La Taverne du Midi — Restaurant in Bordeaux

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!! Where to start? We were greeted by an obnoxious lady, we requested to seat inside and were denied despite many tables available and other guests afterwards able to sit inside. Waited to order for a long time as waitstaff completely ignored us and our attempts to order. FINALLY, we started to order- the man grunted at us and then once halfway through our order- started shouting at our table to friends and other waitstaff while we watched for about 3 minutes. Then turned his attention back to us with another grunt, finally to finish ordering. Drinks forgotten and never came, food was okay. Requested bill 3 times, ignored continuously and waited 20 minutes. Overcharged on bill, advertising prices on signs which they shrugged and couldn’t explain why we had to pay more. Were then charged twice on our credit card with denying that the first transaction went through- an utter lie. We have eaten at hundreds of restaurants and can say this is the WORST PLACE we have ever been in the world. SAVE YOURSELF THE HASSLE AND MONEY, unless you want to be...

I had breakfast here and the staff was lovely. However when I returned the next day another waiter was doing our table and he was very rude. when he realized we were with 8 people he immediately started scoffing and sighing. When we ordered and my friend asked a question about a dish he got really impatient and started to interrupt him multiple times while he tried to order. He took the orders of 7 of us and then started to walk away, while he had eye contact with the 8th person that hadn’t ordered yet multiple times, so we had to call him back to finish our order. We also saw him writing down the order another one of my friends placed, but somehow they forgot to prepare her meal. When we asked about it he said that it was coming, but her dish arrived at the table when everyone else was already done with their food for a while. Also when I asked if we could get some ice in our drinks he said “no” and walked away. The food is fine, but I’m not happy with how we...

I hate leaving bad reviews and I hasten to add that my 3 friends loved their food and the waiter was charming and attentive.... But my mussels - I ordered them in a roquefort sauce which was the thinnest I'd ever had, the shellfish seemed to be a combination of nicely cooked and reheated pellets which made me think they just keep chucking in fresh together with already cooked but the final straw was finding a couple of chips in my pot which definitely were not from my serving. So, do they throw in others leftovers into the mix? Unfortunately I had a train to catch so couldn't get a new order in time , ate what I could and complained after. The manager came out to apologise and offered me a free coffee, then a free glass of wine but I wasn't impressed. Finally he knocked the price of the pichet of rose off the bill which I accepted. However the issue of the mussels is totally unacceptable and I just hope my stomach won't...