Le Grand Cafe — Restaurant in Reims

This was one of the best meals in Reims. Old fashioned cafe with booth seating. The decor and vibe are welcoming.

The staff are wonderful and clearly enjoy what they do. They ate busy but efficient and polite- even to the English;) They keep an eye on your glass of champagne 🍾 and come and top your glass up. Lovely small touches.

We shared whole meal as we can't manage on our own otherwise.

Select a bottle of champagne as we are in Reims as they had a huge range of champagne to choose from. We had a starter of delicious duck fioe grae. Followed by the champagne mussels - they are famous fir these- for good reason, almost all the tables were having mussels. Their other food on neighbouring tables looked very good too.

We selected the apple tart tartin- I struggle to describe how good this was. The apples cooked long and slow, just keeping their shape but soft enough that they just melt in your mouth. The sweet caramel which tetters on bitter is sensational with the sour creme. 👏 👏 👏

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We had booked a table for 6.30 When we arrived at the said time there was no one about A few minutes later the manager arrived and told us there would be no service until 7 00 as the staff had not arrived yet. Not being in a rush we ordered a bottle of champagne and told him wewould wait We ordered snails then bavette and tete de veau sauce gribiche with a bottle of white wine The bread was Ot fresh the steak over ooked in spite of having asked for rare and the sauce to go with the tete de veau was not right When we complained he said the bread was as it was because of humidity in the air the steak was returned and the new one was very tough and he would not have it when i told him the sauce i had in Paris was lovely and what it should have been There was no apologies no bill reduction all and all a most disappointing evening at a cost of 200 euros ! Needless to say we will never go back i was ashame of...

The oysters were good, and the fries were ok, but unfortunately, the rest of the meal was disappointing.

Food Issues:

1. Veal – Severely overcooked, dry, and tough. Felt like it was cooked 110%.
2. Snail – Overwhelmingly salty, making it hard to enjoy.
3. Pasta – Far from al dente—mushy, watery, and overcooked.

Service Problems: The service was lacking. A waitress abruptly tossed a menu at me, said she didn’t speak English well and asked me to scan the QR code then immediately walked away. She didn’t give me even a second to ask questions. I understand language barriers, but basic patience and courtesy should still be expected, especially since the restaurant wasn’t busy.

Overall, a very underwhelming experience—wouldn’t recommend based...