Petite Bouillabaisse
Marseille

Marseille

630 9th AveNY 10036, New York, United States

French • European • Vegetarian • Gluten Free


"This was an opportunistic late night supper. Though we were the last to eat there for the night we were still treated especially well. It was a beautifully romantic meal from beginning to end. We started with a goat cheese salad (very good and a vegetarian risotto, which was a rather large portion and very fresh tasting perfectly cooked (peas, Lima beans, white beech mushrooms, carrots, white crème sauce . I think the larger portions reflect American sensibilities and as well hark back to a more southern France, farmers table inspiration let’s say.  The menu surely points out various versions of their bouillabaisse (3 sizes! why shouldn’t they? It is a very good sign! Making this “soup“ is a lot of work and time and takes a lot of fish bone and lobster shell to make the proper reduction. It’s not something to take on easily as it will also infuse your house with quite an aroma that might not dissipate for some hours or longer… So this made us very happy indeed to find this featured. We ordered the grand bouillabaisse for 2 which includes two cut in half lobster tails…but wow the sauce and wow wow wow all the seafood in this bouillabaisse of which the monkfish fillets are just…to be remembered until next time! (Texture of monkfish is reminiscent of lobster and takes on the flavor of the bouillabaisse so well . Their sommelier directed us to a fantastic Sancerre the wine list is interesting and quite reasonable. Great French meal absolutely goes down better with a great bottle. I was surprised and almost taken aback to enjoy the welcome of a REAL sommelier… I saw him dart over to our great waitress and review our order. What a pleasure to feel a service team lead with love for their customers even new ones late at night. Sourdough bread roll piping hot/delicious and served with cultured butter sitting in some olive oil. Desert excellent dark chocolate mouse crème brûlée! Highly recommend and we will return! "