Restaurant Le Botaniste — Restaurant in Bayeux

The restaurant is beautiful. The food is excellent. The sommelier was terrific, knowledgeable and inviting. And the female server was excellent and sweet.

However, the main waiter (an older gentleman with glasses) was rude and a snob. When we tried to order “Mac and Cheese” from the children’s menu for our son, he said, “I don’t know what Mac and Cheese is because I don’t eat at McDonalds”. We are certain that this was not a misunderstanding (I’m sure “Mac and cheese” is commonly used instead of “Macaroni and cheese”). This was despite our family returning for the second time while staying at the hotel and spending €700-€800 each night, dressing appropriately and speaking some French. His rudeness was apparent to our young children.

Despite the rest of our stay being wonderful, this experience left us with a bad taste in our mouth and we would be reluctant to return to Le Botaniste...

Unfortunately I didn't have a nice experience dining here. The restaurant is classy, has great ambiance and stellar service. The problem was with the food. I went with a seasonal menu for 75 euros. Indeed plates were technically speaking made without fault and complicated. However the taste wasn't there. For starter I had shellfish and zucchini - was totally bland, like you're eating unsalted zucchini, minced shellfish literally had no taste (chewing paper). Then I had a veal medallion as a main. Well the veal is definitely not the best meal for a medallion as the meat was again bland, not juicy and again lacking taste. Cheese tray was lovely tho as it's always impressive when they roll it in...

We were staying in the hotel a few days so wanted to have dinner in the botanist restaurant. Beautiful classic restaurant. However we were very disapoointed with the food. We took the lobster tasting menu at 120 € pp. Amuses bouche very unimpressive especially the cherry tomatoes. The only highlight of the menu was the lobster tail ( main course) which was very tasteful. The rest, very plain and the dessert was something i can buy at the patissier every day, not what i expect in a gastronomic restaurant. The dishes from the seasonal menu which was 75€...