Cafe Rabelais

Cafe Rabelais reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Ron VIP

   Houston45 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The menu is well edited, the food is excellent, the ambience is quiet and fitting. Unfortunately the service is schizophrenic. Our server was infinitely more interested in chatting up the other staff and apparently could not be bothered to do her job. Fortunately, the the other servers whom ours had not yet buttonholed recognized the problem and leaped into the breach.
   

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   Ralph VIP

   West Palm Beach32 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Jesus did a great job of welcoming us and made a great wine recommendation! Food was fantastic. We are visiting MD Anderson for treatment from Florida. It was a great get a way for a special Evening!!
   

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   JoAnne

   New Orleans2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food. Had beef burgignon. Service was good but harried. Could have used another waiter as restaurant was full. But a very enjoyable evening overall.
   

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   Raphael VIP

   San Francisco20 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A classic in Rice Village for 25+ years - I use to come quite often when I lived near by, great place, great menu for French expats like myself. Back in town after many years, could not resist but have lunch there: no disappointment, the menu is still very Parisian, great ingredients, right portion size, very friendly service and a fabulous wine list (even though I did not indulge). A number of classical French bistro dishes, salades niçoise, escargots, boeuf Bourguigon and steak-frites, to name a few. Desert menu is nice too. Hope Café Rabelais is still there for my next visit, hopefully before the next 25 years.
   

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   mary

   San Francisco22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 20, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   As always, We had a lovely experience. Excellent food wine and service.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Houston1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always great food great people, I love this place
   

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   Binh

   Chicago1 review

   2.0

   Dined on March 7, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Easy to find. Lots of parking. Service was great. Place felt cozy. However food suck. Appetizer we shared Mussels Rabelais and frog legs. Both were ok, nothing outstanding. The whole dinner, i enjoyed the frog leg sauce the most. Our main course were Duck Confit Feuillete and Stuffed quail. We wanted rack if lamb but was sold out. Both courses tasted normal. Nothing outstanding. I can make better tasting food. I wouldnt recommend coming here. They need to taste their own food. Sad it has potential just horrible cooks or chef. I always enjoyed rainbow lodge or brennars, this place, to me, is a dissappointment
   

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   Nora VIP

   New York City17 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 5, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had an amazing lunch at Cafe Rebelais. We ordered the mussels and the escargot, the mussels were very creamy, I wosh we had ordered fries but the gave us bread and it was delicious. We also had the salmon, the chicken and the beef burgignon. All three plates were fantastic. I would totally go back!
   

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   ThorndikeH

   Houston7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 5, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Told them it was a birthday for a friend, but they did not acknowledge the birthday. But food was excellent! Wine was great…recommended by our waitress.
   

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    LoriM

    Houston12 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 1, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    As always, the food and the service is perfect. Our waiter was attentive and quick to serve.
    

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