HOME > Chowhound > France >   L'Ami Louis vs Chez Denise.  If
you had to choose L'Ami Louis or Chez Denise, which would you
pick and why? just curious.    1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB
limit)   1. Chez Denise because it isn't a tourist trap. Enough
said.      16 Replies     1. re: Ptipois        Second that. But
Denise ain't exactly pesky-free,.        1. re: John Talbott
Most people go to CD to eat, while most people go to LAL to go
to LAL. Notable exceptions to this are DCM and Julot who go to
both to eat.            1. re: Ptipois              Lining up
behind Pti's pithy response but adding a few less pithy
flourishes.              In short, L'Ami Louis is a tourist trap
for (usually) smug plutocrats... good but hardly great cuisine
bourgeoise at haute cuisine prices... waiters who seem to have
been trained by Mrs Bucket (Brit TV series Keeping Up
Appearances), or so it seems to us French-speakers.
Chez Denise is full of life... very authentic and very well done
trad cuisine at p