La Goulue

We were waiting for about an hour to have a table for two, a couple walked in to the line and hostess took them right to a table , when i asked here if they had a reservation or not, she said no!!! i said what about us, she said that they were ahead of you. She was very rude and unpleasant. Food was good but we noticed that people get seated with talking with waiters, coming from back door and people are waiting for their table. We asked for half of bottle of wine on their list, after 10 minutes they said that they don't have it and it was not marked on their wine list. more

In short, it was excellent. I hadn't eaten here in years, but had remembered loving it. Almost turned off the the negative reviews, I decided to stick with my guns. I'm glad I did. Lunch service was excellent despite a crowd, food was very fresh and delicious. Absolutely nothing to complain about. I'll definitely be eating here more often when I'm in the area. more

From Service to ambience, La Goulue is the place. Any item you order on the menu is fantastic and fresh. The minute steak is excellent and everything else. I highly recommend. more

Didnt like it! Expensive and the food was tasteless.... Never go back. Ill go right in front, to carpaccio more

I have been a miami resident for quite some time and Bal Harbour Shops is one of my main destinations. I have seen restaurants open and close in the current location today of La Goulue and have tried all of them! From what I hear, there were new owners that came in La Goulue, completely revamped the menu, the quality of the food, and the decor!! EVERYTHING WAS SUBLIME FROM BEGINNING TO END! Aboslutely one of the best french food experiences Ive had in a long time! The Famous Cheese souffle was to die for! We also had the smoked duck breast salad (UNBELIEVABLE!) and my husband had the NY prime whcih was cooked exactly as ordered and melted like butter with each bite! Came w French Fries to which were of course, wonderful! The new decor is fresh, light, and just as joy to be in. IT IS A MUST GO TO DESTINATION FOR LOCALS AND TOURISTS!! ENJOY!!! Pros: Excellent French cuisine, great service, beautiful decor more

The food wasn`t good, they served old bread and the pasta looks like was ready before I order.\r Never more.\r I don`t recommend. more

A piece of plastic in the gazpacho, a dirty fork but the organic beef tenderloin, though slightly overdone, was marvelous. more

I confess... I have a soft spot for this place. I eat 95% of my lunches and a lot of dinners here. The decor is quintessential French and food too. If you have traveled to France you can compare. And I think it is even slightly better. French fries are perfect, and if you think this is easy - you are wrong. I loved it even more before they changed the Chef last winter. Please, bring back the old steak tartare. It was better the way it was. I've heard from the waiters, that a lot of your customers (actually, they said "all") think the same. more

Good food, slightly snooty but not too much. Great soup! Great dinner. Great service. Pay to park! more

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This place has okay food...or maybe just desserts. The kitchen is disguisting, the managment is horrible, and they are unfair to their employees. The managers won't let anyone miss work even if they are throwing up sick, they steal people's money, they don't pay their employees (steal money from them) and they only care about getting their money. I used to work there and they have such a high turnaround because their management. Pros: ...dessert? Cons: everything else more

I was transported to Paris... great food, great service.. no rush.. a wonderful duck pate rillette for starters.. killer french fries... more

My best friend and I had a phenomenal meal at La Goulue this past weekend. Even though it was a chilly evening, we decided to sit outside - the heaters provided a cozy atmosphere and our nice bottle of red wine presented beautifully by the knowledgable waitstaff made us warm as well. We shared the creamy, sinful and luxorious lobster bisque and the calamari which was tender and garlicy. We also had a generous serving of the Chef's famous black truffle lobster risotto. The risotto was TO DIE FOR and left us wanting more and more and more....Our entrees were perfect in their simplicity and flavor. The chicken with truffled polenta was rustic and wholesome and the salmon with asparagus was flavorful and cooked to perfection. To end our meal we had the most lovely apple tart - thin and sweet, yet crispy and mellow with homemade vanilla ice cream. Overall our experience at this hip, fun, and beautiful french bistro was only number one of MANY visits to come. PS - Don't even think of passing up the handcut french fries - truely the best either of us have EVER had. more

first off, there was no method to the madness for seating people. people were crowded at front -- there was no line, no list... nothing. you just tell 1 of 2 hostesses how many people were in your party and then try to mill around so they remember you. once you finally manage to get seated, the service was horrid. it was slow and our server did not even check on us to see if we wanted water. and when we ordered, he didn't ask if we wanted wine. when we asked for the wine menu, he was surprised. it was so bad that we saw other people leaving the table. our server also mumbled a lot and would complain to us that he was not the cook! the food did not redeem this sorry place. the foie gras was not good. the onion tart (pizza) was cold. the lobster bisque was cold. the only redeeming food item was the calamari -- but it was not good enough for me to recommend this place. what bothers me the most is when i was eating my bisque, our server was rushing me because ""the food was coming."" well.... the food came about 45 minutes later!!!! more

Something good to have in Bal Harbor, great concept, the food was superb and the presentation, up to our expectations. After so long missing a good restaurant with a good chef and friendly staff in our area. Kudos to the wne guy, attentive without being fussy. Pros: food more