My bf had the French onion dip sandwich!
The cocktails were a heavy pour, so I had to wait for the ice to balance it out but tasty for sure.
Came for the escargot, wanted to leave bc of Ashley. She treated my friend like the scum of the earth. As service industry workers we are very empathetic for her but nobody deserves to be treated like that.
Food: 5
Service: 1
Good food great atmosphere.
Rough customer service from the person helping us yesterday evening. The greeting we received and how we were prompted to give our order was basically this person walking over to our table and shrugging at us without saying anything. We ordered drinks and soups which both came out in decent time but was not shrugged at again or asked for our entree and second drink order until about an hour after getting the soup. So we finally order our entrees after being seated for over an hour. We proceeded to wait well over a half hour for our entrees, almost to the point we were going to tell them to forget it. Minutes later the food finally arrived. My steak frites were not even the slightest bit warm though my partner’s duck confit was steaming. Such a frustrating experience. We were at this restaurant for 2.5 hours mostly just waiting. I was hoping to find an email to let management know of our experience but couldn’t find anywhere to email or send a message so it will have to be a review for now.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Eaten there 3 times now, each meal consistently great. Only issue is that they're a French restaurant with the worst escargot I've tasted. Strange. What it lacks in snails, it makes up for in duck. Truly a phenomenal place to eat. They consistently knock it out of the park.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck Breast Frites, Duck Confit
I love this spot!! It's one of very few places in Seattle that has great food and cocktails without being pretensious or overpriced. It's cozy, has great atmosphere and is one of the only spots where you can get good French food that's also cheap! Go on Thursday for half-off absinthe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Had the duck breast and the burger and the chocolate mousse
Server was kind enough to inform me both came with fries and subbed one for salad.
Duck breast was delicious, I felt the sauce was a tad salty though. The fries were great and the ketchup was some of the best I've ever had. The aioli was good.
The burger was very simple and nice, great bread great meat and confit onions. The side salad was delicious and had nice thin slices of strawberry that complemented perfectly.
The mousse had the same strawberries, nice cream and the mousse itself was nicely textured and flavored.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow! I have lived around here for 35 years, and never came here for a meal.
I thought it would be a very upscale, cloth napkin, French restaurant.
This, it is not, which to me is a good thing.
The atmosphere is bar/Bistro, and there is a nice selection of cocktail offerings, tap beers, etc. I like the open kitchen. I had the French Dip sandwich, with poutine, shared sauted mushrooms.
Best French dip I’ve ever had. The menu options are super interesting.. and their house burger I’m told is EXCELLENT. It also goes for 7$ on 3-6 pm Happy hour, M-F.
Oh, and all the entres are approx $13-15. Wonderful!
Whoever is calling the shots in the kitchen is a winner!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Poutine, Croque-Madame, French Dip
Of the dozens of restaurants I have been to in Seattle, Gainsbourg is my favorite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best burgers I've had in Seattle. The garlic sauce is awesome. Happy hour prices are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The place has a funky bar vibe that I didn't expect, but the craft cocktails were good, and the meals were special. A guy was in a sharp suit with his date in a floor-length gown, another in jeans and a long sleeve tee. Be comfortable! It's all good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak Frites, Duck Confit
Restaurantji Recommends
Phenomenal food. Immaculate vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Gainsburger, French Dip
The steak frites were AMAZING! Seriously… the food was legit a surprise. I expected PUD food. I got an amazing cut of prime steak perfectly cooked and braised with onions and brown sauce. The dinner salad was SOOO good I took a picture of it. Yeah… I’m “THAT” guy now that took a picture of his food. Sigh… but look at that presentation! And the texture and sweet strawberries offset by the tart vinaigrette. Very good.
And ask specifically for Ashley. Grew service!! She was great. 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
From Seattle originally and live in Paris now, this place is just like a typical brasserie/resto you would find in Paris. Finally got to take my husband, who is French this year and he agreed completely.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is sooooo cute. It’s definitely a smaller restaurant (I think 49 pple occupancy). We walked in around 7:20ish and sat at the bar. There’s no official host and it looks like the bartenders were basically running the show. They had some old timey movie/shows running in the back but they had modern music on… interesting combo!
I had the Gainsbourger and that was pretty tasty. I didn’t love the Dijon mustard but it was a pretty filling.
We also split the Brussels sprouts app & they were alright, but balanced out the burger nicely. My bf had the French onion dip sandwich!
The cocktails were a heavy pour, so I had to wait for the ice to balance it out but tasty for sure.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great Happy Hour and a fun vibe
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hanging Tenderloin Steak Frites, Gainsburger
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