Madeleine's Petit Paris - French restaurant in Northvale - 416 Tappan Rd, USA

Madeleine's Petit Paris never disappoints!! Such a lovely evening celebrating our 52nd anniversary. Our favorite place. Enjoyed the excellence of appetizers to start: Wild Mushroom Napoleon and Crab Cake Louisiana, the Baby Spinach Salad with poached pears is a favorite and we both thoroughly enjoyed the Pork Medallions Normand! Absolutely delicious! Since we didn't have room for dessert, Francois surprised us with "just enough" sweet of chocolate mousse & whipped cream with berries, a candle to make a wish on, 2 spoons and the "Happy Anniversary" song! PERFECTION from beginning to end. Thank you for a lovely evening.

One doesn’t have to travel across the ocean to find a piece of the French countryside. Located in the residential area of Northvale and named after the owner’s mom, Madeleine's Petit Paris is a fantastic establishment with a culinary delight. The owner, François, is Swiss and unfortunately was off tonight. He does a very good job of making one feel like one is in France or Switzerland, where my partner, our friends and I came tonight for dinner. Reservations were easily made on their website. Upon arrival, one is seated quickly in what seems to be someone’s large living room or elegant dining room. Their à la carte menu is a fusion of Swiss and French, which has a unique flavor and offers enough variety for everyone. Our server was Al, and he brought complimentary warm bread to us to start our meal. Some of us got to taste their French martini (pineapple vodka, pineapple juice, and raspberry liqueur). For appetizers, we ordered Escargots Café de Paris (out of the shell, sautéed with garlic, herbs, and butter) and Crab Cake Louisiana (jumbo lump crab meat, bell peppers, onions, and bread crumbs over mild Louisiana sauce). For entree, we got Boneless Braised Short Ribs Garnished with Carrots, Celery, and Green Peas over Mashed Potatoes, Pork Medallions Normand (sautéed with apples and Calvados (French apple brandy) over Mashed Potatoes), and Canard Confit à L’Orange (breast is sautéed, leg is confit, served with Grand Marnier sauce and wild rice). We even saved room for desserts and got a soufflé to share one Grand Marnier and the other chocolate. Since we’ve been here several times, every dish has been well prepared and tasty, from the appetizers to the main course to the desserts, with no detail overlooked. We continue to recommend this place and hope to meet the owner on our next visit.

It was wonderful to share Christmas Eve with friends at Madeleine’s! It was our first time there and Francois made us feel welcome as if we were old friends. The food was delicious, the service was attentive, not intrusive and the ambiance was warm and inviting. Even the other diners were friendly, I took a selfie with another diner, no strangers here, only friends you haven’t met. We all loved it.

Very nice food and preparations. The chicken was well prepared and well portioned. However, the opera cake dessert felt comically small. Usually, I'd expect a larger, taller thick slice of cake, but we received 3 thin, short slices... An inch or so tall, 3 inches long, 1/2 inch wide each .. I.e. really small and disappointing end to the meal. This dessert cost over $10, maybe $14? I did like the ambiance and main dish though.

We went for a random Saturday dinner at Madeleine to try out their French cuisine. Luckily we had no wait time, there were just enough tables to sit two. The restaurant was packed overall. It’s pretty old fashioned town house style inside, but they a beautiful bar and some really nice interior with French touch. They have a pretty decent long menu with variety of dishes, including lots of drinks options. We really liked their wine suggestion of the moscato. Food wise, we started with the mussels and scallops, both excellent but scallops was beyond good, loved the sauce in it. We got the calves liver and Branzino for entree. I loved the Branzino, it was cooked to perfection temperature. The liver dish had 5 pieces with caramelized onion. That was a lot of liver to eat in one meal. I’d have preferred less onion my dish too. But the liver itself was also cooked well and tasted great. Even though we didn’t order dessert, we saw everyone else getting the souffle, which seems to be their specialty, and changes accordingly to the season. Our server really busy, so we did have to wait a bit on wrapping up, but overall we had a wonderful dinner, and glad to have found this great French location close to our home.

Truly amazing. We just had our baby shower here. Easy to accommodate our music, decorations and table shifts. Food was perfect and the staff was on point. Thank you all and especially to Francois for helping us and being hands on the entire time.

The chocolate soufflé was to die for. Everything was amazing. Would definitely go back again.

The food is outstanding as is the service and ambiance. If you are looking for mouthwatering French cuisine in Bergen County, this is the place for you. Great food! Each flavor can be tasted separately, but the combination of flavors makes the dish come alive. For apps, we ordered Mussels , Escargots (sautéed with garlic herbs butter), Foie Gras (sautéed with sherry over confit of onions and dried fruits in port wine). For entree, we ordered filet mignon au pointe with onion rings (deglazed cognac sauce), beef bourguignon (burgundy wine with mushroom, bacon, onions, croutons over mashed potatoes. and capellini ratatouille. Absolutely incredible. Highly recommend you order grand marnier souffle as soon as you sit down. We had the chocolate puff pastry and the souffle. Thank you Francois for the amazing hospitality. We can’t wait to go back!