the Murano's Valentine's day menu swindle Too little is not enough ...

I usually do not like posting nasty restaurant revues in this blog, but too much is enough...

I took my girlfriend yesterday evening (Valentine's day) to the Murano 30 bd du temple. It's a place I've been 2 years ago when they opened and my recollection of the diner was rather good. Yesterday was anoter story.

First of all, the reservation desk forces you to give your credit card numbers over the web (or the phone if you're clever enough not to send your card details in an email), and your email to confirm the reservation. Then, for Valentine's day, they offer a fixed menu set @ 130€ per head which is not exactly my idea of cheap, but the place is trendy and I wanted to show my only love some attention.

Here comes the painful bit. The Murano restaurant is part of the hotel Murano Urban Resort, a new international stop over. Dedicated to a 21st century art de vivre, this hotel "resort" subtly mixes luxury with relaxation, classicism with modernity. the design is realy good if you like white and the staff was very nice...

Too bad the menu was a HUGE disapointment. A modern appetizer made of sugar frosted rose's petal with a Foie gras lollypop (not 100% real foie gras if you ask me) then after waiting for 15 minutes the entree: on the menu it stated "poached oysterS with ginger beads" I emphatized the final S to OysterS as we only received 2 oysters (one for each of us) not really tasty but way too little in our stomach anyway. both tables around our had very nice couples going through the same disappointement... After waiting another 20 minutes the scallops ( 2 scallops in 1 shell for each of us - a real feast) another wait for a glass of vodka with rasperry jelly as a "trou normand" which wasn't really necessary considerig the amount of food we had since then. Another 20 minutes to receive our main course (the couple on our right waited over 45 minutes for the same course) consisting of 2 "ping-pong" size balls of Quail and Lamb (very nicely cooked) and a dash of some vegetable I wasn't able to recognize (when I say dash it means a little finger long streak of veggies in the middle of your plate). To conclude this gargantuesk feast of food the "love apple" which was nearly the most enjoyable and consisitent piece of the all evening accompanied by a glass of champagne.

To make a long story short, Avoid the Murano restaurant or have a drink at the bar to enjoy some nice design and stare at some trendy parisians. Stay away from the restaurant unless you're on a serious diet (the only very consistent piece was the bill = 494€ for 2 incuding wine (Very nice Chassagne Montrachet 2005)

There are plenty of grat place in Paris and this one isn't really worth a visit.