La Fossetta — Restaurant in Lille

Arrived not long after the restaurant opened and it was filling up fast. We didn't have a reservation and we were given a table near the door which was ok as we were just happy to get inside. There was an older gentleman who maybe was the owner, I found him very friendly and hospitable, however I couldn't extend that to the rest of his staff. Those taking our orders were neither friendly nor rude other than one reasonably young chap, I ordered a coffee which came without milk which I'd asked for. After watching this waiter appear to avoid all eye contact (it was busy) I approached the bar just to ask for milk, at this point the young waiter asked why I was asking for milk, he had given me one (he actually gave it to the table next to us who passed it to us, it was only a tiny cream carton so I wanted a little more which I didn't think was unreasonable), this belligerent young chap said "no you can't have another, one coffee, one cream". I was exasperated and asked if he was joking. At this point the older gentleman intervened and sent the young chap to serve others, he smilingly then opened a box of these milk cartons and invited me to take as many as I liked. So what was this other guy's problem? It made me feel as if non french were not welcome (I did my best to speak in French). The food was actually fantastic. This would've been a five star review if not for the actions of one rude employee who seriously affected my experience. I wouldn't return for this reason, and very rarely do I feel like this as you will see from my many...

We visited this restaurant after seeing reviews on TripAdvisor and Google. The food was bland and very poorly presented. The children had an adults meal that resembled macaroni cheese, however it tasted of pasta dipped in milk. Our meals were chewy beef and a mushroom truffle pasta. Both tasted of nothing even after adding copious amounts of salt and pepper.

I was very disappointed as we were only in Lille for 3 nights and this was a really disappointing meal.

Service from waiters was good but food was very poor. I...

Cela fait plusieurs fois que j'y retourne et je ne suis jamais déçu. Le cadre est très sympa avec ces briques apparente en bas et à l'étage (qui a été refait récemment), c'est une tout autre ambiance, plus moderne et très classe (idéal pour un repas en amoureux). Le personnel est très sympathique et le patron est toujours aussi accueillant. Niveau cuisine, rien à redire, les pâtes comme les pizzas sont de qualités et le rapport qualité/prix est imbattable. A noter que plusieurs plats de pâtes proposés changent quotidiennement; idéal pour varier les plaisirs. Je suis allé à la Fosetta avec une amie samedi soir (la semaine dernière) et nous avons pris tous les deux des pâtes permis les offres du jour (crème de truffe pour mon amie et moi pâtes au Speck et à la fondue de poireaux). Un régal comme à chaque fois que nous venons. S'il y avait un point négatif à donner,se serait juste le choix limiter pour les vins en demi-bouteille,(contenance idéal lorsque l'on est à deux), ce qui est de plus en plus le cas dans les restaurants de nos jours. Malgré tout, la carte des vins est conséquente pour le choix au verre ou en bouteille et les vins sont de qualités. Bref, un lieu idéal avec une cuisine gourmande et bonne, un cadre agréable proposant deux ambiance et un accueil...