Hippopotamus Steakhouse

Name: Hippopotamus Steakhouse
Address: 28 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris, France, Paris

Since 1968, Hippopotamus has been the beef specialist. We select the best cuts for you and offer 100% French meat for our beef dishes (excluding onglet). Enjoy our charcoal grilling expertise for a unique taste.

★ 3.5 (2,449) $$Moderate 📍 28 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris, France

A chain of French restaurants specializing in beef grills. The menu offers a wide selection of beef cuts, burgers, and traditional French dishes, in a friendly and family atmosphere.

To Share

Friends' Platter

Planche des Copains

Saint-Nectaire cheese fondue, country pâté, camembert, Lyon rosette sausage, dried ham shavings, gherkins, toasted bread.

A large sharing tasting board, composed of French charcuterie (dried ham, sausage), cheeses, and a mini Saint-Nectaire fondue. Served with toasted bread.

Snack Platters

Paniers de Grignotage

Fried appetizer baskets to share for aperitif. Choose between an all-cheese version or a mixed version with chicken and calamari.

BBQ Chicken Wings

Wings de Poulet BBQ

Spices, BBQ sauce.

Chicken wings marinated in spices and grilled, served with a smoky barbecue sauce.

Starters

Country Pâté

Terrine de Campagne

Gherkins, mixed salad, toasted bread.

Traditional country pâté with a rustic texture. Served cold with tangy gherkins and toasted bread.

Comté Ravioli

Ravioles au Comté

Label Rouge Dauphiné ravioli, Comté cheese cream.

Small square pasta filled with cheese and parsley, served in a creamy Comté cheese sauce.

Duck Foie Gras Block

Bloc de Foie Gras de Canard

Camargue sea salt, toasted bread. Suggestion: Monbazillac AOP - Château de Vari

Semi-cooked duck foie gras, a delicate and rich delicacy, served with sea salt and toast.

Goat Cheese Tartine

Tartine de Chèvre

Toasted focaccia, goat cheese cream, honey goat cheese, toasted seeds, green pesto, mixed salad.

Grilled focaccia bread topped with warm goat cheese and honey, with pesto and seeds.

Mushroom Poached Egg

Œuf Poché aux Champignons

Free-range poached egg, braised mushroom, mushroom cream, and soldiers.

Poached egg with a runny yolk, served on a mushroom preparation with breadsticks.

Small Fondue

Petite Fondue

Saint-Nectaire cheese fondue, dried ham shavings, gherkins, toasted bread.

Individual portion of Saint-Nectaire cheese fondue, served with cured ham.

Salads

Caesar Salad

Salade Caesar

Crispy chicken fillets, AOP parmesan, romaine lettuce, red onions, olive oil toasted bread, caesar dressing.

The famous salad made with romaine lettuce, breaded chicken, parmesan shavings, and croutons, bound by a creamy dressing.

Steakhouse Salad

Salade Steakhouse

Free-range poached egg, thin slices of beef marinated in pepper, mixed salad, red onions, emmental cheese bites, peppery creamy sauce, crispy onions.

A gourmet salad with marinated beef, a poached egg, cheese, and pepper sauce.

Veggie

Ravioli Gratin

Gratin de Ravioles

Ricotta, mushroom, and spinach ravioli, gratinated Comté cheese cream.

Vegetarian dish of baked stuffed pasta with mushrooms, spinach, and a gratinated cheese sauce.

Tartine

Toasty Cheesy Bresaola

Seeded country bread, 3-cheese béchamel and old-fashioned mustard, gratinated with Comté, bresaola. Served with a mixed salad and fries.

A hot, gratinated tartine rich in cheese, topped with dried beef (Bresaola). Served as a main course with sides.

Dish of the Day

Valid every weekday lunchtime

Monday: Mountain Gratin

Lundi : Gratin Montagnard

Potatoes, smoked raclette cheese, dried ham shavings, mixed salad.

Comforting dish made with potatoes and melted raclette cheese, served with cured ham.

Tuesday: Beef Shepherd's Pie

Mardi : Parmentier de Bœuf

Mixed salad.

Traditional shepherd's pie made with a layer of ground beef covered with mashed potatoes.

Wednesday: Chicken Strips

Mercredi : Aiguillettes de Poulet

Creamy mushroom sauce, fries.

Thin slices of chicken served with mushroom sauce and fries.

Thursday: Little Saint-Nectaire Ground Beef

Jeudi : P'tit Haché St-Nectaire

Butcher-style ground beef patty, Saint-Nectaire cheese cream, crispy onions, fries.

Ground beef topped with Saint-Nectaire cheese sauce.

Friday: Cod Shepherd's Pie

Vendredi : Parmentier de Cabillaud

Mixed salad.

Fish gratin (cod) topped with mashed potatoes.

Our Menus

Fan Favorite Menu

Menu Coup de Cœur

Starter + Main Course + Drink OR Main Course + Dessert + Drink. A side dish and a sauce included in your menus.

Complete menu offering a choice between a starter and a main course, or a main course and a dessert, accompanied by a drink.

Lunch Menu

Menu Déjeuner

Main Course + Dessert. Valid every weekday lunchtime. Drink not included.

Weekday lunch menu including a main course and a dessert.

Kids' Menu

Menu Enfant

Up to 10 years old. Main Course + Dessert + Drink + 1 Surprise.

Menu adapted for children with a main course, a dessert, a drink, and a surprise toy.

Our Meats

Some of the finest and noblest cuts. French origins. Hippopotamus supports French farmers and know-how.

Side Dish Plate Only

Assiette de Garniture Seule

A side dish of your choice, without meat.

The Must-Haves

Flank Steak with Shallots

Bavette d'Aloyau à l'Échalote

Meat cut with long fibers, truly flavorful, topped with shallot sauce.

Tender and fibrous beef cut, highly prized for its flavor, served with a classic shallot sauce.

Sirloin Steak

Faux-Filet

Slightly marbled, revealing the fineness of the grain and its tenderness.

Beef sirloin, a lean cut with a bit of fat on the edge, tender and flavorful.

Pepper Steak

Steak au Poivre

A classic, a selection cut enhanced by its generous pepper sauce.

Beef steak topped with a creamy sauce with crushed peppercorns.

Steak and Egg

Steak à Cheval

Butcher-style ground beef patty, free-range fried egg.

Ground beef steak topped with a sunny-side-up egg.

Marinated Butcher's Cut

Pièce du Boucher Marinée

Maître d'hôtel style: garlic, parsley. All the meltiness of a revisited classic.

Beef cut marinated with herbs and garlic for tenderness and flavor.

Beef Reimagined

French Steakhouse Fondue

Fondue Steakhouse à la Française

Beef surprise, Saint-Nectaire cheese fondue, baked apple, mixed salad.

Dish combining a beef cut and a warm Saint-Nectaire cheese fondue.

The Raw

Charolais Hand-Cut Tartare

Tartare aux Couteaux Charolais

Tartare seasoned by us to be enjoyed raw.

Raw Charolais beef, hand-chopped and prepared with condiments.

Beef Carpaccio & Parmesan

Carpaccio de Bœuf & Parmesan

Thin slices of beef, AOP parmesan, mixed salad, pesto.

Very thin slices of marinated raw beef, served cold with parmesan and pesto.

Characterful

The Prime Cuts

Charcoal grilled.

Ribeye Steak approx. 250 g

Entrecôte env. 250 g

Marbled, melt-in-your-mouth, and tender.

Marbled beef cut (intramuscular fat) grilled, renowned for its rich flavor.

XL Sirloin Steak approx. 330 g

Entrecôte XL env. 330 g

Marbled, melt-in-your-mouth, and tender in XL version.

A very large portion of ribeye steak for big appetites.

Irish Onglet approx. 200 g

Onglet Irlandais env. 200 g

The most flavorful cut of beef from Ireland.

The onglet is a cut of beef with long fibers, very tender and with a pronounced flavor.

Chateaubriand Beef Fillet

Filet de Bœuf Chateaubriand

A noble cut with guaranteed tenderness.

The most tender cut of beef, thick and lean.

Individual Rib Steak

Côte de Bœuf Individuelle

Marbled, melt-in-your-mouth, and tender, bone-in cut.

Large, very flavorful and juicy bone-in beef steak.

The Emblematic

T-Bone approx. 450 g

T-Bone env. 450 g

Iconic cut, tender fillet on one side and slightly marbled sirloin on the other.

The best of both worlds: a T-bone separating the fillet and the sirloin.

Burgers

Served with fries or salad. Replace the meat in your burger with our plant-based patty.

The Original Burger

Burger L'Original

Butcher-style ground beef patty, grilled bacon, cheddar sauce, candied onions, romaine lettuce, cocktail sauce, brioche bun.

Classic beef burger with bacon, melted cheese, and cocktail sauce.

Chicken Burger

Burger Chicken

Crispy chicken fillets, cheddar sauce, red onions, romaine lettuce, cocktail sauce, brioche bun.

Breaded chicken burger with cheese and raw vegetables.

Steakhouse Burger

Butcher-style ground beef patty, grilled bacon, Saint-Nectaire cheese cream, candied onions, black garlic mayonnaise, squid ink black bun.

Gourmet burger with an original black bun, topped with Saint-Nectaire cheese and black garlic mayonnaise.

Cheeseburger

Butcher-style ground beef patty, cheddar sauce, gherkins, ketchup and yellow mustard sauce, brioche bun.

The American classic with steak, cheddar cheese, ketchup, and mustard.

Mountain Burger

Burger Montagnard

Butcher-style ground beef patty, smoked raclette cheese, potato rösti, grilled bacon, candied onions, black garlic mayonnaise, crispy onions, brioche bun.

Alpine-inspired burger with raclette cheese and potato rösti.

Chicken Ribs & Co

Half Roasted Chicken

Demi-Poulet Rôti

Sautéed potatoes and their juices.

Half roasted chicken, served with potatoes.

BBQ Ribs

Ribs BBQ

Marinated pork ribs, BBQ sauce, fries.

Pork ribs caramelized with barbecue sauce.

Andouillette AAAAA

Fries.

Traditional French sausage made from pork tripe, grilled. The AAAAA label guarantees superior quality.

Duck Breast

Magret de Canard

Sautéed potatoes.

Fatty duck breast fillet, grilled rare, served with its crispy skin.

Pork Chop approx. 350 g

Côte de Cochon env. 350 g

Sautéed potatoes, choice of sauce.

Large grilled pork chop, juicy and flavorful.

Gourmet Ground Beef

The Original Ground Beef

Haché L'Original

XL butcher-style ground beef patty, free-range fried egg, cheddar sauce, candied onions, grilled bacon, crispy onions.

Large ground beef steak served without a bun, garnished like a burger with egg, cheese, and bacon.

Mountain Ground Beef

Haché Montagnard

XL butcher-style ground beef patty, smoked raclette cheese, potato rösti, grilled bacon, black garlic mayonnaise, Comté cheese cream, crispy onions.

Mountain version of the loaded ground beef patty, with melted cheeses and rösti.

Fish

Fish & Chips

Crispy hake fillet, tartar sauce. Sustainable fishing.

Breaded and fried white fish, served with fries and tartar sauce.

Salmon Fillet

Pavé de Saumon

Creamed Spinach

Grilled salmon fillet served with creamed spinach.

Desserts

Chocolate Mousse

Mousse au Chocolat

All you can eat.

Airy and rich dark chocolate cake.

Tiramisu

Coffee mascarpone cream, ladyfingers, cocoa.

Italian dessert with coffee and mascarpone cream.

Floating Island

Île Flottante

Vanilla custard, salted butter caramel sauce.

Poached meringue whites floating on vanilla custard, drizzled with caramel.

Crème Brûlée

Bourbon Vanilla.

Baked vanilla custard with a thin layer of crunchy caramelized sugar on top.

Brioche French Toast

Brioche Pain Perdu

Brioche French toast, chocolate-hazelnut spread, vanilla ice cream.

Slice of brioche dipped and pan-fried in butter, served hot with ice cream and chocolate.

Chocolate Fondant

Mi-Cuit au Chocolat

Vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate lava cake, served hot with a scoop of ice cream.

XL Profiterole

Profiterole XL

Large choux pastry filled with vanilla ice cream and topped with hot chocolate sauce, whipped cream.

Large choux pastry filled with vanilla ice cream and covered with hot chocolate sauce.

Pomcake

Pancakes, caramelized roasted apples, light apple cream, salted butter caramel sauce.

Gourmet dessert combining pancakes and caramelized apples.

The Exotic Roast

L'Exotique Rôti

Roasted pineapple and mango, crumble, shredded coconut, coconut ice cream.

Roasted exotic fruits served hot with coconut ice cream.

Sundaes & Iced Desserts

Hippo Banana

Caramelized banana, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, strawberry sorbet, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, toasted almonds.

Revisited version of banana split with caramelized banana and three scoops of ice cream.

Dame Blanche

Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, crumble, whipped cream.

Classic vanilla ice cream sundae topped with hot chocolate sauce.

Peanut Caramel Sundae

Coupe Cara'huète

Vanilla ice cream, peanut butter crumble, salted butter caramel sauce, whipped cream.

Ice cream sundae with peanut and caramel flavors.

Caramel, Coffee, or Chocolate Liégeois

Liégeois Caramel, Café ou Chocolat

Ice cream and sauce of your choice, crumble, whipped cream.

Scoop of flavored ice cream (coffee, chocolate, or caramel) topped with whipped cream.

Choco-Hazelnut Sundae

Coupe Choco-Noisettes

Nutty ice cream, meringue, chocolate sauce, toasted hazelnuts, whipped cream.

Ice cream sundae for hazelnut and chocolate lovers.

Your Custom Ice Cream Sundae

Ice Cream Sundae

Coupe de Glace

Choice of flavors: Fruit sorbet (Lime, strawberry, raspberry, passion fruit), Ice cream (Bourbon Vanilla, dark chocolate, arabica coffee, salted butter caramel, coconut, Nutty). Choice of topping.

Create your own ice cream sundae by choosing your flavors and toppings.

Coffees & Sweet Treats

Coffee / Sweet Tea

Café / Thé Douceur

Chocolate mousse, crème brûlée, apple crumble.

Hot drink accompanied by three small desserts.

Coffee / Gourmet Tea

Café / Thé Gourmand

Chocolate mousse, crème brûlée, tiramisu, apple crumble, peanut mousse.

Hot drink accompanied by five mini-desserts for a varied tasting.

Espresso / Decaf

Expresso / Déca

Strong black coffee, with or without caffeine.

Large Café au Lait

Grand Crème

Large café au lait.

Tea / Infusion

Thé / Infusion

Selection of teas or herbal teas.

Drinks

Cold Drinks

Coca-Cola

Original, Sugar-Free, Cherry. 33 cl.

Cola sodas.

Orangina

25 cl.

Orange soda with pulp.

Tropical Oasis

Oasis Tropical

25 cl.

Non-carbonated fruit drink.

Vittel

Natural mineral water.

Still bottled water.

Perrier

Sparkling mineral water.

Natural sparkling water.

Aperitifs

Kir / Kir Royal

12 cl. Blackberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, peach.

Classic French cocktail with white wine (Kir) or champagne (Royal) and fruit cream.

Wines by the Glass

15 cl.

Beaujolais-Villages AOP

Hippopotamus Wine. Domaine des Nugues.

Light and fruity red wine.

Côtes-du-Rhône AOP

Belleruche. Maison M. Chapoutier.

Full-bodied and spicy red wine.

Beers

1664 Blonde

On tap.

Classic French lager beer.

Grimbergen Blonde

On tap. Abbey beer with notes of ripe fruit and spices.

Belgian abbey beer, lightly sweet and fruity.

Cocktails

Original Mojito

Mojito Original

Bacardi rum, lime, fresh mint, Perrier, cane sugar syrup.

Refreshing cocktail based on rum, mint, and lime.

Aperol Spritz

Aperol, Martini Prosecco, Perrier, orange.

Bitter and sparkling Italian orange cocktail.

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Place Information

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📍 28 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris, France

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