text: Sacrebleu nnChez Jules is certainly not the most upmarket French restaurant in town and the service is not the greatest Neither is the menu But most of my French friends love this place for a a few reasonsnn It is reasonably pricedn You can get French comfort food such as poulet frites or cufte de boeuf gratin like your French mum used to cook when you were a childn You drink your red in a tumbler resembling what you had in your primary schools canteen aaah memoriesn The interior is a hilarious display of clichues The music is a mix of slightly ringarde French chanson and sometimes there is an accordueon playing in the corner Oh and let us not forget the checkered tablecloth Frenchness is better with a bit of selfdeprecating humour a fairly Scottish trait should I saynnThe place is not a French restaurant It is the stereotype of a French restaurant in a vague era of the past somewhere between the s and the snnMais oui messieurs dames