Awesome Restaurant Review Web Site: La Fourchette .com

The restaurants are rated by the customers, and "La Fourchette" offers discounts if you book through their site.They even have an English version to the site (press on the English flag on the very top left).

I first used "La Fourchette" when my husband, daughter and myself were in Paris, standing in front of a tiny Japanese restaurant lost next to the André Citroën's Park.  It was 11:30 AM, the restaurant was empty, and I was already hungry (well.... I'm always hungry). Sushi is a rarity in Bretagne where we now live, but we use to have it all the time when we were in Boston. Ahhhh, the take-out food in Boston..............

Anyhow... I don't venture easily in an unknown Japanese restaurant. I like my sushi fresh. And my rice well cooked. Olivier was not convinced either, and I could feel I would soon be sushi-frustrated as Olivier was already lurking at a distant Indian restaurant (yes, we don't eat much French food in Paris... again, we are Ethnic food deprived in Brittany).

Before our trip, I had stumbled upon "la fourchette.com" (outch) when I had been looking for reviews on a fancy restaurant we were contemplating. I thought the site was smart, and I had forwarded it to Olivier who had in time downloaded the free apps for his iPhone (also available for Droid).

So we checked to see if our restaurant was in there: and it was, with grand reviews on top of it! How satisfying :-) By 12:30, the place was packed and serving fresh sushi and an excellent Japanese buffet. Yeahhhh !!!

The feature I like the best about "La fourchette" is that it has a 'by subway station" search: you type in your subway station, and get the list of restaurants in walking distance. Great feature for Paris!