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Charmant petit restaurant à la déco sobre, moderne et fraîche met à l'honneur de bons produits de saison.
Guillaume et Lætitia Dallay vous accueillent dans leur charmant petit restaurant à la déco cosy et moderne. Le midi, on craque volontiers pour la formule express qui nous permet de goûter à une entrée, un plat et un dessert. La carte, qui change régulièrement, est courte et met à l'honneur la saisonnalité et les produits de la région. Viandes et poissons sont finement accompagnés, les associations sont réussies. Les glaces et sorbets sont faits sur place, sans additifs. Culinairement, on ne ressort pas déçu. La salle est petite, pensez à réserver !
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Au départ un peu sceptique en raison de l’emplacement très touristique dans le Vieux Tours, je craignais de tomber sur un attrape-touristes… mais quelle agréable surprise ! La carte met en avant des produits locaux, avec un choix limité mais bien pensé pour satisfaire tous les goûts — ce qui est plutôt rassurant. J’ai particulièrement apprécié l’échange avec la patronne, seule en salle : malgré l’affluence, elle prend le temps de conseiller chaque client avec attention et bienveillance. Un très bon moment passé ici. À refaire sans hésiter !
The restaurant is at a busy location with lots of bars and other restaurants nearby. It is however much smaller and less busy than those other places nearby, which makes for a calmer, more refined appearance.
It is run by a couple. The woman serves on the tables, the man cooks. Unfortunately, the service experience is a letdown. They have a dozen tables and the woman does not manage to cater to all of them despite rushing from one table to the next. As a consequence, she seems very stressed, curt in her interactions and generally not very inviting. In our case, we had to wait 20 minutes until we were even given the menu and then wait 30 -40 minutes between courses. In between, difficult to get the waiters attention to get more water or anything else.
The food looks very nice on the plate but it was not as good as the looks might suggest. The salmon and lentils starter was a bit bland and the cod main course was too salty.
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Food: The portions were small (which we understand may be typical in France), and while I personally enjoyed the snail risotto starter, some of my friends found the snails fishy and not fresh. For mains, we ordered cod and veal. Sadly, both were overwhelmingly salty. The veal, though plated in a ‘fine-dining’ style, was dry and too salty, its presentation resembles a British Sunday Roast, but at a third of the portion size and without the hearty taste. The potatoes were passable but tasted like something from a UK university dining hall. The cod dish, which could have been a good pairing of creaminess and citrus, was similarly ruined by to much salt. In the end, we joked amongst ourselves that we would have preferred fish and chips or a British pub Sunday roast. We ended up going to McDonald’s across the alley right after.
Service: The service was among the worst we’ve experienced. The waitress appeared impatient and condescending when we attempted to speak in basic French, and her attitude suggested annoyance with our lack of fluency. The menu was entirely in French, and with no WiFi and poor signal, it took us a while to translate. We absolutely did not expect an English menu, but a little patience from staff would have been much appreciated. Some of us didn’t finish our meals due to the taste, and this again drew disapproving looks from the waitress, as if not finishing the food was a personal offence.
Atmosphere: The restaurant had a tense, unwelcoming vibe. The waitress carried on conversations with other (French) guests while delivering our plates, and the overall tone of the place felt rigid and disciplinary. Despite keeping our voices low and being respectful, we received gazes from others. It felt as if we were being judged or gossiped about, and the dynamic left us deeply uncomfortable. As anthropologists, we couldn’t help but reflect on the subtle power dynamics at play: this was an unexpectedly Foucaultian experience of surveillance, discipline, and subjectivity.
In summary:
AVOID AT ALL COST, especially non-European, visitors to avoid this restaurant. This was more than a bad meal, but above all a very much deeply saddened encounter. Our first night in France should have been nice; instead, it left us feeling othered and disappointed.