CHEZ MO - ALBERT 1ER — Restaurant in Grasse

Chez Mo - Albert 1er enjoys a prime location, on the corner closest to the seafront, near the beach and Plage du Ponteil. However, the rest of the restaurant's amenities are generally below average.

Food 2 out of 5 Cleanliness 1 out of 5 Ambience 1 out of 5 Service 2 out of 5

If you're still interested in trying it, feel free to read on.

The interior is sparsely decorated and infested with flies. Halfway through my meal, my entire plate of bread was covered in insects, so I moved outside. While the noise and exhaust from cars is to be expected when dining on the street, the noise was further diminished by the customers throwing their fries on the ground, which attracted a large number of seagulls and pigeons to grab the food.

If you order the Chez Mo seafood platter, or any other platter, be sure to ask the waiter which type of oysters are included, as it's not specified on the menu. I didn't ask clearly, and ended up getting a dozen N3 rock oysters for €25 (confirmed with the Chef). After adding up the individual prices for the seafood, I realized the à la carte menu was even cheaper than the platter. Whether there was a mistake in the menu design or the chef had ulterior motives by using the lower-priced rock oysters to serve, I'm not sure.

The waiter had tried to get away with it by claiming the set menu included a special N3 oyster worth €42 (the third row from the bottom on the page of the seafood menu) However, after repeated inquiries, the chef personally confirmed that it was the lowest-priced rock oysters, and finally charged the total à la carte price for the seafood being served.

The other seafood wasn't very fresh either. The frozen snails were seasoned with chili and spices, presumably to mask the unpleasant fishy smell. The crayfish and some of the medium-sized shrimp were rather loose in my mouth. The small gray shrimp had a stronger Ammonian flavor. Then I argued to the Chef to make 2 drinks as freebies. He accepted.

I didn’t try food other than seafood so leaving a 2 star here for food. It seems like there are other restaurants nearby named as Chez Mo. That could be franchised branches but can I expect things there to be any...

In short, I would give 4 star for the food but for the service... Where is the zero star?

Been here for a family dinner(To celebrate birthday and Father's day) but got the worst experience ever. We've stayed in Antibes for almost 2 years but didn't manage French enough to have a descent conversation. Even though we've tried to be polite and communicate in a mix of French and English. For my parents, they don't understand French nor English at all.

Since the very beginning, we've told the waiter that we will order for everyone at the table because others don't understand/speak French; however, the thing really happened is that the waiter keeps talking to my parents and even teasing them for focusing on their mobile phones. This really pissed me off and made me to warn him.

When we just sat and started reading the menu, the waiter came and asked if we want some drinks just like usual restaurant would do. We were considering to order a dinner set for everyone (beverage included) so we decided to ask for just a bottle of tap water. Is asking for tap water guilty in this restaurant? We don't think so but that's the feeling we had!! The waiter just repeated to ask, "still or gaz? Really? tap water?" and then his eyes ran down everyone at the table with a despising face. I really don't understand the attitude he behaved. I visited a bunch of restaurants in France and no waiters would have issues when we ask for tap water.

In the end, we spent around 200 euros and tried to save our memory as well as our celebration. To be honest, the food is very good but the service....definitely not a pleasant experience and would never go there again.

A side story During the meal, one painting accidentally dropped off from the wall and hit the couples who sit at another table beside us (The woman is a mother-to-be) but they did't get any compensation...

If you are not French, choose a different restaurant. We felt so welcomed at all the other restaurants in Antibes but this one. The service was so slow and terrible and the food is not worth it. We were ignored for 15 minutes waiting for a table and then when the host actually acknowledged us, it was a curt ‘outside?’ Not even a hello even though we speak French and were courteous with Bonsoir, ça va? to the host. But when he greeted other ‘French looking people’ he started with Bonsoir and was way less rude. It was the same with the server too. He was nice and friendly to French people but not to us. I especially hated the audacity of the servers asking foreign travelers for tips while treating them badly. I heard them asking other German tourists for tips but they didn’t ask French guests for tips. We did tip but I really wish we didn’t. We only went to this restaurant because someone local recommended it. We had such excellent experiences at all the other restaurants we randomly tried in Antibes. The food was meh compared to those other restaurants. The fish soup was so bad that we didn’t eat it and returned it, the server didn’t ask why we didn’t like it or anything to improve their service going forward, he simply looked pissed off. This really shows how much they care about the experience of their guests. Moules-frites and lobster linguine were not bad but nothing to...