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Benoit vs Frenchie - Rue du Nil
Both Frenchie and Benoit are recommended by experts. On balance, Frenchie is preferred by most professionals compared to Benoit. Frenchie scores 88 with approval from 12 publications like Rough Guide, Michelin Guide and Gayot.
Benoit
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Zagat
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20 rue Saint-Martin, 75004 Paris
From $33 /night
Fodor's
"It's a splurge to be here, so go all the way and top off your meal with the caramelized tarte tatin or a rum-doused baba."
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Insight Guides
"This celebrated vintage bistro, long renowned for its excellent cooking and very high prices, fell into the Alain Ducasse fold in 2004, but the master chef promised not to change its style."
Travel + Leisure
"The menu favors elegant French favorites like duck pâte, roast pigeon, and escargots in their shells with garlic butter."
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Zagat
3.8
"A "veritable icon", this century-old address in the 4th, "revived" by Alain Ducasse, is "still one of the most dependable" for "high-class bistro" fare."
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Gayot
14.0
"The chef turns out escargots in their shells with garlic butter and herbs; tête-de-veau, or head of veal, in a traditional ravigote vinaigrette sauce; boeuf à la parisienne; and good cassoulet."
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Frenchie - Rue du Nil
Concierge
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5 rue du Nil, 75002 Paris
From $25 /night
Concierge
"After a half-dozen meals here, I can say he's doing some of the best cuisine du marché in town....If this place were within walking distance of my apartment, I might eat there every day."
Fodor's
"Marchand owes a large part of his success to the great-value €48 three-course menu at dinner (prix fixe only)—boldly flavored dishes such as calamari gazpacho...and melt-in-the-mouth braised lamb."
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Fodor's
"Wine lovers would be hard-pressed to find a better venue for sampling a great list of French wines and inspired selections from Italy and Spain—all sold by the bottle or glass."
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Frommer's
"Marchand's cooking remains astonishingly good. Starters like house-smoked fish with pickled vegetables are bright and clean, and main dishes... manage to be both comforting and provocative."
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Travel + Leisure
"The chef... has an ever-changing affordable menu featuring market driven dishes such as cauliflower soup with candied lemon or Basque pork belly with beets and turnips."
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