L'Olivier — Restaurant in Lisieux

Enjoyed the time and our meals here. We visited two times and both times the service was great (they don't really speak English, but at least they try!), atmosphere is relaxed and the food superb. Prices are very reasonable and you'll still get complementary pieces of bread, bottle of water, (if you order a pizza) bottle of olive oil and after you finished your meal a shot of (very! tasty) Calvados on the house. Amazing place on the main road towards the boulevard. Note that the portion of ravioli is very small, taste is good but portion size is not large. Salades are great, good size portions and also the Calzone is superb. There is a special desert menu which has some house specials that I can...

Hot damn. I've spent a couple weeks in Italy and honestly Firenze pizza doesn't hold a flame to this banging joint. We had the pleasure of sitting in the back garden, where the rustic, bleached decor took us straight to the olive gardens of Tuscana. The sweet waitresses patiently humored our questions, and then ushered out a well-cheesed pizza scorched on the very edge and liquid mozzarella in the middle. My mate Toby said it best when he leaned back after the mean, rubbing his belly and moaning "why wasn't I born in Italy." Best bit though - you can enjoy this gem while visiting the cool plage of Northwestern France. Three...

Extremely busy in Cabourg today. Gridlock on the way in. We had pre selected L'Olivier so went straight there. It looked almost full and we were politely told to wait outside. When we said we didn't have a reservation I thought we would be laughed at! Incredibly we got called in shortly afterwards and given a table. The staff were super friendly and quickly attended to us. We all ordered pizza and I'm not kidding, it came out in about 10 minutes which was a (very pleasant) surprise given how busy the place was. The pizza was superb. Nothing else to say. Full marks all round...