Le Paddock

Excellent place. Tuesday nights they offer mussels, fries and a house wine or draft beer for $ 17. Highly recommended

This place has one of the best, most reasonably priced brunches I have ever had. Great atmosphere, great service. They nailed it. Also very toddler friendly.

One of the best burgers in Brooklyn (and I have a very high standard). I like that they are served with generous portions of both fries and salad. My wife loves the lamb burger. The cocktails are delicious and not watered down. I don’t eat shellfish, but a lot of people there seem to love the oysters, which are a good price. Nice atmosphere as well. Some reviews said the waiters were rude, we’ve been there several times and never had a bad experience. They are French, so it adds to the charm. The prices are a little high, but it’s worth it for the quality of the experience. People going on and on about cash only. Ok, it’s a pain, but so are a million other places, there is an ATM by the door that works fine. We’ll be back on the regular.

I went to this restaurant for brunch today. The waiter, who was extremely rude, brought out a meal that I did not order. I sent it back — then the manager comes over to me telling me that it is indeed what I ordered and literally keeps asking me if I want it. At this point, I wanted nothing to get out of the restaurant. They brought the food back, I paid the bill, and left. Too bad, the food is generally good, but the service today was horrendous.

Ended up here on a whim for New Year’s Eve dinner after other plans fell through. We strolled in without a reservation at 6:30PM and were promptly seated at the bar, and it was a fantastic experience beginning to end. My boyfriend and I both ordered the Modern Cocktail, which was delicious; we split the crabcake as an app. His pork loin was tender and delicious, and my roast free-​range chicken was to DIE for — the portions were quite large, and the accompanying vegetables (brussels sprouts for me and cauliflower for him) were cooked to perfection.
Service at the bar was excellent and the bartender was attentive and on the ball, even on such a crazy night for food service. Props to him.
We’ll definitely be back, considering that we’re right in the neighborhood.

I bit into a large insect (I believe it was a cockroach) in my salad over brunch. Needless to say, I will not be returning to Le Paddock.

Excellent Brunch, dinner and more. One of my favorite places in Brooklyn.

Staff is rude and uninterested in guests. Our waiter did not once look anyone at our table in the eye. NONE of the staff thanked us once or was polite in anyway while we went out of our way to thank them for taking our order, bring us our food or drinks and when I paid.
I guess they are too busy stroking their beards and posing with their thick rimmed glasses (most likely not prescription) to be attentive and polite.
Food was nice. The burger I ate was cooked really well, which is for some reason hard to do for most places and my wife and friends really liked their food.
Pretty darn pricey to be treated so poorly by lame cookie cutter hipsters.
I will never go back.

Came here for brunch and was very happy! Crab cake sandwich was great, drinks were wonderful. Downside? Cash only. Also slightly hot on this chilly day.

I actually found the food to be quite good and menu diverse. But echoing many sentiments in these reviews, the credit card issue is a deal-​breaker. It’s 2015, folks. And the dishonesty surrounding it: they don’t post it anywhere, it’s not on their menu, and as soon as you get your bill, they gleefully point to their ATM which they collect a large service charge on… is absurd and poor business. This isn’t 1975 and they’re not a low-​priced diner! I was so excited to go back for dinner, but I will refrain until they start accepting cards and come into the 21^st century. Good riddance.

I joined some friends for brunch and really liked my grapefruit and arugula salad. Everything was fresh and in great proportion. While I was trying to be healthy, I couldn’t help but eye my friend’s breakfast pizza with eggs on top. If you’re feeling gluttonous, one how only imagine how good that pizza must be.
They also serve a rad cold brew, that yes, comes in a mason jar, but it’s adorable prospect park adjacent brooklyn, deal with it!

We spied this place while visiting the area and decided to give it a try even after reading the reviews. Our server was very friendly and as we were one of maybe 2 other couples in the restaurant service was fast and attentive. Our orders were mussels and flammekueche. The mussels were excellent, fresh plump and nicely seasoned with white wine and shallots. The flammekueche was generously adorned with leeks, bacon and Gruyère. I would have requested it stay in the oven another minute or so to caramelize the bacon and other toppings. We would eat there again if in the area.

I really wanted to like this place. Having just moved to the neighborhood, the hubby and I wanted to celebrate my new job at a night out in the middle of the week. Unfortunately, after a few hours after the meal the celebration ended abruptly with food poisoning. I reached out to 311 but they closed the case since they say anything could have caused my food poisoning from the morning of or even two days prior to my incident. I will never know but between the pizza and mussels, I must say the mussels were probably the culprit. It was the day before the mussels night special so I could have eaten the older, last batch.

Hahaha this place has 4 and 5 star reviews. Mind boggles. Had twice. Dinner and brunch. Both extreme disappointments. Lamb burger for dinner was so bland and boring that I could not even fathom how something so flavorful like lamb can be turned out to this.
Brunch bacon and eggs was dismal. Honestly. I got one burnt strip of bacon. Not even kidding or exaggerating. One charred strip.
Iced coffee was hilarious too. Poured a tiny big of milk to it and it turned out white. Cause there was no coffee in it.
Service is not the best if its busy. Forgot my milk for the coffee. Took ages to get it. Check was slammed on the table mid meal.
Just do not understand how they are so busy. Sure there’s not much options in the immediate neighborhood but the quality of le paddock is unacceptably poor to me.
EDIT: walked past these guys and saw the sanitary B that I’ve missed previously. NOT a pleasant read on the restaurant inspection dot nyc dot gov site. LIVE ROACHES PRESENT. Ouch. EVIDENCE OF MICE. Double ouch.

This was my second time at Le Paddock, and I’m happy to say that this one redeemed all of the disappointment of the first. I was here for a birthday in October, and got a pizza margherita, and it was terrible. The thin pizza crust was soft as soaked pita bread and the cheese wasn’t great; you know there’s a problem when the best part of a pizza is the sauce.
Fast forward to another friend’s birthday party this past Saturday — a completely different experience. I usually use the pizza margherita as my standard to assess a place’s pizza quality, but there are so many good reviews for their pizzas that I decided to ignore my reservations and try the Mediterranean pizza; some places do a much better job on pizzas with toppings than without. And happily, Le Paddock is one of them! This pizza was much better than that of my first visit; the roasted tomatoes and goat cheese were delicious and they didn’t go too heavy on the caramelized onions. The crust was still softer than it should have been, and the olives were the canned, pitted kind, but it was still very tasty overall. Also, this time I got to try a few of the appetizers, and the standout was definitely the Flash-​Fried Brussels Sprouts. The Smoked Eggplant purée was all right, though a bit bland, and the Salmorejo dip and the La Padduck were both popular with the rest of the party, though I didn’t try it myself. On the wine, I got their house Cote du Rhone; I’ve never seen one as a house wine, so I figured it might not be a great one, but a Cote du Rhone is a Cote du Rhone, right? It actually tasted a lot more like a jammy Merlot.
Though the food can be a little hit or miss (more hit than miss it seems), I really gave Le Paddock the fourth star for the service. The staff was extremely friendly, helpful and accommodating for both birthday parties, and both were on Saturday nights too, so I have to give them props for that. If you’re having a party for 10 – 14 and are looking for a nice but casual restaurant with good food, reasonable prices and a candle-​lit ambiance, this is a great option.

After we moved from restaurant-​central Smith street to very sleepy Windsor Terrace, I became nervous at the lack of restaurants nearby. Luckily, we have Le Paddock which has been straight-​up delicious for brunch, lunch, and dinner.
Duck salad. Lamb burgers. Omelets. Oysters. Great french-​bistro fare and friendly folks.
A great little neighborhood spot.

Their Spiced Pork Chop is a very special must see dish
Appertizers are great as well and so are the pizzas
All in all this is a really special place in Brooklyn, entered right away to my top 5
Very simple and nice atmosphere and staff treatment

We have been waiting to check Le Paddock out for sometime but this time so glad we did after my neighbor went there for her birthday how good it was. So we decided to go on Thursday for some $ 1 oysters. We ordered some oysters, pizza and the rib special they had for the night. The oysters were good, the pizza was good as well, loved the sauce, the rib special was good, they need bottle the sauce they had on them, it was that good.
The owner walked around to all the tables, which is always a classy touch. The waitstaff were very sweet and didn’t rush you. They only take cash, but understand, keeps your overhead cause down. They do have an ATM in the corner.

Not sure how this place has gotten so many stars. Perhaps the pizza is good. My overall sentiment about the food can be summed up in one word: lazy.
Almost everything we had seemed to be thrown together without much thought or effort. We were there last night, which is $ 1 oyster night. The two sauces served with the oysters were both lacking and kind of ruined the oyster experience. The cocktail sauce didn’t have enough horseradish or lemon and tasted way too much like ketchup. The mignonette seemed to be just vinegar with a few pieces of shallot thrown in.
My entrée was the mussels special: spicy coconut milk and cilantro. This was so watery and flavorless, it was almost unbelievable.
My boyfriend had the pork chop with asparagus, which were both overcooked and disappointing.
For dessert, I tried the lemon pot de crème. Wow. It tasted like lemon flavored cool whip. Horrible.
To be fair, there were a few highlights: the french fries, the bread and butter and the almond peach cake. All really excellent.
I guess it’s busy and popular because there aren’t many options in that hood, but if I were those people I’d spend my money at Brooklyn Commune which has infinitely better food.

Très bon, très sympa

Having been here for brunch and dinner, I can say I’m a big fan of this place. Since it’s not on or near the main street, you gotta really want to come here to dine which many folks do (It’s always packed).
The place is very casual but with a homey feel. Their brunch menu features great specials. They have a good wood burning oven presenting with great pizza dishes. We’ve ordered the Harvest pizza made with kale, bacon, feta, red onions, chili flakes. Eggs Benedict was also a good dish.
For dinner, I’ve had the steamed mussels in garlic sauce and fries. The mussels were very fresh and came in a good portion. My husband had the baby spinach salad with chorizo and the tomato soup special. We were satisfied from both of our dishes. And most of the meals we saw on other tables looked equally delicious.
Fast and attentive service
Prices were reasonable. Cash only!