Frog and Rosbif, The

October 8, 2009
When you lok at their web site, this seems to be a great concept. The place was full with people wathcing soccer on big screens, the guests were knocking back the home brew. A pity the beers were in the borderland between bad and boring. Good service, I got free samples of all their beers in shot glasses.

July 19, 2009
Pubs that brew and serve their own beer are always welcomed. This pub is located near the nice Marais area in Paris. Too bad the beers are not as good or special as one would have hoped for.

June 16, 2009
I visited here for lunch the other day. With most places in France seemingly to sell only 1664 or Heineken on draught, I was looking forward to getting a decent beer. I wasn’t disappointed. While they may not be award winners, they were well brewed and tasty. The price for a pint (6.50 euro) was also right in line with other Paris establishments. The wait staff was very friendly. The pub itself was modeled after an English pub, and it seemed a pretty good take on it. The food was right out of an English pub also. I had the fish & chips which were good. It was Sunday, and they were also offering an English breakfast for brunch. I would definitely stop back here again.

June 4, 2009
Visited for one pint on 22nd November 2008. Consistently good wheat beer on, called “Maison Blanche”; clip badge depicting US president-elect Obama outside the White House. All the other standard ales and keg beers like Dark de Triomphe, ParisLytic, InSeine etc were available, and the food remains fairly good. Again, friendly English staff and a lively atmosphere afforded by well-chosen, tuneful music. Still a good venue for ex-pats and those after a pint of cask ale while watching the rugby, etc

April 7, 2009
Nice place for non-ratebeerians, friendly staff, comfortable and cosy. Their beers are well brewed, nothing hitting the beer-geek-radar though. The beers are expensive for dutch/belgian standards. (6.5 euro’s for a pint) The food is not too good though, but I have to say during my 4 day trip to Paris the best food I had were the sandwiches sold on the street. Paris is not the place for good food or I just had bad luck.

January 29, 2009
A London pub with a Parisian twist, strange but probably no worse than the average Bistro in London. Not far from Gare d’Nord so a convenient place to wait for the Eurostar. Seemed to be a predominantly English clientele on my visit. Beer choice is effectively limited to their own, with six available. The one’s I tried were very drinkable.

January 22, 2008
Maybe because it’s in a too touristic place that I don’t like too much, I would prefer some other location of this pub chain. The beers are questionable. I had food but too many years ago, of course I was not impressed. No reason to go there.

July 10, 2007
Seemed to be populated by folks from down under when I was there. I was pretty impressed by the quality of the real ales. Great place to escape after hazarding rue St. Denis. The decor is a bit spit and sawdust (sans spit and sawdust) rather than traditional English pub.

June 8, 2007
Stopped by to find a nice little place. Prices all reasonable. Pub like decor. I did not realize that they brewed thier own stuff until I was putting this rating in. Would have like to check some of them out.

June 18, 2005
Think this is the same place I visited in January 2001 named the Frog and Princess. I recall a British atmosphere with British football on the tellie and British-style ales. It was empty the day I went.