Category: French restaurant
Address: 3-5 Boulevard de la Madeleine, 75001 Paris
Transportation: Metro Line 3, 7, 8 Opéra Station or 8,12,14 Madeleine Station
Business hours: Monday to Saturday 10 am-8: 30 pm
Price Range: 30-40 €
Lavinia is located near the Opera House, at the first glance you would mistake it for a highly functional wine shop which is Partly true but Lavinia is popular for the top-notch French food they cater to the Parisians. You will find the widest selection of wine in Europe from Spain, France, and other countries here at your disposal.
You will be catered with a plethora of French dishes especially curated by Chef Etienne Berg. Chef insists on the using seasonal fruits and vegetables, and cooking with fresh ingredients and produce. New dishes are introduced to the menu every day to do justice to the quality and integrity of the ingredients. Take a look at our delicious French feast.
SALADE DE COURGETTES ET AUBERGINES PETITS POIS FRAIS ET FETA
Eggplant, green beans and cucumber with feta starts the meal on a refreshing note. Paired with Chablis Coteau de Rosette, sweetly ripe as well as zesty tangerine and cherry aroma dominates the nose providing a stimulating finish.
CARPACCIO DE CŒUR DE SAUMON MARINé A LA VODKA BETTERAVE
The perfect combination of beetroot and beautifully cooked salmon. We clubbed it with Vodka gray goose.
FILET DE BAR FONDUE DE POIREAUX TAGLIATELLE DE CAROTTES ET FUMET DE POISSONS A LA CAROTTE
Fresh fish, with tender carrots alongside homemade mashed potatoes. Served with Pouilly Fuisse 2011 Les Plantes Vieilles. The wine is straightforward, rich and complex, the texture is opulent making a lasting impact with the right dish.
PARMENTIER DE JARRET D AGNEAU
Next, we tried the perfect combination of roast lamb with mashed potatoes. Recommended with the delicious Terrasses du Larzac 2014 Les Vignes Oubliées, very revealing note, and garrigue fine pepper, spicy aromas delicate dominate the palette.
FRAISES ET FRAMBOISES CHANTILLY MAISON
Fresh strawberries, raspberry and fragrant cream, simple flavors when paired with Muscat du Cap Corse 2015 Antoine Arena. The wine is quite complex and will take you to various aromatic heavens : Fruits with Apricot or Mirabelle plum, white flowers like orange tree blossoms, honey and even butter, evolving to caramel. Perfect way to end the meal.
The restaurant is elegant and yet comfortable, with an open-air terrace for afternoon coffee. The waiting staff is small but well organized, professional and polite, there to cater you with the most authentic and personalized French dining experience.
Lavinia does not charge an extra corkage fee, and the price of all the wine is the same as the price of the supermarket and the store. The restaurant has a sommelier, and the waiter will recommend you the best wine to complement your choice of dishes.
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