Le Bistrot de l'Oustalet — Restaurant in Carpentras

Service was excellent and this was a pretty little bistro.

My wife and I both ordered the Falafel dish. This was a serious disappointment, especially for the price. There were only 3 falafels and they were so dry that they literally crumbled into dust when cut apart (they tasted like they were made with chickpea flour and water).

There were also very few zucchinis slices, and the other half of the plate was 2 additional pieces of bread. We already had bread on the table so additional bread with the falafels was really not required. Adding a few more (moist) falafels or extra vegetables would have been greatly appreciated.

The salmon starter was tasty but my wife's cucumber soup was finished in several spoonfuls. Again, a larger portion of soup for the price would have been appreciated (the soup was tasty but the portion size was very small). See the attached picture of the falafel plate - if you remove the two large pieces of bread, you will see that there is very little actual food on the plate for the price paid.

Also, because it was raining, we were placed inside the restaurant near a table of 8 consisting of four babies who cried continuously throughout our meal. The family did apologize to us for the noise, but it was still too loud for our liking when sitting for an expensive meal.

The wine list was excellent and the sommelier was very lovely and very helpful. My wife enjoyed a wonderful bottle of white thanks to her recommendation.

So overall, the wine was terrific but the falafel meals were terrible. Also, portion sizes should definitely be larger for the price.

Thanks again for the very excellent service, but we probably...

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