Le Petit Nice Passedat - Gérald Passedat

Robert Bruce W.1 year ago

10

The foid and service were impeccable.

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Le Petit Nice Passedat - Gérald Passedat

Dear Robert Bruce, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. We are thrilled to read that both the food and service at our 3 Michelin-star restaurant exceeded your expectations. It’s especially rewarding to know that Chef Gérald Passedat’s unique approach to Mediterranean cuisine left a lasting impression on you. We will be sure to share your thoughtful assessment with our entire team, who will be honored to know that their dedication contributed to making your experience so memorable. It would be our greatest pleasure to welcome you back to Le Petit Nice. Warm regards, Julie Coulon Le Petit Nice Passedat

Benjamin L.1 year ago

10

absolutely outstanding, ocean-inspired cuisine.

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Thorn R.1 year ago

6.0

Ambience was super. Service generally was ok, nothing special, but particularly fell short when there was a problem in the kitchen with one of our principal courses, and no one alerted us until we inquired why it was taking so long. While the cuisine was inventive, we did not care for many of the flavors. Having had a spectacular meal at AM the previous night, this was very disappointing.

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Jeremiah B.1 year ago

6.5

This was the most disappointing experience at a Michelin starred restaurant, at any star level, that I’ve ever had (note: I’ve eaten at dozens of M* restaurants around the world, including 9 different 3 stars). Our experience was so bad it’s actually making me question the fidelity of the Michelin rating system overall. The menu is very, very fish forward. In fact, all dishes (on this particular menu) revolve around seafood dishes from the area. Counterintuitively, the WORST part of every plate was the fish. All other ingredients were beautifully selected, prepared and presented, but the fish was either flavorless or unpleasantly pungent (“fishy” one might say). Usually when I leave a three star I am uncomfortably full; this time I was hungry. We spent the 10 days prior to this dinner eating a Michelin * restaurants in the area eating ALL THESE SAME fish and loved them, so it is mind blowing how at this restaurant all the fish we cherished in the days before were so bad.

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Rubens P.1 year ago

10

Chef Passedat is a remarkable master in preparing seafood. Every dish is a gift for the senses and a true rendition to French haut-cuisine in its most wonderful format. If this wouldn’t be enough, service is impeccable and the place itself makes room for one of the most beautiful restaurant views in the world ! In summary: a once in a lifetime gastronomic experience ! Congratulations !

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Marek D.more than 2 years

10

That’s the best restaurant on the planet. No exaggeration.

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Brian C.more than 2 years

10

The restaurant is superbly situated, the staff were very helpful and friendly, and the whole meal was made into an event, rather than just a meal.

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Arnaud D.more than 2 years

9.0

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Un-World Food (or the mother of all bouillabaisse) Le petit Nice, ça se mérite. First, there is the hassle of finding a parking space (and then the worry of leaving your car on an unsecured street of Marseille -better having a “13” license plate). Second, you have to find and enter Le Petit Nice compound (a gated community with an automatic portal, like the Sao Paulo mansions -and you will keep hearing the noise of airplanes and helicopters circling around during the evening). Third, there is the beautiful view over with the distant Montagne de l’Aigle and Ile Maire, which you get as replicas on your table, but you know that what lays before you is a multicultural but often poor and violent metropolis, and that you are seating in a secluded ghetto where you cannot help feeling some discomfort (while hearing the shouting of kids playing on the rocks underneath the terrasse). Fourth, there is the brigade, a well trained and disciplined crew, but very serious about its business, and a bit mechanical in its greetings and descriptions of the dishes (or maybe it was stress or weariness about the unusual circumstances). Then, the show begins… What is striking from the very first amuse-bouches is the distinctive character and personality of the Chef. This does not look and taste like anything you ever had. It has its own music and palette, it does not try to imitate any model and if there are some classical inspirations, it is always re-interpreted in the Chef’s style and manner. “Un-world food” as the antithesis of comforting “world food” you can get any place on the planet and which always tastes the same. At Le Petit Nice, everything comes with a twist, but it is never gratuitous, it is part of the big picture that progressively comes together with every dish. We chose My Bouille Abaisse menu. The starters include a fish soup, whose ingredients are in a tea bag and which turns blue like the Mediterranean sea in front of you, supposedly to iodize your palate. The first stage is a shell fish carpaccio, very thinly sliced, it almost feels liquid and you barely need to chew its delicate texture. The second stage is a light prelude to what is to come: 4 pieces of fish with subtle differences in texture and taste in a saffron bouillon. Next comes the main dish: three simple pieces of Saint Pierre, Lotte and Maigre, served on a plate with a few holes that rests on a container filled with water and seaweed to keep them warm. And, as a side dish, a bowl of bouillabaisse. From the look, nothing special, it could be any fish soup. But then, you taste it, and it is a passageway to a different world, like the secret doors or staircases in Murakimi’s novels. Rich, complex, a whole universe of its own. It awakes taste buds you did not know you had. It brings you back childhood memories, although your grandma never made bouillabaisse, but you whish she had so that this one could reminisce you of it. And you suddenly feel sad because you realize you may never again live such experience. What is the secret? The waiter says it’s the favouille rock crabs. But it must be something in the DNA of the Passedat family, handed over from generation to generation. And Marseille looks beautiful in the sunset, rich of its 2600 years history, and you feel a privileged guest to be part of it. The shiso leave sorbet and aloe vera espuma wake you up and bring you back to mother earth. Follow a fantasy around peach and saffron (with one of the custards looking like the rouille you did not need for the bouillabaisse) and a red apple trompe-l’oeil filled with red berry mousse to ensure a smooth landing. The wine pairing was all in the understatement, matched to the most salient part of every dish, but always a note or too below so that it would never overpower the composition. The bill was astronomical, but what do you expect when shooting for the stars? At the end, you exit the compound through the automatic door and you are plunged again in your everyday life, you find your car unharmed -the Monte-Cristo ghost must have protected you, and you drive home, anxiously trying to hardwire in your synapses the already fleeting taste of this otherwordly fish soup…

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- -.more than 2 years

10

I have been to a number of 3 stars, this one is fabulous, does an excellent job of showing off the bounty of wonderful things from Provence and the Mediterranean. Only complaint, there is just too much wonderful food! The menu boulibase was fabulous but had to give up at the end.

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Le Petit Nice Passedat - Gérald Passedat

Dear Guest, Many thanks for sparing time to review your experience at Le Petit Nice Passedat. It is a delight for us to read that you enjoyed the cuisine of Chef Passedat and his crew, and that you were able to dive in to Mediterranean flavors! We are very much looking forward to welcoming you again, Warm regards from Marseille, Emeline Comtet Guest Relation Manager

Barry Y.more than 2 years

10

Good views, excellent food, good suggestion for wine pairing and complex tastes which refresh my taste bud! Definitely will come back again. It is one of the few Michelin restaurants with the theme focusing on “le mer”. The only spotlight for my visit in Marseilles. Merci beaucoup.

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Le Petit Nice Passedat - Gérald Passedat

Dear Client, What a delighful reading! Many thanks for sparing time to share your feedback. We are pleased to read that you enjoyed your dining experience at Le Petit Nice, and equally pleased to have the honor the be remembered as the "spotlight" of your visit to Marseille. We are very much looking forward to your next visit, Warm regards, Emeline Comtet, Guest Relation manager

Bogdan D.more than 2 years

10

Awsome seaside setting on a cliff; spectacular views and table service; bouillabaisse at its best; gorgeus desserts; three Michelin stars; free private parking, but on a very narrow street; outdoor seating; free wi-fi;

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Le Petit Nice Passedat - Gérald Passedat

Dear Guest, Many thanks for your kind feedback. We are delighted to read that you enjoyed your experience at Le Petit Nice Passedat. Looking forward to welcoming you again, we remain, Sincerely yours Chrystel Clément Operations manager

- -.more than 2 years

10

Finest sea bass I've ever had. Rest of meals superb

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- -.more than 2 years

10

This lunch was the most extraordinary lunch I have had the pleasure to enjoy. The food was spectacular ; the service flawless and ambience was simply great.

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Philippe G.more than 2 years

9.5

excellent etablissement

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