V. Strategically located across the street from Dior, this brasserie pulses with high-voltage buzz. Better yet, the food is good and reasonably priced and the service prompt and friendly. Open 8.30am-1.30am daily. It's also surprisingly good value. Not exceptional but not bad.
Service is professional yet friendly and the whole machine runs like clockwork.
It is also a good place for a breakfast meeting or a drink. Start with a filling salad of pistachio-laced saucisse de Lyon accompanied by yellow ratte potatoes, or a frothy lentil cream soup. As dessert is included, we recommend attacking a giant tarte fine aux pommes, or an equally lavish strawberry concoction. A holiday in itself. There is finesse evident in everything at this restaurant from a gracious welcome, to crisp friendly service, to chef Thierry Colas' excellent execution of subtly modernised brasserie fare.