Cafe Normandie

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   james

   VIP

   Washington DC

   76 reviews

   4.0

   76 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Very good food with a very nice wine and cocktail menu! Friendly service and a nice place for dinner in downtown Annapolis. Can't wait to go back!
   

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   Margaret

   Washington DC

   12 reviews

   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   I absolutely love Cafe Normandie, it never disappoints. Today I took a friend for a birthday lunch, and it was lovely. For this visit, I rated it a 4 rather than a 5 because the escargot, while delicious, were short—out of a dozen, four had inaccessible fillings.
   

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   Jenn

   Washington DC

   53 reviews

   5.0

   53 reviews

   Dined on December 15, 2024

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

   Delicious! Fabulous service! Perfect for or girls brunch!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Philadelphia

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 15, 2024

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

   Wonderful experience! Our table was ready on time. Oh my goodness.
   

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   Emily

   Baltimore

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 15, 2024

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

   Great atmosphere! Food was excellent! Server was awesome. Would absolutely recommend and come back again!
   

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   John

   Baltimore

   49 reviews

   4.0

   49 reviews

   Dined on December 15, 2024

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

   Very good place to eat. We usually eat there once a year. Service was very good. Food was very good and hot out of the kitchen.
   

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   Jason

   Baltimore

   9 reviews

   1.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on December 14, 2024

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

   The blandest food this side of Hell’s Kitchen. No taste.
   

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   Sherri

   Richmond

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on December 14, 2024

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

   We visited on a Saturday evening with 5:30 reservations. We were promptly seated at an upstairs table. It took several minutes (10-15) before our waitress visited our table. She was doing a great job - I think she had too many tables and was struggling to keep up. Drinks and apps were brought up pretty quickly but then it was at least a 45 minute wait before our meals were served. My daughter’s steak was under seasoned and very fatty and we had to ask for a steak knife since they didn’t bring one ahead of time or with the steak. My risotto with scallops was very good!! I don’t understand charging $4 for a serving of bread and butter for the table. Seems excessive. Overall, we would not feel the need to go back.
   

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   Sherri

   Baltimore

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on December 14, 2024

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

   This charming, cozy restaurant is a perennial favorite of ours. The food is consistently good with French favorites you can't find anywhere else in the area, such as bone marrow, escargot, and crepes. I am particularly fond of the trout almondine, and even though roast chicken sounds boring, it certainly is not. We appreciate that we never feel rushed. This is not a place that is counting the minutes until they can flip the table and doesn't look askance at customers who want to savor their cocktails before ordering appetizers.
   

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    Keith

    VIP

    Hawaii

    18 reviews

    5.0

    18 reviews

    Dined on December 8, 2024

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

    We have adopted Cafe Normandie as our favorite local restaurant. Our most recent visit was Sunday evening in the holiday period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was crowded with happy diners. As my apetite is modest, and their portions usually are generous, I had as a starter their crab on a portabelle mushroom (excellent), and for my main, another starter, my favorite, escargots (12!) and a side of asperagus. Those, with drinks and a sambuca following were perfect. My spouse followed the same plan but with different choices. We happened to strike up a conversation with a couple from North Carolina, from whom I had overheard a comment that being in Annapolis for only one day, they chose Cafe Normandie, as they were familiar with the Annapolis restaurant scene rom previous visits. Jean-Louie -- owner and chef -- came out to greet us, as he often does.
    

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