Chez Le Chef Inc
(212) 685-1888
127 Lexington Ave
New York,
NY
10016
40.7429
-73.9821
Neighborhoods: Kips Bay, Midtown
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temptress
July 02, 2008
Going to Chez le Chef was the single most bewildering, awful restaurant experience I had in my life. It looked like a cute little French bistro from the outside - went in and the place was completely empty (bad sign). The chef (as evidenced by his full chef's uniform and hat) told us to take a seat upstairs. The place looked like, as my friend put it "a Hallmark card" with Christmas and Valentine's day decorations everywhere and a mural on the wall with a tree and an owl. There were also pictures on the wall of the Chef - Chef Frederic. He himself took our order - we ordered a coffee, a cafe au lait, a croissant, and two fruit salads. We got the croissant and it was totally undercooked in the middle. It came with some kind of preserves and they smelled awful. Then we got the fruit salads, and the fruit on top tasted fine, then I got a little further in and the fruit started to taste really odd - turns out there was some kind of syrup/liquor in the dish, really over-the-top sweet and cloying. Then, my friend put milk in her coffee and the milk actually curdled. A busboy then came over and I told him the croissant was undercooked, and he replied "It's fresh!" "It may be fresh," I said (although it clearly was not), "but it's undercooked." He responded, "You can pay downstairs" and took the croissant away. He did not bother to ask us why we did not eat our fruit salads or drink our coffees. Then we went downstairs to pay, and they charged us THIRTY DOLLARS for this meal of which we barely even took four bites. My friend paid the bill as she was in a rush and just wanted us to get out of there. Oddly enough, the chef seemed oblivious to the fact that we did not eat/like our items, even offering us two small cookies on our way out (which I declined). The whole experience was best characterized as extremely strange.
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kurt43
August 19, 2007
My girlfriend and I had the prix fixe dinner. Frederic took our order and chatted with us amiably. The soup course was good, and it came with a basketful of warm bread - also good. I ordered the Bratwurst, which was quite tasty and came with garlic mashed potatoes, pickles, and mustard. My girlfriend ordered the Coq Au Vin, which was also good, although there wasn't a lot of chicken. The dessert was a disappointment, especially as Chef Frederic is a pastry chef. It was an assortment of little treats, but some of them were stale, and it seemed like it was preassembled days before. We don't recommend the prix fixe dinner as the dessert and soup do not make it worth the price.
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carlosaraujojr
May 06, 2007
i was visiting an apartment that i may rent on this block and saw the chef sitting on the sidewalk. he has this white beard, moustache that curls up on the sides, very unique looking. the place looked very franco german inside, i felt like in a french bakery or butcher shop. apparently the reviews say the food is not good. i'll still check it out for the place is VERY unique looking and the atmosphere is really euro cool.
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