5.0 Illios, 61 Rue Ramey in the 18th, 01.42.23.67.60, also La Fouchette/Fork, closed Saturday lunch and Sundays (Metro: Jules Joffrin) is a place you've been by many times if you take any bus up the Mont, but I can guarantee you've never popped in; why? because Illios sounds Greek not Mediterranean, because it's not got those Pudlo, GM, etc signs outside or because you've never heard of it - ah, but one of my loyal readers had and recommended it to me as a nice French neighborhood place.
My starters was peppers stuffed with frsh cheese and herbs which was lovely, but my main, sole tropicale, was the reason I avoided sole for my first 50 years visiting France - tasteless and rubbery. Unfortunately neither the potatoes nor the string beans helped at all.
The price was right though - 29.50 E with a demi-carafe of white wine. dB's were not even worth recording.
Go? Unless you're a student staying in the hostel across the street I'd say no. Or enjoy seeing one guy welcome you, take your order, cook, deliver the plates, scrape them and say goodbye. I wondered what he'd do if 22 rather than 8 seats were occupied.
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