I eat at and review Francie in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Francie is a modern fine dining brasserie style restaurant with a Michelin Star. The establishment is perhaps most famous for their duck dish, but I try a number of their other courses including their popular soufflé cakes with caviar. Pasta is also one of Francie’s specialties.
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I feel as if you are doing a disservice to your meal when you go to such a high end place and then only drink water alongside the food. I understand that it is your choice and that you may be restricted by your budget, but if you are heading to such a high end establishment for dinner and are willing to pay for such expensive food, then your budget can probably afford to stretch to include a single glass of wine aswell, it would "only" increase the bill by another 10% of the total cost but contribute far more enjoyment than a glass of water.
The reason that I'm saying this is because we are watching you to enjoy your experience of the meal and the ambience of the restaurant, and drinks are included in that experience aswell. It is (personally) less fun as a viewer when you go to a place like this and then complain about the pricing being restrictive and you limit your own experience because of it.
None of us are going to see you on the days you are not on camera, so you can splurge on these videos and then eat a bologna sandwich as a cheap meal the next day to balance it out.
The video quality is amazing!
I sucks to pay 140 and still be hungry. That's why I have strong preference for steak houses.
Pity they didn't feed you.
Your the bomb bro, keep doing what your doing ❤
With gouging prices like that….I pass
Francie duck is real good they should make a single portion I'm going Le Jardinie this fri in little italy bronx went to a Albanian restaurant cos only one open after 9pm on valentines day called cakor and had grilled Kidney which was great
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So afterwards you went to a hamburger/pizza place.
great review as usual
NYC dining prices in comparison to Europe is ridiculous.
Seems a bit too “nouvelle cuisinish”. Main course too small. And leaving hungry is a nono
Hope to see this channel grow , great content man keep it up 🏆
I will personally say you sort of dodged a bullet with the duck. It lacked flavor in my opinion, and despite the apple sauce complimenting it beautifully, the rest of the accompaniments were not as great. They managed to overcome a good amount of the gamey taste common in ducks, I will give them that… but that isn't quite enough and being someone from a city where ducks are the specialty, it seemed to me an amateur attempt to make good ducks.
You have my permission to kill me now. tomorrow. whenever i spawn in wait for me at respawn. ill be waiting. maybe you can solve it faster than me this time. thanks sensei.
Why review brilliant restaurants when you prefer a huge pizza
Nice! Have you ever been to Le coucou, if not can you please go 🥹🙏🏾
I'm all for dine dining, but paying big money and still heading home hungry is a major turn off to me
I keep commenting and it vanishes, so if there are a few comments from me thats why. Great review, the pork looked mouth-watering! The duck sounded like it would of been amazing, another time though.
Keep up the excellent work! Love from England, UK🇬🇧👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The second course was a parody course, huh? Eating at Francie is not on my list.
Wow! He wailed on those souffle cakes! The porcetini looked huge and so delicious. I think your tummy needs to be shrunk.
So James, I like the jacket with the red contrasting lapel button hole. Could you disclose the maker? I like your videos by the way. M
James is keeping it real!!
I love your reviews. you are wonderfully honest, yet you never tear down. your details are excellent. you have a very real, lovely everyman quality. you are not pretentious in the least, yet you have a high standard, and you expect to be served quality equal to the price being charged. that is quite right. thank you for the nice balance of total honesty, mixed with a positive spirit that is looking to like more than dislike what you are being served. that is a key difference here.
I wonder if that quality inverts the more one goes on being a critic? it feels like maybe it does. and that is too bad. I loved pauline kael as a film critic because she was a very good writer, she had really good taste, though I disagreed with many of her likes and dislikes. I always respected her opinion and saw where she was coming from. at her core though was a person who was gaga about going to the movies. if she loved a film, she LOVED THE FILM. and I like a critic who shows us why they got into their art form to begin with. otherwise, it is all academic, and not based on how something makes you feel something. keep going! you have something to share with us! thanks for posting.
Hi James. I enjoy your videos so much. I hope you are taking care of yourself and getting enough to eat. I'm proud of you for calling restaurants out on small but meaningful details that they seem to have forgotten like value, courtesy, and hospitality. I have given up almost completely on fine dining except for the occasional celebratory meal at places like Jean Georges and Per Se where I know I will get my money's worth. Given that I don't eat out much anymore, I appreciate being able to eat vicariously by watching you. I would be happy to treat you to a meal at Le Crocodile. It's a place where I would like to dine, but is a little out of the way for me.
“Food without wine is a corpse…”, Andre Simon.
Just a thought, instead of spending $10 on a bottle of water, order a glass of their $16 Chateau Peyros from Madiran, FR. instead.
I appreciate the fair review! I'm a big Francie fan…I do think you missed out on their drinks- they have really excellent cocktails and a great sommelier who offers great options for those looking to spend less. Same with the cheese cart…it's such an exciting and unusual thing to see in NY and it really adds to the experience when I have gone. ….I hope one day you'll be able to come back try these things! 🙂 Francie is definitely better in a group, the duck portion is huge and can easily be split by 3 in my experience.
In a fine dining or any restaurant for that matter you have every right to send the dish back if you don’t like it or are disappointed. You should have sent that pasta dish back and request a different more appealing menu item. Regardless of cost.
If Francie receives a terrific review from Pete Wells and earned a Michelin star, why does your review matter when you don’t review the wine and cocktail selection and discuss cost through your video?