Le Poisson D'Avril — Restaurant in Quimper

The room - Lovely outlook to the sea, and perfect for watching the fishng fleet going out and coming back, and for drifting off to sleep to the sound of the waves. We were in room 3, which is the one shown on all the promotional material, with a balcony on the corner of the building, looking out in all directions. I don't think I would have been quite so excited by the little shelf-style balconies on neighbouring rooms!||||The food - we wanted a hotel with a nice restaurant so we could have dinner and a few drinks and still be handy to our room. I have to say, we found the restaurant a little disappointing. The menu seemed to be full of over-fussy, cheffy dishes that did little to make the best of the lovely fresh seafood on offer in Le Guilvinec. Sadly, only one element of one dish we found really delicious. ||||Because of coronavirus, the restaurant had done way with their printed menus, and had a card with QR codes sitting on the table, and asked if we had our phone. We did, but the wifi in the hotel is not particularly reliable, and kept dropping the connection. When we were unable to read the menu, the waiter said he would get us a printed one, but we then felt a little insulted that he brought over the English menu, when we had conducted all transactions so far in French. I am really not sure why they would have taken this clumsy approach - all the other restaurants we went to during this trip relied on blackboards, which seemed a lot more sensible and accessible to me.||||The breakfast, on the other hand, is great - simple and authentic, and you can have it in your room while sitting on the bed or out on the terrace watching the sea. That was really special.||||Parking - The booking.com listing states 'free private parking on site', which is a blatant untruth. The hotel is on a busy, very narrow street, with no land around it, so no parking on site. The man who checked us in was very casual about this, and told us, 'oh, parking is easy. You can park anywhere around here.' There were roadworks going on and what few spaces there were were taped off. He laughed when we said we couldn't find parking. The first night we were very lucky and managed to squeeze in at the front of the hotel, but coming back after going out the following day, we drove about for over an hour looking for somewhere to put the car, a necessity as I cannot walk very far so we could not leave it far away.||||All in all, a curate's egg, like most hotels. The bed was comfortable, the shower was fine and the breakfast was gorgeous. The things that let it down are parking (please tell the truth in your listings) and the overpriced pretentious restaurant. Sort those, and it would be...

Le Poisson d’Avril’s restaurant couldn’t be in a better place. Le Guilvinec is France’s third most important fishing port and Le Poisson d’Avril is within 200 metres of the landing quays and auction houses. Fish doesn’t get fresher than this! And it is reflected in the menu, though there are good meat options too.||||Choosing from the 29 € menu I began with a Bisque de Langoustines en Capuccino, a frothy and moorish fish soup, which was quite the nicest and lightest bisques I have ever had. I followed this with a Pavé de Cabillaud, a perfectly cooked piece of cod, accompanied by a delicate mini vegetable soufflé and rounded off the meal with a sorbet and Earl Grey tuilles. And not only was it all delicious we, thanks to the kind friends who had invited us, had a perfect view of the sea. ||||We'll be going back...

Le Poisson d’Avril’s restaurant couldn’t be in a better place. Le Guilvinec is France’s third most important fishing port and Le Poisson d’Avril is within 200 metres of the landing quays and auction houses. Fish doesn’t get fresher than this! And it is reflected in the menu, though there are good meat options too.||||Choosing from the 29 € menu I began with a Bisque de Langoustines en Capuccino, a frothy and moorish fish soup, which was quite the nicest and lightest bisques I have ever had. I followed this with a Pavé de Cabillaud, a perfectly cooked piece of cod, accompanied by a delicate mini vegetable soufflé and rounded off the meal with a sorbet and Earl Grey tuilles. And not only was it all delicious we, thanks to the kind friends who had invited us, had a perfect view of the sea. ||||We'll be going back...