Paulette's Restaurant

I recently took a colleague to lunch at Paulette's, and it was a good and convenient choice! This place is a classic, where you know you're going to receive good service and enjoy delicious food. I ordered the blackened Barramundi Caesar, and it was absolutely incredible. My colleague had the chicken crêpe with vegetables, and he seemed to enjoy it thoroughly--there wasn't a bite left on his plate!Evan, our server, was very attentive and checked on us periodically, making sure we had everything we needed. Overall, it was a great lunch experience. I highly recommend Paulette's for a nice, quiet meal. I've been there for breakfast before, and while I haven't tried dinner yet, it's clear that whoever is back in the kitchen knows what they're doing.

Breakfast here is included with your stay at the River Inn. Absolutely fabulous. Great food and service.

Came here New Years Eve for dinner. Didn't realize there was a specific holiday menu we had to select from. It's wasn't a big deal to us, but if you're specific about your food or vegetarian, I wouldn't go on a holiday. The food was good! We enjoyed all of it. The service was ok. It took a long time between courses but maybe it was just the holiday, not sure. But overall, the food was yummy so we'd come back.

I'm all in on this one. We had a private room for a party of 10. It was quiet, cozy, warm and comfortable. Paulette's was wearing her classic, delicate Christmas decor. Our server was incredible. His service was precise without being intrusive. Every plate was dressed with down home southern style. Flavor and quality was on point for each dish. The night could not have ended better enjoying their Kahlua-Mocha Parfait Pie! Winner.

Everything was above and beyond! We went in for the retro menu and were not disappointed. We had everything off the special menu and both of us wished we had time to come back this week. Casey was fantastic with helping us pick our bottle of wine which paired well with both our meals and made sure we were taken care of. Tres magnifique

The service was great but the food didn't send me over the moon. The restaurant is in a nice neighborhood and the aesthetics are prestine but I would have liked more variety in the food choices.

The brunch menu is excellent with the crab Benedict and shrimp & grits as old favorites. Always love the amazing popovers! Yolanda is the best mixologist and we always enjoy her service. We'll be back by Valentines Day.

Im giving 2 stars instead of 1 because we were 20 mins late for our Saturday reservation at 11:45 and they allowed us to stay. However no one greeted us at the door and the places was not busy at all.There were only 2 people working that I could see, so maybe one was waiting tables and the other was cooking/ bartending. After 10 minutes of being ignored we were seated. Then waited another 5-10 mins before we could place our drink order. Then another 25 min plus before we placed our food order. We were told the only menu available was the Brunch menu. Not lunch nor breakfast. Smh. its lunch time...... Anyway after an hour of being there we finally get our food. Presentation was nice but food not. My french toast was raw in the middle. potatoes were either mushy/soggy or not cooked well enough. The sever was probably doing the best she could by herself so she was not to blame. She had several big tables by herself. The atmosphere was nice. We had several alcoholic beverages among 5 ppl, our bill was $180. The folks that had alcohol said their beverages were good. The popovers were the best thing we had and they were just barely warm. Strawberry butter amazing just as I remembered it. The reason I was so disappointed in this place is bc at one time it was the best restaurant in Memphis and over the years I had some pretty good meals there. I chose this place bc we were looking for a wedding dress for my daughter who lives out of town, this was a close knit group of women trying to celebrate a special day. Not sure I will try to go back after this

Normally don't venture to the island for brunch but decided to come here since kinfolk was crowded. We came dressed for tennis on a Sunday morning, got stares from the staff. If you have a dress code, make that known instead of making customers feel uncomfortable. If you have high expectations of your customers, make the service match that, too. We were seated in the back of the restaurant (they closed the doors to the room we were in shortly after being seated), waitress was seemingly nice but ignored us for most of our meal. Food was just ok - for the price I'd expect it to be better. I had a coffee and asked for a refill when my food came out, which never came. We put in two cards to split the bill down the middle and waitress charged the person I was with for 50% of the meal and charged me for 100% of the meal. Tried flagging her down a ton and finally had to follow her to the kitchen area to get her attention. Noted- no tennis whites to Paulette's or you'll be put in the corner and shunned!

To call this place a Memphis institution is an insult to Memphis. Each step of the ordeal was a disaster. We were early for our holiday dinner reservation, but made to wait at the host stand well beyond the time. Further, the gentleman who checked us in, asked for our name multiple times. Then the table was essentially a metal card table with too-tall chairs shoved at it. When we were sat, we were told they had already run out of redfish; nevertheless we placed our order. A short time later, we overheard another table was accommodated last minute, all eight enjoyed the filet, and then to another table, they had run out of steak. When nothing was told to us, we thought we were safe. Bland appetizers and 45 minutes later, we were finally informed that we, too, would be missing out on the steak. We were then offered chicken, salmon or sirloin and 50% comp of our drinks. We said no thanks and had an amazing time at a true Memphis institution. Certainly won't be back.