La Sirène

Devi Bajaj Jun 2026

Cute French restaurant in the upper west side! All the food was great from the appetizers of beef tartar, escargot and mini truffle raviolis to the mains gnocchi, steak and lamb chops. They have both indoor and outdoor seating; choose indoor for more of a formal vibe and outdoor for a more relaxed one. If there was one dish to go back for it’s definitely the tartar!

Sabrina Gulotty Apr 2026

Strong odor in the entryway where hostess was placed, the smell was seemingly coming from kitchen. The scent was strongly musty, like a very old, very stinky sponge. Kitchen looked unclean even though we got there at 11:30 and the hostess said to us they had just opened (we were also the first ones to be seated in the restaurant that morning). I ordered the burger, medium rare; I have had many medium rare burgers in the past, it is my preference. When I took my first bite I had to spit into my napkin. I was surprised. I wondered if maybe it was because the interior of the burger patty was cold and slimy, and I wasn’t prepared for the texture. I realized entire burger reeked of that musty smell from the kitchen. It was not just the burger meat, but even the tomatoes, the side salad, and the burger bun. I thought I was maybe delusional or having some sort of olfactory episode so I asked my friend to try a piece of my burger patty and the bun. He initially was skeptical, but once he tried it, he agreed that there was definitely a strange odor and texture to the meat, and recommended we send the dish back. My friend’s dish tasted perfectly normal to me. I asked our food runner for help and he was very kind in immediately offering to replace the dish or to order something different on the house. I ordered the quiche, which unfortunately had a similar smell, but it was much less noticeable, and given that there was no raw meat involved I felt much less uneasy looking past that. I’m not sure what happens in the kitchen, but I would suggest taking a look… the staff were great, who handled this as best as they could. The ambiance was cute.