Bar Restaurant Chouchou

I ate here with 2 friends for an early dinner on a Saturday. We were swayed to come in by their charming outside waiter/​greeter. The restaurant seemed nice and I was happy to find a place that had a few vegetarian options. The restaurant was pretty busy but we got a nice table towards the back. There was also live music which was a very nice surprise.
Food: 3 stars
Atmosphere: 4 stars (I gave it an extra star because of the live music)
Service: 2.5 stars
I thought that the food was very average. I got the onion soup (which I was told was vegetarian) and enjoyed it well enough. It was good but definitely not amazing. I also got the falafel plat with frites and a side salad. It wasn’t bad but both the falafel and fries were of frozen food quality. Also, the «falafel» wasn’t what I would consider a genuine falafel. Instead of being primarily made of chickpeas, it was mostly couscous. This made the «falafel» nuggets very dry and crumbly (not to mention very bland). The sauce that came with the falafel was also very bland. However, both of my friends seemed to enjoy there meals. One got half a chicken with frites and the other got a croque madame.
The service was only ok. Nobody was rude, but nobody was very nice or friendly either. The only problem was at the end of the meal. First, its not a huge deal, but we were brought the check without asking, which made me feel like I was being asked to leave. This is especially true since the waitress hadn’t done that to any of the other tables around us who were French speaking and had been there much longer than we had. But, she might’ve been trying to act according to what she thought we would’ve want since we were American. I’m not sure, so I’ll assume the best in that situation. However, I was very annoyed by two other «misunderstandings».
First, I ordered from the fixed menu because I thought it seemed like an excellent deal. But I guess I should know better and that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. The sign said, «entrée + plat + dessert 13 € 95». When the waitress collected my dinner plate I told her that I would like the crème brûlée. She then told me that the sign meant that you got an appetizer OR a dessert. I think that is very misleading considering the word «or» is no where to be found and there are plus signs in between the different parts of the meal. So I paid 7 € for a cup of soup and 7 € for «falafel» nuggets and potato wedges. Terrible deal!
Then, I was over charged for my drink by a little over 2 €. But at that point I just want to leave and I could tell by the waitress’ expression that’s what she wants too.
Definitely won’t be coming back.

Bar resto sans prétention jute à côté du Centre Pompidou. Le menu du jour n’est pas très cher et il est très correct. L’accueil est très sympa et souriant et les enfants sont accueillis avec le sourire (et un menu leur est dédié).

Very casual, yummy Morrocan and French food served with fast, friendly service. The chicken and citron tagine was delicious. The perfect place for a quick bite, and they sometimes also have live jazz. Note that the elaborate ceiling is a historic landmark. With so many ho-​hum choices in this touristy area, Chouchou is a standout.

I’ve been making my way through Paris’s onion soups. So far this one has been the best. I’ve had it twice now. All of my main courses have been excellent as well. The service is also excellent and charming.

We stumbled off the metro from CDG, checked into our AirBnB and stumbled out again, landing at Chouchou bar. We were tired and jet-​lagged and the lovely guy who stands in front to rope us in was successful.
Atmosphere: We got a nice table just inside — the windows were open so it was like we were outside but with a roof :-) The atmoshpere was comfortable, not loud and pleasantly bustling. I loved it. I got a campari and soda and all was right with the world.
The host also did some waiter duty and he was nice to my son, so I was elated! The rest of the servers were not as charming but service was fine.
We ordered escargot — I used to order them frequently from the Crêpe Bistro in Davis — a cute place run by a French expat French professor. The escargot was always divine at the Crêpe Bistro. Chouchou’s were muddy and not a good introduction for my daughter. Perhaps they forgot the step where they feed the snails cornstarch. Bleh.
I am always happy to travel to get away from the aversion to anything besides cow and chicken legs. I was pretty happy to see kidney on the menu. My mom used to make kidney and it’s so good! The kidney was from a young animal and not overcooked but it tasted dirty. Double bleh.
Nevertheless, Chouchou was a fine choice and the cocktail, staff and atmosphere were perfect for the evening.

J’ai testé ce resto uniquement pour boire un verre, ou plutôt plusieurs parce que l’happy hour se termine super tard dans la soirée. En plus de ça les cocktails sont hyper bien dosés, il m’a fallu 2 verres pour déjà être pompette.
Serveurs très arrangeants qui nous a ramené 2 chaises pour qu’on puisse rejoindre notre groupe d’amis qui était venu plus tôt.
Je recommande :)

Location is just by George Pompidou center and 2 minutes from a metro station, if that is not appealing enough the food is excellent.
Add to that live music and you have a good idea what to expect when you seat.
Service could get better but it’s Paris.

Great little place in a very busy area behind the museum. Could not have asked for a better change of pace from French food

Un très bon accueil sur un fond de musique de jazz live en sirotant un Mojito… La carte est étoffée de divers plats de très bon rapport qualité prix!

Un restaurant pas mal !
Je mets surtout les 4 étoiles pour :
— les serveurs et serveuses qui sont vraiment agréables et réactifs
— le service qui est hyper rapide (8min)
— la variété des plats proposés, ce qu’il faut !
— la formule à 13 € 95 le soir qui vous remplit l’estomac
— l’Happy Hour jusque 21h
— les musiciens du soir, un jazz caressant et très agréable !
Malgré tout cela ce n’est pas parfait. Le supplément (1 € 50) le soir/​WE/​jour férié qu’on né voit pas forcément sur la carte. Les plats né sont pas très très bien présentés (mais au vu du prix on né peut vraiment que se réjouir, c’est quand même vraiment bon, mon faux-​filet était si tendre !), et les boissons non-​alcoolisées sont chères (4 € 40 le Coca), même si l’Happy Hour est appréciable pour les pintes à 5 € 50.
Mais dans l’ensemble c’est vraiment super ! Un bon plan pour manger pas cher dans le quartier. Je vous le conseille !

Bien placé à côté de Beaubourg, ce restaurant est souvent pleins de touristes … Mais étant bien noté par la communauté Unilocal,je décide de m’y rendre.
Il y a beaucoup de plats à la carte, mais la grande originalité, est qu’il y a des plats français et marocains.
Je décide de goûter le filet de bar à la mangue et mon ami prend la tajine au poulet & miel.
Le poisson est plutôt bon, mais le riz l’accompagnant trop cuit.
La tajine n’est pas trop mal non plus, mais trop sucrée à mon goût.
Les prix sont corrects, les plats sont à environ 14 – 15 €.
Bref, vous pouvez vous y rendre si vous n’avez pas d’autres choix mais je pense que le quartier offre de meilleures alternatives.

Un super bar restaurant aux pieds de Beaubourg pour un happy hour sur des airs de jazz.
Le chouchou est l’adresse idéale que vous souhaitiez boire un verre entre amis ou dîner. Les tajines et couscous valent le détour et sont toujours servis avec le sourire le tout pour un prix raisonnable.

We stopped here for dinner because it was a sunny day in Paris and they have an outside patio. Sadly, we were not seated outside. Nevertheless, we ordered our food and were pleasantly surprised with the flavors and price. I ordered the lamb with fig and walnuts tagine, and hubby ordered the skirt steak with frites. My tagine was quite flavorful and came with a nice and fluffy couscous. Hubby’s frites were excellent, the skirt steak was flavorful — albeit a bit chewy. The bill for our meal was very reasonable. In fact, this is one of the cheapest restaurants we have eaten at in Paris.
Overall: The service was good, they provide English menus, they take credit cards, the bathroom is clean, and the ambiance is lively. I would go again.

my friend and I were visiting paris from canada and we where looking for some french cuisine with a nice environment and that was reasonably priced. chouchou is all the above and more. the service here was very good and the food was fantastic. the staff spoke english and French which was nice. they had a fixed price menu and we both ordered the french onion soup and the chicken dish, both of which were very yummy. I wish we could have gone back to this place.

Rue montorgueil is a beautiful place for walking and hanging out. A lot of boutique shops, and petite café at every corner. Had lunch at Chouchou and it was good. The duck was prepared like a steak and didn’t taste like duck at all, in a good way. The steak wasn’t tender but the flavor and sauce topping was very good. Frites was also fantastic.

Mon QG avec mes amis!
J’adore l’ambiance jazzy du soir avec de vrais musiciens! Le personnel est très sympathique et toujours à l’écoute.
Je recommande le couscous et le tajine que je prends souvent lorsque je viens dîner.
Possibilité de se poser en terrasse pour prendre un verre entre amis en été, effet vacances garanti !

When the drizzle abated, we decided to eat outside under the awning of this randomly chosen spot. I had onion soup (for the weather — salty but good) and a skirt steak cooked medium because we couldn’t communicate what medium-​rare meant. It came topped with sauteed shallots (too sweet), a blasé salad of no consequence, and very ordinary fries. During dinner, we met an old poet, Philip Sentner, who tried to ply a meal off the date. «I’m so hungry,» he said. And he did look desperately hungry and I thought, what would Henry Miller do? So I made him a deal — leave the lady alone and he could have what was left of my meal. I was not hungry and ate about a third of my steak (quite large), none of the salad, and a couple of the fries. He seemed to enjoy the meal, but of course he would. This experience with a cliché — a starving French poet — made the meal much more memorable. The food itself was ordinary.

Un sitio ideal para cenar. Tocan jazz en directo y la comida está deliciosa con precios razonables. Preparan platos de influencia marroquí buenísimos y sirven buen vino.

Friendly staff, reasonable prices, street is not busy so noise is low. All the soups were very good, Chicken Tangine with lemon was very good as was the salmon wrapped in a light crust; Moelleux au chocolat, crème anglaise was excellent. Hot chocolate was also excellent. Extensive menu.

This place is only about a block from where I live in Paris, and its located on a very nice and busting street. There are a lot of choices for restaurants on this block but the menu for this one looked nice enough.
It was 13.90 € for Entrée+Plat OR Plat+Dessert so you dont exactly get the full on 3 course thing. We came here for lunch on a Saturday and the waiter was extremely attentive. He brought the board that contained the items for the formule to our table and patiently explained a few things we didnt understand.
Entrée: soup de l’oignon
This dish was a little sub-​par in my opinion. It was a tad too salty for me and there wasn’t that much cheese in it (disappointing!!) The bread still had a taste of oil/​grease in it from it probably being fried or crisp-​ed in oil? Not really sure.
Plat: confit de canard
This dish was very good. It was the the thigh of a fuck with thinly sliced potato medallions. The potatoes were roasted to be crispy and had good seasoning on it. When I ordered this dish, I wasn’t exactly sure what part of the duck I was getting. The thigh isn’t exactly my favorite so I wasn’t crazy about this dish but objectively speaking it was executed well.
I’m giving this place 4 stars because of the great service, good location, and because my two other friends really liked what they ordered. It was steak with a green peppercorn sauce with frites. They loved it.
I saw the other tables had really yummy looking tagine things in those big dishes… I really want to try that.

La soirée a plutôt bien commencé au Chouchou et s’est très mal terminée Accueil chaleureux certes, plats copieux et serveurs souriants mais alors au moment du départ Grosse, grosse crise de nerfs de la part du gérant qui s’énerve que nous payons tous notre part par carte bleue. Il en devient méprisant et a un mot détestable pour chacun. En effet, l’établissement prend la carte bancaire à partir de 15 EUR et la plupart des plats sont à 14,50EUR Bref, le gérant a bien cassé l’ambiance et fera que nous né retournerons plus dans cet établissement.

Ayant envie de manger un couscous, je vais sur l’appli QYPE, et je cherche une resto avec de bonne notation (merci Angelix) arrivée sur place en soirée un duo de musiciens joue du jazz, tres bon accueil, on nous place sur un table pour 4 on est 2 et on nous demande si l’on veut etre cote a cote, je suis surpris mais j’accepte (ce qui a ete pratique pour voir le duo de musiciens jouer) on choisi une salade de chevre chaud pour 2 en entrée, un regal, ensuite moi un couscous royal et ma moitie un tagine aux poulets resultats c’etait trop bon mais trop copieux il y a meme la possibilite de redemander du bouillon ou de la semoule. Au final, repus plus de place pour le dessert ce n’est que partie remise, tres bon rapport qualite prix

Super restaurant alliant cuisine marocaine et musique Jazz en live (un guitariste et un contrebassiste jouent au milieu des clients). Carte variee pour tous les gouts (pas seulement marocain). Les tagines sont délicieux, de bonnes portions, pour un prix raisonnable.

–Food= 3.8 Star
–Service = 3.5 Star
–Atomosphere = 3.5 Star
(Maybe a little bit more because it has a terrace and great view of those wandering the streets in Paris.)
–Meal Price = 5 star
This was not the first choice of restaurants we wanted to go to during lunch that day. We passed by it in search for a Moroccan restaurant known for its (with great online reviews) Couscous. Sadly, the place wasn’t opened until 5pm. So as we walked back we chose this place out of all the little outdoor rustic restaurants because we saw how great the food looked as we passed by earlier.
Walking the restrooms were first used. Thank you lord it was clean and roomy! The french tend to have small, ‘petite’ sized restrooms and feels very claustrophobic. I mean seriously, a toilet is a dirty place, the last thing you want to be is in a small cramped room of just a toilet right! Inhaling all that gross air and slowly causing a slow death of toilet bowl fumes! Yuck! Sorry, Anyways Major plus it was pretty tidy & roomy even if it was a Unisex restroom.
We sat down and as we viewed the menu my boyfriend was quite pleased they also served Couscous. A great selection of one too! There was four of us, and I ordered the ½ rotisserie chicken with sauteed potatoes, they were actually just fried potato wedges (weird). Boyfriend the Lamb Shank and Merguez Sasuage Couscous, and his two cousins were Veggie Couscous and Steak with bernaise sauce and Potato wedges like mines. Anywho, I don’t quite remember how much their meals were but I was shocked my plate was only 11,90 Euros. My chicken was a huge amount, they slabbed on a bunch of wedges and it came with a small side salad! The Couscous came out looking great. As well as the steak. Yum. I love steak.
All in all it was a worth-​it resatuarnt. What made it even greater was for the 4 of us with all large meals, the total came out to be just under 54,00 Euros. Seriously, WOW! That’s usually the cost of a meal for 2 and maybe 3 if you do the conversions from US dollars. This place was not only cheap but the food tasted even better than good since it was Cheap! Who doesn’t love cheap great food? I know I do!

Vous aimez comme moi le mélange des genres? Dégustez dans le cadre d’une brasserie authentique une cuisine simple et copieuse. Couscous ou tartare?

We stopped in here for lunch while in Paris and had a truly fine meal. I had the lasagna, which was quite good, and my wife had a steak, which was also really tasty. Service was fast and efficient and the prices were reasonable. Can’t ask for much more really!

It’s a fine place near Les Halles and Beaubourg they have set menu and they did let me change the main course for a tagine which I was craving for.
They have a terrace on the street and the service was good. The tagine was fine but I was expecting better in Paris.

Bar/​resto très sympa à deux pas du centre Pompidou. Happy hour de 16h30 à 23h, grande pression à 5 euros: imbattable dans le quartier.

Excellent restaurant, service chaleureux et efficace, carte fournie franci-​marocaine. Tres bon couscous, menu plat-​dessert ou entrée-​plat a 13.50EUR

un coin de Maroc à deux pas de Beaubourg. Personnel sympa, carte fournie. A gouter le tajine de poulet au miel…

Ce bar/​restaurant très sympa situé rue Rambuteau, non loin du centre Pompidou propose un happy hours jusqu’à 23H30!!! ça, c’est vraiment génial!
Je connais malheureusement peu de bars parisiens qui ont un happy hours si tard!
L’accueil est sympa et poli, ce bar — qui fait aussi, et avant tout — restaurant marocain, est très propre, bien entretenu et bien décoré ;
Vous pouvez vous installer à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur (même quand il fait un peu froid il y a des chauffages au dessus de nos têtes), la rue est tranquille, parfait pour passer un bon moment!
Le service est rapide.
Je n’ai fais que boire des verres mais j’ai pu me rendre compte que les plats et menus étaient à des prix très abordables!
Je recommande donc ce bar très sympa pour boire une pinte ou un cocktail après la fin des traditionnels happy hours 18−21h ou manger un délicieux plat marocain!

Bön petit restau à la carte franco marocaine variée et accessible (13,50EUR)

Restaurant et bar, Chouchou me plaît surtout pour sa belle et grande terrasse, son service excellent et ses bons petits plats. En fait, il me plaît pour tout. L’endroit est joliment décoré, un tout petit peu cher pour ce qu’ils font mais compréhensible pour le quartier.
En somme, une très bonne adresse.

Durch Zufall sind wir beim Bummeln zur Mittagszeit in dieses Restaurant gegangen, wobei uns nicht direkt klar war, dass es sich um ein marokkanisches Restaurant handelt. Das Mittagsmenu war günstig (12,50), die Portionen umfangreich und die Bedienung freundlich. Wir sind keine Kenner der marokkanischen Küche, aber das Essen hat gut geschmeckt und war auf alle Fälle seinen Preis wert.

tres bon restaurant, le couscous est divin, la tagine fabuleuse et le personnel est tres sympa par contre on attend beaucoup le resto est souvent a craquer mais bon il faut savoir attendre pour prendre un bon repas