Review: La Creperie de Paris Has Tasty Food at a Price You Can Savor

EPCOT’s France Pavilion has some very fine dining, and recently we stopped in to La Creperie de Paris. The entree and dessert crepes you’ll find here feel like more down-to-earth food than the menus of the other Table Service restaurants, but there’s a wide variety of flavors to savor.

The interior is crisp and clean, with tile, wood, and stone; a polished look that stops short of feeling welcoming or homey. It’s practical too; straight rows of two-tops offer the ability to seat a variety of party sizes.

There’s little variety in prices; starters are $9.25, savory entree crepes (gallettes) are $18.50, and dessert crepes are a uniform $10.95. (View the menu) And the exact same menu iṡ served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all the way from 9 am to 9 pm daily. All in all, that makes it easy to calculate the cost of a three-course meal at $38.75 before drinks and tip. That’s unless you get the three-course prix-fixe menu for $39.95, which includes a choice of appetizer, one gallette, and one dessert crepe, plus a glass of hard cider, soda, or juice. For those on the Disney Dining Plan, a meal is 1 Table Service credit.

Reservations at La Creperie de Paris are often available on short notice, although larger parties are always advised to book when their dining reservation window opens for the best success. As an in-park restaurant, the dress code is casual; if you can wear it through the tapstiles you won’t be out of place at your meal. We recently stopped in for dinner; read on to see what we thought!

Appetizers

Soup of the Day – $9.25

On the day of our visit, this was a creamy potato, which we found thick, savory, and with a hint of smokiness. To imagine what this soup tastes like, think loaded potatoes and you’ll be on the right track. Not quite there; more chicken-savory than bacon-savory, although it definitely felt like there were some ham notes. But close.

Salade Maison – $9.25
Mixed Greens, Tomatoes, Onions, and Vinaigrette

This salad was perfectly fine, reasonably tasty, and not at all inspiring. It is the house salad of every chain restaurant of my youth, except made with curly green lettuces instead of iceberg. But there’s not a lot of vegetable content on the menu ahead of you, so if you haven’t gotten in your 5 servings for the day yet, you could do worse. A lot worse.

Entrees (Galettes, Buckwheat Crêpes)

Poulet – $18.50
Chicken, Bechamel Cheese Sauce, Mushrooms and Honey

A good choice for anyone who loves the creamy, saucy flavors of chicken tetrazzini or bubbling chicken casseroles. And just like those dishes, the filling here was a heavier, stick-to-your-ribs affair.

Chèvre – $18.50
Goat Cheese, Spinach, Walnuts and Honey

The Chèvre might have been the lightest of the four galettes we tried, and it definitely was the only one with a significant vegetable presence. Greens-lovers, this is your choice, but the nuts and cheese will make sure you don’t walk away hungry.

Saumon – $18.50
Smoked Salmon, Crème Fraîche, Chives, Lemon

Salmon and dairy are classics on a bagel, although you’re looking at cream cheese there and not the crème fraîche of this savory galette. The smoked salmon was top tier, and the flavors were a nice match with the nuttiness of the buckwheat crepe. And just like on a bagel, the addition of fish and dairy to the carbs makes a dish that will leave you feeling satisfied.

Savoyarde – $18.50
Raclette Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Bacon, Imported Bayonne Ham

Fondue on a crepe, in the best way. A bit of sweetness from the caramelized onion, bits of salty bacon, and I admit we just ate the ham directly off the top. Like the poulet, the cheesy goodness here will stick with you for a while.

Dessert (Sweet Crepes)

Banane – $10.95
Banana, Caramel Beurre Salé

Our banana dessert crepe tasted as good as it looked. If I had one complaint, I would have wished for more caramelization on the bananas, more like what you see on a bananas foster. The caramel was delicious though, and I would definitely order this again.

Melba – $10.95
Peach, Red Berries Sauce, Almonds

Of the four dessert crepes we tried, the Melba was the one with the most tart notes. The peaches weren’t overly sugared, and the red berry sauce also had a bit of puckery zing.

Poire – $10.95
Pear, Chocolate Ganache, Whipped Cream

I love pears, I think everyone should eat more pears, I have spent much time proselytizing about the amazing pear. But clearly, I, myself, need to do more pear research, because I was really surprised how well the chocolate and pear flavors complemented each other, rounded out by the crepe and the whipped cream. This is a dish where you definitely want a bite with everything on it all at once.

Pomme – $10.95
Caramelized Apples, Caramel Beurre Salé

The caramel here is the same caramel that was on the banana crepe. But with the bananas, it made the dish; here, it couldn’t hold a candle to the intense caramelized flavors of the apple filling. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t have wanted it to be left off. But the apples tasted like a rich, high-quality caramel apple, except cooked, somehow. If you can only get one, this is my pick.

Wrapping Up

Unmentioned in the individual dish reviews are the buckwheat crepes used in the savory galettes. Our table was evenly divided; some were fine with the toasted, nutty flavors, and some were seriously put off by the strong taste compared to a more traditional crepe, perceiving those flavors as almost burnt. I do not know how to advise you here; we had five people, and it was definitely a love it or hate it kind of thing.

But let’s talk about the options for haters, and there’s advice here for everyone. All our dishes arrived quickly, everyone loved the dessert crepes, and the soup was also a universal hit. But the prix fixe menu was way too much food for one person. The dishes are literally the size of the plate, and liberal use of cheese and protein in the mains makes them rich and filling. The prix fixe is a good value mathematically. But it’s not that much of a savings, and since many people won’t get close to finishing it all, it might not actually be a smart choice.

You know your family’s appetites, but our group of five could have easily gone with three each of the galettes and dessert crepes plus an appetizer, and still had plenty of food. If you’re not sure how the galettes will go over, your best path might be to aim for some sharing and a small number of galettes, with a plan to order more quickly if they’re universally appreciated.

With relatively low-cost dishes that are large enough to share, La Creperie de Paris is among the most inexpensive Table Service meals at Disney World. Buckwheat aside, the flavors are friendly and approachable; sophisticated enough to please the adults, and familiar enough to please most kids and picky eaters. It’s not a dining headliner, but it’s worthy of consideration when planning dining for your trip.

Have you been to Creperie de Paris? What’s your vote on buckwheat, yay or nay? Let us know in the comments!