Le Vauban — Restaurant in Bayeux

Who’s home?

We came here on a trip to Normandy, hoping for a refuge from the tourist traps along the main harbor drag. Normally, this should help – not at Le Vauban. Lured by the promise of “home made food” we were hopeful and happy to eat – boy were we mistaken…

Salmon was ok, but something you can buy at a convenience store served with what appeared to be Wonder bread toast

Ham was stiff and seemed from a super market– the week prior

One steak was asked to be rare, we got well done

I specifically asked for a recommendation between the pepper steak and the local specialty she emphatically recommended the camembert steak – well, never ever order Camembert and steak ANYWHERE no matter what the normandy folks recommend you – but ABASOLTELY avoid it at Le vauban – its exactly as bad as you think it would be.

The cheese plate image speaks for itself, you could do better buying some at your local store – we did not eat the cheese.

Creme Broulee was serviceable, nothing special

Profiterole chocolate was no good and somehow they managed to ruin dessert?

If “homemade” means, pick up frozen items and open packages and slap them on a dish – sure, this is homemade. The woman seemed relatively welcoming but the young girl was anything but. Her attention had but one preoccupation, tending to every need, real or imagined, of the young man sitting next to us – literally would walk past us to ask him if he needed anything. His indifference towards was the scant consolidation for suffering through that service…

The most unforgivable thing though? Bad bread, in France?? …HOW HOW does one ruin Le Pain quotidien??? The bread was awful.

I am allergic to seafood so did not partake, but perhaps that is ok? We cannot speak for that.

For or all the food and service? $120+ for 2 to eat the 3 course menu, ‘cheese’ and a soda. Not only will I not return – but I highly suggest you skip this.

PS My French friend was mortified from the reactions from the table of Dutch tourists eating across the room.

We’d prefer to give 1 star but 0 is impossible and they could have been worse… barely, so,  2...

Exceptional food at a very popular restaurant. Although we had not booked a table they found us a place. We both chose the sea food platter to start, that course on its own would have done us for the night but we carried on.... Steak for me and veal for my wife, both were well presented and really well cooked (maybe to many frittes in the portion). We passed on the cheese course and went straight to the desserts - one creme brulee an one ice cream. We had a bottle of wine with a €29 set meal (a total of €68), set meals started at €17. The restaurant seemed to be a place for locals, yet we were made modt welcome - I would go back in...

This used to a much better restaurant. Now it is a dodgy cafe. My wife and I were seated in a dull back room with two other couples and forgotten, even though there were tables open in the nice room in the front of the restaurant. The fish we had was mediocre at best. I will not return, though I have enjoyed this place in the past. It is far easier to ruin a good restaurant than to build a...