Auberge des 3 Hameaux — Restaurant in Rambouillet

New place in the middle of the Vallee de Chevreuse. The food was perfect, no point discussing that. The owners are trying hard to please the guests which was a good point. A few things however could be somehow perfected. Do not take this as a criticism, but as a few friendly hints:

The concept of a kitchen directly opened to the dining room, while a good idea on paper, is not so good in reality: way to much noise from the kitchen fans and heaters enters the dining room. Same witht the kitchen odors seeping around your nose. This deeply disturbed what was our othewise excellent dinner. The light fixtures: way too many of them, they emit a whitish light which would be in the right place in an airport lounge. My advice would be to get rid of half of them and replace the remaining ones with warmer light appliances. And then the noise from the other guests conversations : there is too much reverberation, but nothing that a few well placed screens...

Rude, racist, ableist and possibly misogynistic (?) service from a quite aggressive young woman at the bar: after we three women (three foreigners but all French-speaking, one brown-skinned, one visually disabled, one in fragile physical condition due to cancer—easily identified by the chemo cap and walking cane) had waited for the woman to get a break so we could order at the bar, she told us to wait so she could wash up some glasses—which turned out to be a whole tray of dishes, didn’t look at us, didn’t apologize for the wait…and then when two men came to the other end of the bar she stopped what she was doing to take their orders. How else to interpret this uncivilized behavior? Won’t go back and won’t recommend this place despite the very nice cake. The setting was nice but the nasty young...

Merveilleux! Nous avons pris les items végétariens/végans du menu, un émerveillement pour tous les sens. Le curry de légumes mêle le sucré, le salé, le croquant et la douceur, dans un assortiment de couleur réconfortant en ce mois de décembre. Le tout est relevé par une étonnante pointe de croquant et d'amertume, incarnée par le chou romanesco utilisé comme condiment. Le "pamplemousse en harmonie", préparé par une jeune coéquipière en alternance, est remarquable, entre l'amertume de l'agrume et de l'amande, et la douceur de la mousse. Le dressage de l'entrée, trois mini babas sur un éboulis de champignons, et du deuxième dessert, la « poire armoricaine » sont une invitation à explorer un monde Lilliput et un étonnant voyage gustatif. L'accueil de l'auberge est chaleureux au propre comme au figuré, la grande salle principale, à l'insonorisation soignée, donne sur le jardin d'un côté et un « bar » derrière lequel s'affairent les co-équipières de la cheffe, si créative, que l'on aperçoit en arrière-plan. L’ambiance est amicale et le service est attentionné et compétent. Les prix sont contenus en regard des prestations, encore une fois remarquables. La carte change tous les deux mois. Il faut donc revenir "souvent" pour ne...