I chose La Fourmigue for a dinner with friends on the basis of the review of my partner. I have to say I completely deride the positive reviews here, as we had a horrible time.
Having a nice setting doesn't make it all.
A review in two words: disgraceful service. We tried for a while to get the attention of a member of staff...some just choosing to ignore us. After about 20 min waiting in front of the door to get seated we finally managed to get a table. The waitress was very brash, and was seemingly annoyed when we took time to order. We were ignored by the waiting staff, so ended up not having all our starters (one starter of two did not come at all…., but was included in the bill). The waiter I did manage to talk to after waiting for 60 min for our food simply shrugged and pointed at another waiter across the room. As a result, the pizza margherita for the child came. I was presented with a half pizza and asked for the other half which seemed to surprise the waiter immensely (I think they expected the child to eat less). As main dishes we had beef carpaccio, beef tartare and moules marinere: classic flavours that work, although there is a danger that classicism might equate to being boring. We were not impressed as the food failed to compensate for the wobbly service.
Then to add insult to injury, we asked for the bill, which was not delivered. After about 20 minutes we decided to pay at the counter.
We'll not bother returning, which is a shame - this used to be a reliable place for a good value meal few years ago.
Least, but not last: do not go there if you are not French as they do not welcome Italians and English.