Restaurant review: Dining at Le Perroquet, we fooled ourselves into thinking we were in Paris

Le Perroquet is a solid attempt at recreating a French Bistro with modern takes on classic French dishes and a kitchen that is trying hard — not everything works, but what does is excellent.

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Yes, I know that 2019 is not that long ago, but doesn't it seem longer? I visited Paris in the summer of 2019 and Burgundy the following November — it feels like a decade ago.

Le Perroquet describes themselves as “a little taste of Paris in Dublin”, so it sounded like a fine place to spend a cool January afternoon in the company of the Physicist and a visiting friend from Montréal. The menu and décor do mimic many a French Bistro and with Yves Montand and Juliette Gréco providing a soothing soundscape, we did manage to fool ourselves a little.