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| - Le Café Ile St. Louis is located in the Paris hotel adjacent to its casino. The kitchen is open daily from 6:00 a.m. to ll:00 p.m. and the bar 24 hours. It is very nicely designed and decorated to imitate a Parisian bistro with an "outdoor" patio.
My wife and I recently breakfasted there on a weekday morning. The dining areas were filled less than 50% capacity, and we were seated immediately in the patio next to the brass perimeter railing that afforded us a good view of the restaurant and the casino.
My wife ordered an omelet with mascarpone with a side of sausage, and I chose scrambled eggs and bacon with fingerling potatoes. After a very long wait, our food arrived without the sausage. Our waiter said the sausage was on its way and then he disappeared. We started to eat, and after a very lengthy period of time I spotted our waiter heading our way with covered dishes. I thought that one contained the sausage, however, he breezed past our table without a word and served a party next to us who had been seated well after us. Before I could get his attention, he disappeared again. We were just about finished with our food when our waiter reappeared. I flagged him down and asked what happened to the sausage. Without offering any regrets or apology whatsoever, he assumed an attitude of indifference and merely said that there was a mix-up in the kitchen. He was then about to walk away, but I stopped him and stated that I wanted the cost of my wife's breakfast taken off the bill. When the bill arrived, we were not charged for my wife's meal and nothing further was spoken between our waiter and me. As to the quality of the food we did have, my wife's omelet was average. It was the same for my food except the potatoes were very greasy and went mostly untouched.
Due to the wholly unprofessional service as well as the mediocre quality of the food, I strongly suggest passing on Le Café Ile St. Louis.
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