L' Ardoise — Restaurant in Angers

This is an attractive restaurant, with an attractive menu. Unfortunately, it's some distance from the river, in a stone plaza, so it remains too warm until the late evening, and the area isn't very green.

The pasta in my pasta vongole was perfect, but the clams weren't special. My dinner partner's mixed seafood was not especially good. The mussels were mostly good but one of them was quite stale, and she looked like she was going to cry when she tried to eat it. My dinner partner's raspberry dessert was quite good, but my chocolate gateu wasn't special.

Overall, a very mixed experience. Others have written with praise, and that may very well be merited, but our evening wasn't as pleasant as...

On an insanely packed night during wine fair weekend in Angers, L’Ardoise dished up exquisitely executed, traditional dishes (oysters, two different terrines, lièvre royale, cote de boeuf, roasted potatoes-carrots-girolles), a really fun wine list and, most notably given the madness, attentive service and warm hospitality. The menu was different from its normal one apparently—a smart move in anticipation of the hungry and thirsty wine-industry hordes—but I have 100% confidence in and would happily come back for the regular, more seasonal menu. Truly an impressive and fun...

My oh my ! Here are Probably the best original dishes reminding you of your grand parents living in the countryside and cooking or baking the old folk's recipes with ingredients you'd think have disappeared forever. Like their pig from Cantal. If you open the door to this original restaurant you will experience a gustatory trip. Wines are awesome. Specific "accords" wine pairing with the tasty food thanks to their...