La Voile Blanche — Restaurant in Caen

Four of us enjoyed a good meal here - which was only marred by some really basic (but serious) mistakes, that we don’t feel were dealt with sufficiently well.

Firstly, one of our party was brought the wrong starter - no real problem, it was eventually replaced with the right dish, but that’s not a mistake we’d expect in a restaurant charging these sorts of prices. Three of us sitting waiting to eat whilst our friend had nothing.

Two fillet steaks, both ordered rare, were brought out well-done. The waitress had asked, in English, how we’d like them cooked, offering “rare” as an option. We said “yes, rare, thank you”. We established, without any fuss or argument that the poor waitress hadn’t actually understood what she’d offered us, and so the wrong instruction was given to the chef. We were offered new ones, one of which we accepted, the other we just ate anyway. Again, no problem, clearly just a linguistic error - but a pretty basic mistake for a restaurant of this kind. Had we suspected there would be an internal miscommunication, we would just have been sure to order in French.

Unfortunately, around one of the steaks we then found a long piece of (cooked) cling film - a much more serious error which was very disappointing.

By way of recompense, the three coffees we ordered were removed from the bill. Fair enough, but not really the level of gesture one would expect for the sorts of experience we had. One, or both, of the steaks should probably have been offered at no cost, at a minimum.

Generally the food was very good, the service was very friendly and pleasant, if error-strewn.

One can’t help feeling that were we locals, who the restaurant might hope return one day, we might have been treated...

We came here for dinner on our 20th anniversary (which we didn't mention - we just wanted a good dinner).

We made a reservation a few days before and got it confirmed. Still there was somehow a mix-up and we weren't on the list. Luckily the issue was quickly resolved and we did get a table. Our Bulldog was welcome as well. No harm done.

Inside it's a very classy, very stylish restaurant. And it was pretty much booked out that night.

We had a very nice, young waiter. Took care of us very well throughout the evening and recommended some good wine to go with the food.

For starters we both had the Foie gras au pommeau, chutney pomme et poire, caramel de pomme, brioche. An amazing starter. Two generous slices of Foie Gras in the best quality. The brioche was a perfect match for the Foie. One of the best pieces of Foie Gras we've had. And we've had many.

For the main we both chose the Filet de bœuf, escalope de foie gras, sauce rossini, croustillant de pommes de terre. Steak Rossini. And this one here was done to perfection. Again, we've had this dish many times before. But here it was really done perfectly. Tender meat, great sauce, tasty hot Foie Gras. Divine!

Had a bottle of Chablis (A. Gautheron) with the meal and also a glass of the excellent Chateau Lafont Menaut with the main.

Prices here for the meals are a real surprise. 17 Euros for the starters and only 25 Euros for the mains. For this quality! It is quite surprising.

All in all a very enjoyable evening. Amazing food and food quality. Next time when we're back in town we will definitely come back here. Highly...

Accompagnement du tataki dont les morceaux de salade etait cuite sur les contours, homards à peine "" bons"" sans saveur, vu le prix et la qualité de ce genre de met on attend qualité gustative et de cuisine. Un minimum de recherche, de qualités et de travail dans vos accompagnements sont attendus vus vos tarifs! Que neni, que de déceptions; nous n'avions pas vu l'appellation de l'accompagnement, nous avons reçu le homard que nous pensions accompagné de "purée de chou fleur" froide et amère(!), nous apprenons après avoir fait part de nos déceptions qu'il s'agit de.. risotto aux truffes (???! 🤔🤔😅😂), les légumes accompagnant n'avaient aucun assaisonnement, comme juste sorti d'une cuisson vapeur et servi comme ceci. Le homard était farineux et totalement insipide. Tout petit, quelle déception ! De plus, on nous a servi des homards chargés d'ŒUFS (beurk - donc des homards femelles qui doivent normalement être rejetées à l'eau!!!... 😠) et dont les œufs sont déconseillés à la consommation pour certaines personnes ! Le serveur semblait étonné que l'on ose faire part de la médiocrité gustative de ce plat.. Les langoustines étaient à peine mangeables tant elles étaient froides et dégoulinaient d'eau... En ce qui concerne la "pavlova" en dessert, hyper sucrée, la meringue était hyper épaisse et dure comme du béton, on a l'impression de croquer dans des morceaux de sucre..

Bref des plats grossiers et insipides.

Bémol pour les toilettes mixtes dans un lieu se voulant de gamme supérieure.

Il serait bon de signaler à une de vos jeunes serveuses qu'il est beaucoup plus pratique de faire ce métier sans des ongles de 5cm...(plus pratique pour éviter de manquer de faire glisser des contenants de sauce sur les clients et surtout pas très hygiénique.. 😅) Bref, cet établissement ne fourni absolument pas la qualité attendue vu ses tarifs bien trop excessifs. Une grande déception et un établissement décevant. Nous ne reviendrons pas et ne...