Just a quaint lil spot with delicious food and great wine! Food was flavorful and fresh! The young waitstaff was attentive. Will return!
Was looking forward to being able to taste some good Ole French dishes and see how they compared to when I used to live in France. For the most part, they got the atmosphere and some of the dishes right. To start, we had their Escargot, meat & chese charcuterie board, and their Foie Gras. The Escargot was a little too salty for our taste. Not too salty to finish, but enough to ruin the flavors. The charcuterie platter was a nice mix. No complaints. And the Foie Gras, along with the side of caramelized onions, was awesome. It tasted just like what I remember having for breakfast while in France. For our main course, we had the stuffed quail and the lamb. The lamb was nice but was still lacking in flavor. And I would have appreciated more sauce or something else added to the vegetables. The stuff quail was great! The birds' ribcage and spine were cleared, leaving only the legs and wing bones. The bird was then filled with stuffing. Making cutting into and eating the bird a very pleasurable experience. Would deffentily try again. Finally, for desert. We had the poached pear with ice cream and one of my favorite deserts from France, profiteroles. The poached pear was decent. But I feel it could have used a bit more time simmering to soften it up more. But the profitarolls... those were the most disappointing part of the whole meal. French profitarolls are supposed to be a fresh puff pastry filled with vanilla creme. Then it only suppsoed to be topped with whipped creme and sided with icecreme as a compliment. What I got was vanilla icecreme, sandwiched between a cut in half & stale puff pastry. No vanilla creme. I may as well have been served an icecreme sandwich... Overall, for the price, I think I'll give this place a pass for future meals. Granted, your experience may differ.
Peaceful and lovely place. Food is good, not so salty as in other places.
On this past Friday night I decided to order dinner from Rabelais and took the delivery option that was offered on their website . I ordered onion soup salad and stuffed quail .At the appointed delivery time the order showed up at my door. Or should I say the wrong order showed up ,.I received two plain hamburgers with french fries .I immediately called the driver who didn't answer. Next call was to the restaurant . A female answered and informed me it was not the restaurants problem to contact door dash . She offered me no contact info and just rudely said it was not her problem . I tried door dash but to avail . I was out $82 and was left with poor hamburgers that did me no good as I don't eat red meat. Nowhere on rabelais website did it indicate that the delivery was by a third party . I will dispute the charges with my credit card company and I will never forget how this "manager" treated me.Rabelais shame on you for stealing my money
Like a small Parisian Cafe.
Beautiful place for dinner. They have a nice wine lists from many regions of France. Escargots, fromages, foie gras are all good. Authentic duck confit. Rack of lambs is a bit chewy; wish they could use better source of lamb meat. Cafe Liegeois is a must to try. Love it.
We were really looking forward to our dinner at Café Rabelais — but showed up to a closed restaurant despite having a confirmed reservation (along with other people who were also stranded outside).
Definitely going back. Food exceptional.
Absolutely loved the Escargot. Wine selection was great for the USA. Found my region in France of my prefered REDS.. Parking: Very tight.