Restaurant La Salicorne — Restaurant in Avranches

There are two restaurants in the village, so there is not much choice. We were in the mood for mussels and fries, so we went to La Salicorne. This was a big mistake, the mussels were overcooked and comparable to the sole of a shoe. There were also a lot of broken and empty mussels. The fries were cold, limp and very small which didn't make the mussels and fries any better. There was no sauce with the mussels and because the mussels had 4 kilos of salt on them, the drinks were your only salvation. There was nothing wrong with the drinks, we only had to order everything twice, because the waiter kept forgetting. The teriyaki chicken had hair on the chicken legs and was very tasteless. The couscous mash that came with it was really sticky, tasteless and cork dry which made It impossible to push through your throat. After the disappointment we immediately paid and had a dessert across the street. 100x better with good service, I can't say anything about the main course, but that restaurant does everything much better. We sat in the bar and waiter Ramon was extremely friendly and quick with our order. In short, La Salicorne is a big tourist trap and certainly not worth your money and...

The 1 star is purely for the waiters who were working really hard. The front of house was absolutely appalling, queues of people outside with no shade but even though there were empty tables in the shade they were not being cleared and the front of house lady would not let you sit whilst they were being cleared. She also kept disappearing off for periods of 10 minutes or so but made no attempt to help clear the tables. She also allowed people to queue jump. When we eventually got to the front of the queue and asked if we could sit in the shade whilst the table was cleared she refused and was extremely rude, telling us that if we didn't like it we could go and eat elsewhere. As we had waited nearly an hour we decided to stay. When our table was ready she told us "Your table is ready your Royal Highnesses!!" The waiter was very helpful and food was reasonable and came quickly, but our experience had already been...

There are only two restaurants in the closed off tourist area here and they are definitely abusing this. First of all there was no AC, so we were soaking in sweat after just minutes, the outside with 41 °C in the shadow was much more comfortable. But there are also like 4 or 5 menu items and they still manage to fail miserably. The ~18 EUR burger was at least 5 minutes past well done. An unedible dried out cracker, the toppings had no theme, overall it tasted worse than a 2 EUR bus stop kiosk cheeseburger that's been sitting on a shelf for a whole day. One of the worst burgers I've had. The fish and clams are a safer bet, at least they seem fresh even if the fish has no taste to it. But you're actually better off going into the tourist trap restaurants inside Mont Saint Michel itself, the food is much better and somehow cheaper. Also the service is terrible, good luck getting served while having a...