Restaurant - Le Ginger — Restaurant in La Rochelle

Ginger has a list of food and beverage trends in action and excellent cuisine. Here are those that come to mind:

charcoal for health in the form of batons in the water carafes, open kitchen, transparent menus, local and quality-labeled catch fish and responsibly-raised meats and poultry, poke bowls, vegetarian options, trending ingredients, revisited favorites: enough comfort for the conservative and enough surprise for the experimenter, a cocktail menu, homemade “rhum arrangé”, small tablet computers for order-taking, vertical gardens, sliding wooden doors, a splash of Asia in both sight and taste, countertop bowl sink for hand washing.

In short: If you’re looking to experience “best practices” at work for this category of restaurant while eating a delicious meal in La Rochelle, Ginger is your spot....

I had high expectations for this place based on Google reviews, but the food was average to good and the ambience was overrated. Tables were placed very close to each other and privacy while having dinner was non existent. I could hear the person sitting next to me at the next table cleared that I could hear my partner across from me.

We tried the 3- course menu with ceviche, steak and shrimps. All was ok, nothing spectacular, the shrimps were good and tasty but the steak was chewy and not great.

The dessert was a bit better than the main course. I liked the street where the restaurant was, one was those happening downtownish pavement avenues with only people walking and no cars. I'll have to do a better job reading in between the lines in Google...

We really enjoyed the starters and mains - interesting and fresh tasting. Service was excellent - we changed a glass of wine for personal taste reasons and were not charged and pace of service was just right. My dessert (eclair) was a bit soggy and heavy and the chilli heat usually found in chimichurri sauce with the beef and tigers milk for the ceviche was non existent- but to be fair, that’s the same everywhere in France! This is our second visit and my biggest irritation is the same as last time. Your only sparkling wine is over priced champagne. (In small 100ml glasses). Here in France we are surrounded by wonderful crémants which are half the price of champagne. Please give us a more local, reasonably...