I got to try Brasserie Lipp sooner than I anticipated following my post of Sept 8th about it’s 130th anniversary this year. It lived up to expectations both on the place/atmosphere and food/service fronts.
I have just returned to my studio – 11am Mon 20th Sept – having thought Mondays might be a little quieter there, but not a bit of it. It was hopping and though on my own, 2 hours flew by as I witnessed the comings and goings of the waiters and diners.
My wonderful meal began with a Lipp beer and a plate of sardines with bread to mop up the oils. This was followed by a glass of Bourgogne, recommended by my friendly and impeccably presented and behaved waiter, to accompany the house roast chicken. I shouldn’t have but I did have their famous Mille Feuilles to finish and it was worth it. At €65, the bill wasn’t cheap but you could not fault the food, the service or the atmosphere.
I could write for another 20 minutes about my waiter, the idiosyncrasies of the place etc but that might spoil it for you – just one quirky thing then: the big clock hanging from the middle of the ceiling runs 7 minutes fast and has done so for as long as anyone can remember. Why? - it takes 7 minutes to walk form Lipp to the National Assembly so Parliamentarians can leave there at the prescribed time for a vote and still be in time to cast their vote!
Brasserie Lipp is located at 151 bld St Germain which is across from Place Saint Germain de Pres, opposite Les Deux Magots and Cafe Flore and beside the Metro station.
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