Kitchen Galerie Bis is wanna-be-fancy spot, as the name suggests. Almost artsy in a light, colorful way, the place looks elegant at first, once you enter. The kitchen is hidden behind a glass pane at the end of the room, where the doings of the chefs are exposed for the curious. The place aims to please at the same time, the French-Asian kitchen fanatics (of which Paris is surprisingly full) and people feeling at ease with easy accessible designs. I'm not in either of those categories, but was lead to the place by the numerous good reviews.
However, the food is not at artistic heights. And sometimes it seemed that classical deeds of craftsmanship and savoir-faire were lost too. The ideas behind the small consommés and the too extensive use of roots and other - often raw - vegetables were rarely clear, and in any case not successful. Portions in the tasting menu were not proportionate. The level was simply quite far from what you would expect for a restaurant approaching gastronomical price levels.
A pity. But the bar on the other side of the street can help cheer you up in case you end up going despite my strong advice of the opposite...
A pity. But the bar on the other side of the street can help cheer you up in case you end up going despite my strong advice of the opposite...
