I ate at a tiny restaurant in Paris beloved by the Kardashians. The cheeseburger was delicious and refreshingly unpretentious for an A-list hotspot.

Since 2004, Ferdi has become a hub for various actors, models, and celebrities, including the Kardashians, the Hadids, Owen Wilson, and Penelope Cruz.

The tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant was founded by Alicia and Jacques Fontanier, who named their establishment after their son, Ferdinand, according to an interview the couple did with the New York Times in 2007.

Speaking to the publication, Alicia described the menu as catering to simple pleasures. "I'm hardly a professional cook," she said. "So the menu consists of dishes that I knew I could do."

I brought my friend Amy, who was visiting Paris at the same time I was, along to help me test the menu at Ferdi.

But when we arrived, our attention was instantly caught by the eclectic decoration of the restaurant. Miniature cars, puppets on strings, and Playmobil toys lined every wall at Ferdi.

According to the New York Times, the unusual decoration choice is toys that the founder's son used to play with.

I'm a fan of an open kitchen aesthetic in restaurants because I love to see the preparation of a meal. For that reason, I loved that we were seated close to the bar.

It also made the space, which already felt relatively small, seem more intimate and less pretentious than what I imagined a restaurant beloved by A-listers to be like.

By the time I visited Ferdi, I'd already been in Paris for four days and had my fair share of wine. So for the drinks, I opted to go for one of the cocktails Ferdi offered.

Amy and I are fans of margaritas, so we got them before ordering our meals. The salt-rimmed drink cost 12 euros, roughly $13.

I ordered the same cheeseburger that Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and fellow models appeared to eat when they visited Ferdi in 2017.

When ordering the 16-euro burger, which cost about $17, the server told me the kitchen only prepares it either medium or rare. To play it safe, I went with medium, although I usually go for medium-rare.

The beef patty came smothered in cheese, fried and raw onions, mustard, pickles, and Ferdi's special sauce.

For my side, I ordered the naughty french fries, which came with a homemade chili cheddar sauce.

I'm a big ketchup and mayo fan, but I have to say I really didn't think about asking for either when it came to these french fries.

The cheese sauce wasn't mind-blowing, but it provided a great sticky texture for the chili flakes. I also enjoy spice, so I wasn't fazed by the number of chili flakes covering each fry. My only real complaint is that the portion was a little small.

Truth be told, I rarely order burgers in restaurants. In my experience, many restaurants try to distinguish themselves from fast-food joints by serving extravagant burgers with overly fancy bread buns. I much prefer the simplicity of a decent fast-food burger.

That said, I was pleasantly surprised by Ferdi's cheeseburger.

The patty was sandwiched between two soft sesame-laden buns. It was oozing cheese and sauce but perfectly sized so that I could pick it up and bite it without its contents spilling out.

Perhaps more surprising, given its medium doneness, was how perfectly moist I thought the patty was. And it helped that there was a thick layer of Ferdi's special sauce spread on top of it.

Like the fries, I found that I didn't really need to put ketchup or mayo on the burger, which I usually do, because it was super flavorful.

Dessert was a wildcard as I wasn't exactly sure what the go-to choice was among Ferdi's celebrity clientele. So I left the decision to my friend Amy, who chose the pistachio cream dish. According to the menu, it comes with a "parade of french childish biscuits."

The sugary biscuits had different textures and shapes, and we dipped them into the thick pistachio cream with crushed-up bits of pistachios.

If we'd been given a larger portion, I think it would've been quite an uncomfortably heavy finish to an already heavy meal.

But it was small enough to be a sweet treat to end the evening.

On the menu at Ferdi, there was a disclaimer that read: "Some nights we might have run out of burgers for the second service: we apologize in advance."

Before my meal, this disclaimer had me worried that I'd be missing out on the Ferdi experience if I didn't have the cheeseburger.

But, although the burger I successfully ordered was delicious, I concluded I still would've enjoyed the dinner if it wasn't available.

My friend Amy, for example, loved the restaurant, and she ordered homemade meatballs with roasted pine kernels and mashed potatoes.

Upon reflection, the best part about dining at Ferdi is the atmosphere. It's intimate, quirky, and fun, making it the perfect spot for dinner with friends or a date night.

And now that I know there is a location in London, I'll definitely return – burger or no burger.