Esprit De Taillevent

Great wine list and service. Food is pretty good too and their glass wine set menu is amazing. Sommelier Asami is super nice and knowledgeable.

Very bad experience. The restaurant made no attempt at social distancing - the waitresses repeatedly sat other dinners right next to me despite my asking for them to be moved away. As for the food: the French onion soup was so hot that it burnt my mouth, and the mushroom risotto was utterly tasteless. Total cost ¥2,400. Avoid!

Maybe a place for wine not food.

Esprit de Taillevent
ESPRIT de TAILLEVENT

Supervised by Taillevent! Restaurant with wine shop

It has maintained its 3-star rating for over 30 years since 1973, and currently
It is said to be the most difficult to get a reservation in Paris.
One of the restaurants is TAILLEVENT.

Supervised by Taillevent, with seasonal Japanese ingredients.
A restaurant where you can enjoy original French cuisine.

Located on the 1st floor of Marunouchi Terrace, there is also terrace seating.

When you think of Taillevent, you think of wine.
It took many years for Taillevent to reach its drinking age.
Aged and selected
Including Selection Taillevent
Approximately 700 types of wine are available.
It's amazing to see them lined up in the shop.

This time I casually visited for lunch on a weekday.
It was warm even in December, so
I had a relaxing time on the terrace.

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ESPRIT de TAILLEVENT
○ Nearest station: Otemachi 5 minutes walk
○ Business hours: Weekdays 11:00 - 15:00, L.O. 14:30
18:00 - 23:00, L.O. 21:00
Saturday 11:00 - 23:00, L.O. 21:00
Sundays and holidays 11:00 - 18:00, L.O. 17:00
○ Budget: Lunch 2,000 yen
○ Payment: Card, QR, electronic money
○ Reviews: As of 24.12.6
Google Maps 4.2
Tabelog 3.55
○ Wi-Fi: None
○ Outlet: None
○ Eligible invoice:
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▶︎ What I ate
Bone-in chicken thighs stewed in tomato vinegar
¥1,980

There are three types of lunch: A, B, and C.
ALL ¥1,980 includes soup and drink.
There were other courses as well.

The soup this day was clam chowder.
I had it with bread.
Chicken thighs are served with various vegetables.
It's soft and very delicious.

▶︎ Customer base
- Male to female ratio 1:9
- Too many “girls’ night out” and “with colleagues”

▶︎ Crowd level
- The restaurant is full at 12:20 on Wednesday.
Terrace seats are 40% full

▶︎ Seat type
- Counter: Yes
- Private room: None
- Open seating: in-store table seating, terrace seating

This restaurant is located on the 1st floor of Marunouchi Terrace and has terrace seating on the street side.
Apparently it is supervised by Taillevent, a two-star restaurant in Paris, so you can enjoy lunch at a reasonable price.

Since it is run by Enoteca, there is a huge selection of wines in the store! ! I guess it's heaven.

There is also a casual course where you can choose a main course, but on this day I had the A course which also included an appetizer and dessert.

It was a very hot day, so I was happy to have some cold soup to start with.

And an appetizer with pate and carpaccio that makes you want to drink wine.

I had a choice of main course, but since it was a hot day, I chose cold cappellini with snow crab.
It contained plenty of snow crab meat.

This course also comes with dessert, so you can relax while drinking coffee and chatting after the meal.

Since it was a weekday, it wasn't too crowded, so I recommend it for those who want a leisurely lunch.