Seafood cabin — Restaurant in La Rochelle

The oysters are great. The setting is good (but there are better views at other oyster venues). The service is atrocious. We were not greated cordially or served with respect. We were installed at a table for 4, and 8 of us came to eat. We asked for chairs and they said there were none, they did not offer for us to move to a different table (the restaurant was empty... except 1 table). As for the service, oysters were thrown onto the table with no napkins, and no "bon apetit". And when ordering make sure that you know exactly what white wine you want, otherwise the waiters get a little snippy. I wouldn't dare ask if a wine is dry because "they are all dry", our waiter answered with a bourgeois, impatient tone. To resume : I've been going to this oyster hut for years, before it was bought by Guillardeau, and I have decided that I will not return. There are two other oyster shacks on your way to this one, I'd advise you...

Staff is horribly arduous, and very arrogant. When entering they claims all tables are reserved when, a) there are tables empty (unreserved), b) people leaving tables etc. For reference, the reserved tables remained empty all the time we were in the restaurant, so they are clearly not taking the right decisions as loads of people were turned away. Not sure if this is how everybody functions along this strip but they would do well to reconsider their...

I love this place! Such a beautiful setting and the waiting staff are the best I've experienced in some time! In SA we know how to do hospitality but in the UK it's not quite as up to scratch, but this place was amazing! The seafood is served cold which is foreign to me but it was still nice with a glass of local white wine! I don't know my waiters name but I want to say thank you for being so kind with not...