Brasserie Molitor

Visited Brasserie Molitor for their Sunday brunch. The building itself is stunning, an iconic art deco structure with a view over the pool that feels unique in Paris. However, the interior design choices of the hotel and restaurant are puzzling. The graffiti-style tags and industrial concrete elements feel jarring and completely disconnected from the building’s heritage. It feels more like a throwback to 2005 than a celebration of art deco, and it doesn’t resonate in 2024, especially for a five-star establishment. We were seated right next to the buffet, which wasn’t ideal. If you go, definitely ask for one of the limited tables facing the pool or on the terrace like we did, those spots are clearly more pleasant. The food was decent for a buffet brunch, which is becoming increasingly rare, but the sweet selection was underwhelming. What really let the experience down was the service. It was well below expectations for a five-star hotel: understaffed, with waiters who didn’t seem familiar with the menu. I ordered a dirty chai and received what seemed to be a matcha with coffee, when I asked, the waitress had to ask me what a chai even was. That kind of confusion shouldn’t happen when you’re offering specialty drinks. To make matters worse, we waited nearly 15 minutes for a mediocre coffee. A proper barista is clearly needed. All in all, it’s not a brunch I’d recommend, especially not at €85 without drinks!

Brasserie dans un cadre agréable avec vue sur la piscine Molitor. Cuisine de qualité. Nous avons pris le plat du jour et des burgers. Un délice ! Le serveur était accueillant. Un peu cher mais nous avons passé un bon moment en famille ! (Translated by Google) Brasserie in a pleasant setting with a view of the Molitor swimming pool. Quality cuisine. We had the dish of the day and burgers. A delight! The server was welcoming. A little expensive but we had a great time as a family!

Des classiques de la bistronomie française dans un très beau décore mais un service affreusement lent alors que le restaurant était loin d’être plein. Dommage nous n’avons pas eu le temps de prendre un dessert. (Translated by Google) French bistronomy classics in a very beautiful decor but horribly slow service even though the restaurant was far from full. Too bad we didn't have time to have dessert.

We had a brunch here in March, and while the food quality was decent, the service has a lot left to be desired. For 85e/person I would not redo this. We had our plates piled up for a good 45 minutes and no waiters noticed. We eventually had to come to ask one of them to help us take away the plates, and somehow the waitress managed to take away my all of my partner’s cutlery while leaving the whole set of dirty forks and knives on my side of the table. The brunch is supposed to end at 14h30 but by 14h00 there was only one option of pastry left (besides cookies). However by 14h25 they just simply cleaned away dessert section and nothing was refilled up till closing time (meanwhile all the savory options were still there, which, in term of logistics, I find quite unacceptable, esp for the price they charge)