Au Bon Accueil — Restaurant in Alençon

We had a truly scrumptious meal, having sat outside with an apperitif each. The weather was superb and the dining room was beautifully cool. Whilst the food was wonderful, the ambience was somewhat lacking, in that we were one of only two couples, on a Friday night! This had been recommended by friends and was truly well worthwhile our visit as the food was wonderful and just a few tweaks to the dining room and possibly some background music, would make all the difference. Apparently, the rooms are really reasonable and comfortable but we didn't stay the night. It's a pity it's not more frequented and possibly we went on an untypical night but this place needs to advertise it's somewhat hidden charm more. Many restaurants in France advertise their wares, well before you arrive at the town where the restaurant is situated and this hotel needs some serious marketing. Meanwhile, get there before it gets too well known. We were served with some very thin, crisp and delicious homemade crisps, set in sesame. Superb. This with our pre dinner drinks. Then I had beef olives, stuffed with a super stuffing with mushrooms and olives. It was a superb fusion. My husband had fish with a subtle sauce. The puddings were lovely, too and I usually refrain from three courses but they weren't too generous so three courses was just about right. This restaurant really deserves to be put well and truly on the...

We had a truly scrumptious meal, having sat outside with an apperitif each. The weather was superb and the dining room was beautifully cool. Whilst the food was wonderful, the ambience was somewhat lacking, in that we were one of only two couples, on a Friday night! This had been recommended by friends and was truly well worthwhile our visit as the food was wonderful and just a few tweaks to the dining room and possibly some background music, would make all the difference. Apparently, the rooms are really reasonable and comfortable but we didn't stay the night. It's a pity it's not more frequented and possibly we went on an untypical night but this place needs to advertise it's somewhat hidden charm more. Many restaurants in France advertise their wares, well before you arrive at the town where the restaurant is situated and this hotel needs some serious marketing. Meanwhile, get there before it gets too well known. We were served with some very thin, crisp and delicious homemade crisps, set in sesame. Superb. This with our pre dinner drinks. Then I had beef olives, stuffed with a super stuffing with mushrooms and olives. It was a superb fusion. My husband had fish with a subtle sauce. The puddings were lovely, too and I usually refrain from three courses but they weren't too generous so three courses was just about right. This restaurant really deserves to be put well and truly on the...

We have eaten at "Au Bon Acceil" several times before when staying in the area. The food has always been very good. We ate there last night and the service was terrible. We arrived at 8.25pm (not so late for eating in France). The reception was cold the middle aged lady's comment was "we were about to close at 8.30 but now you have arrived". We asked if it was ok to eat. They said yes and then made us feel very unwelcome. The food was very good as usual. But the service awful. They left us unattended in the restaurant whilst they did "Sudoku" out in the hall. My husband had to get up and go out to ask for a drink for my son. Bizarre. Sad. Food is always good but the attitude all wrong. They should not have said that they were open if they didn't want to serve us. We will not...