MOKONUTS

Amazing amazing amazing. Absolutely delicious. You can feel the love they put into their plates in every bite. Service is also impecable. Truly a pleasure to have been able to enjoy Mokonuts. Do not miss it when in Paris.

Labné muy rico, pero el Pintade Fermier y el Black sesame mochi cake fueron absolutamente espectaculares. Recomiendo ampliamente.

Food was great! I had fish for both appetizer and main and absolutely loved it. Like other reviewers said, this place is packed with (north) Americans and the waitress speaks fluent English so no need to worry about not being able to read the French menu. I am giving it a 4 instead of 5 because this place is really small and the atmosphere wasn’t what I expected to dine in Paris. I wanted to leave this cramped place as soon as I finished my food. Definitely go for the food as I can just tell the chef put a lot of love in making the dishes. Book this place early (I would say at least one week before going) as they are serious about not taking walk-ins.

Simple, flavourful, beautifully plated food in a warm and welcoming place. Small portions, well paced so you feel fed and enjoy each bite.

Café is a misleading term given the quality of the food, and the price. It’s not cheap, though the recent spike in oil and produce prices have made both eating out and running a restaurant more challenging.

I discovered Mokonuts from an NYT 25 dishes to eat in Paris article and like how Hiramaya-san described food. I looked up the restaurant she and her husband had in the 11th, like their philosophy and approach to food and made a booking.

The NYT article may be why most of my fellow diners had American accents, a mix of expats and tourists like me, though a French-speaking walk-in was politely and regretfully turned away as the restaurant was fully booked. The owner knew, from my broken French grammar when I called, that switching to English would be a more efficient conversation. Much as I like bumbling with my terrible French in Paris, it’s nice to be able to exhale and not worry about saying the wrong thing or be seen as that annoying tourist that expects the world to speak English.

You know a place cares about feeding people well when they welcome solo diners. Parisians can be quite cliquey, so it was nice that this is a place where I ended up having a nice chat with the person whom I was sat next to. It had that NYC vibe, where if we were both expats we could have found a new friend to hang out with.

I think I enjoyed the experience more as it’s an owner operated place. I had 3 courses and a glass of wine and water.
24 hours later, I am still regretting not asking for an order of the cookies to go, which the regulars seem to love.

On a cold rainy day, this room behind the fogged up windows was a lovely place to be. Easy to get to on the 8 metro. Book ahead.

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Le prix ne vaut pas le déplacement .