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Papillon

Papillon

37296;37300;37320 Mission Boulevard, Fremont, 94536, United States Of America

French • European • Papillon • Steakhouse


"We went with my husband on May 7, 2022 to celebrate his birthday since he likes French cuisine. The place has nice parking and beautiful flowers outside the restaurant, we really liked it. The interior seems like a French house interior from the last century. Nice details and decorations, a bit not in my taste since I prefer more modern designs, but definitely underlining French personality of the place. We were seated at a very nice spot with red chairs, by the door to the outside part of the restaurant. Our table also had a fresh orchid flower and a candle, which is super nice and creates romantic atmosphere. Now onto the food. I decided to order 4 appetizers, while my husband had 1 appetizer and a main dish with French Onion soup on the side. We both ordered baked brie with jam it was really amazing, tender, flavorful, served at just the right temperature. I highly recommend it. French Onion soup had extremely rich and dense flavour, was nicely served and I am ready to order it again and again. I ordered salmon carpaccio, and I was a bit disappointed since it was just a plate with smoked salmon, an egg, capers, and onions. I was expecting to have raw salmon meat which carpaccio typically is. However, I may have not paid attention to the dish description maybe it said that salmon is smoked, so that is on me. After appetizers were served we unfortunately had to wait for about an hour to get the main dish and the remaining two appetizers. That's why I gave 4 stars. It seemed like there were some issues with making the main dish which was short ribs and timing everything to come together. We made that conclusion because when the dishes finally came, short rib was juicy and hot, while my appetizers were pretty cold and no longer as enjoyable. So the short rib was on the Special's menu and was tender, juicy, a bit crispy on the outside and had nice flavor to it. We shared the short rib since my appetizers mushroom ravioli and mussels were cold and pretty much inedible. We ordered desserts, and again it was a bit of a mixed experience my husband got Affogado, and I got the Papillon Cheesecake with strawberry sauce. Affogado was amazing caramel, chocolate, ice cream, and espresso flavors are combined into a wonderful mix. Our server said that people order it often. My cheesecake was a bit weird since the eggy flavor of the cheesecake did not seem to work well with the sourish strawberry jam. I acknowledge it may be only my perception of flavors though. I would go with Affogado next time. I also want to mention that because of the waiting times we spent about 2.5 hours, and because of our seating location by the door we both got extremely cold. We had a really nice server who brought us hot water and different tea options so that we wouldn't be just sitting and freezing. It was really nice of him. He also apologized when we explained that my appetizers were cold overall it left a nice impression of the service. Well, we went in the beginning of May. I bet if you come in June, you won't have any issue being cold."

Fishermen's Grotto

Fishermen's Grotto

9 Fishermans Wharf San Francisco, CA 94133-1002, San Andreas, United States

Steak • Drinks • Seafood • Italian


"our special night is (in the regular seafood at the kai. I love to look at the trawler (etc bothered and observed the sunset. our favourite place the grotto (formerly nr. 9 fisherman’s grotto) is open again! we were so sad when it was closed, especially because we didn't know if they would ever reopen. (apparently, it's already open a past one. we love the changes and think it is better than ever. the jazzlounge is still there, but the room is brighter and brighter. the personal is always beautiful that has not changed. the changes in the menu are also noticeable and pleasant. I appreciate that their menu shows the fact that they follow the sustainable seafood guide of monterey bay aquarium and that they make responsible decisions when purchasing their ingredients. (That's always my concern. the only thing we have is that my man and I both have shelled allergies and I think they are freezing everything in the same oil. we should have asked myself normally, but we had no problem yet and did not think about it this time. we had a great dinner yesterday, but some hours later we had unpleasant reactions, which were due to a small cross-contamination with husks in the deep frittier. (we had the fried Calamari appetizer. still my favorite restaurant at the kai. I will continue to recommend it to others and bring friends / family when they visit from the city."