Given the great ratings on Google and the recommendations from our local hotel, we reserved a table for a Friday night (August 2021) and were looking forward to a tasty, maybe even exceptional, vegetarian/vegan dinner. To cut a long story short: We were rather displeased and cannot recommend this restaurant.
The dishes were all beautifully arranged, small pieces of artwork on the plate. However, except for the "carpaccio of local tomatoes" and the desserts, all of them lacked salt, pepper, oil, vinegar or any kind of spices or seasoning. Even though knowing that the cook's focus is ayurvedic cuisine (low on fat and spices), the dishes mostly tasted flat or like nothing at all, which was reinforced by the very fine and delicate way of chopping ingredients or the minuscule amount of certain components. I had a "floral salat with a small crĂȘpe and kimchi" as a starter - the salad was not seasoned in any way and fairly cold, the crĂȘpe had a diameter of about 4 cm and topped by half a teaspoon of kimchi. For the main course, we had a "jackfruit burger with coleslaw" as well as "kebap with beans". Both dished had some tasty components (e.g. the jackfruit "patty"), but once again, the coleslaw was very cold and tasteless, the burger bun very dense, dry and floury, the kebap (probably made from spelt grain or chick peas) was really dry, flat and downright like paper. The desserts were much better than the preceding courses and tasted good, although partly very very sweet (esp. the brownie "soil" for the floral "pot" and the almond cake).
Apart from the food, the restaurant is a nice and cosy place with a friendly waiter. However, we waited really long in between courses, our apéritif was ordered but forgotten, the candle not lit, and we had to ask any time we wanted some more water or any bread. As the waiter was the only staff for several tables, this might explain his lack of attentiveness and the long wait.
The prices are rather high. Given that all ingredients are fair-traded/organic/local, we are happy to pay this "premium", but our experience in this restaurant did not justify the final bill we received.
Overall, the night was hence fairly disappointing. We have been eating and cooking vegetarian for a fairly long time and its safe to say that we have had much better meals in other vegetarian and also in non-vegetarian...
   Read morePour la premiĂšre fois dans ce resto, autour dâun anniversaire (50 ans, ça se fĂȘte), nous avions rĂ©servĂ© par mail en prĂ©cisant bien que câĂ©tait pour les 50 ans dâune personne. La seule « touche dâattention » pour cet Ă©vĂ©nement qui a Ă©tĂ© proposĂ© en retour de mail, câest « vous voulez une bougie sur le dessert que choisira la personne ? »⊠Un peu limite, dans la mesure oĂč dans un autre resto pour un anniversaire de moindre importance, un dessert individualisĂ© pour lâoccasion avait Ă©tĂ© proposĂ©, sans rien demander (avec des larges sourires de la serveuse et du chef !) Et doublement limite dans la mesure oĂč aucune bougie nâĂ©tait finalement prĂ©sente sur le dessert ⊠Premier point donc Ă soulever : dans un resto de cet acabit, bio, vĂ©gĂ©, local, qui prĂŽne sur son site « le bien-ĂȘtre », un logo créé qui invite à « la paix » on est en droit dâimaginer (naĂŻvement sans doute) que lâapproche au client et lâaccueil sont eux aussi authentiques, affables. Et bien nonâŠ.
Et niveau amabilitĂ©, câest du tout juste. La serveuse fait son taff de serveuse, elle navigue entre les tables, elle sert, point barre. Quand vient le moment de nous expliquer ce quâil y a au menu, elle nous lit le tableau et dĂ©bite avec une rapiditĂ© mĂ©canique, sans vie, le contenu des 2 menus possibles, sans sâassurer pour autant que nous avons compris et tout intĂ©grĂ©... Et donc la mĂȘme chose pour tous les clients prĂ©sents. Le sourire et la disponibilitĂ© ne font visiblement pas partie du menu.
Le cadre est agrĂ©able (fallait oser une devanture de couleur vert comme ça, mais au moins ça attire lâĆil et annonce la couleur), la dĂ©co est correcte sans ĂȘtre homogĂšne (du bois, des plantes mais aussi des bougeoirs de toutes sortesâŠ), un peu comme si un style zen avait Ă©tĂ© recherchĂ© ⊠sans ĂȘtre vĂ©ritablement trouvĂ©.
Au niveau de lâassiette, et câest ici que le bĂąt blesse et que ça pique au porte-monnaie, les saveurs gustatives ne sont dĂ©finitivement pas Ă la hauteur de la facture (bien trop) salĂ©e. MĂȘme si on sent bien quâil y a de la recherche pour prĂ©senter lâassiette, et manifestement du boulot en cuisine (normal pour un resto vous me direz), il nây a pas de quoi tomber Ă la renverse de sa chaise une fois la premiĂšre bouchĂ©e avalĂ©e, surtout que câest censĂ© ĂȘtre bio, vĂ©gĂ© et local. Câest tout juste bon, sans plus (la cuisine fait maison chez nous est bien meilleure). Pour le prix, il y avait pourtant de quoi sâattendre Ă un « petit truc » une « petite saveur » en plus, un « jenesaisquoi » qui marque clairement la diffĂ©rence, et lâenvie dây retourner⊠En comparaison, le resto Pique-Prune a meilleur goĂ»t, câest dire ! Seule petite note originale, le vin dâoranges aux Ă©pices en apĂ©ritif ⊠Pour le service, il y a lĂ clairement Ă revoir : câest beaucoup trop dâattente, nous sommes arrivĂ©s Ă 19h30, repartis Ă 21h45, ça donne une idĂ©e... (les livres, coloriages et autres Ă©lĂ©ments mis Ă disposition sur le rebord de la fenĂȘtre prĂšs de notre table auraient dâailleurs dĂ» alerter notre attention, et sont clairement faits pour faire patienter petits et grands, câest dĂ©jĂ un signe). Il nây a pourtant pas de menu Ă la carte, donc a priori on pourrait croire que le service serait plus rapide, mais non.
Concernant le paiement, nous nâavons pas pu payer en chĂšques vacances (version papier), le resto nâacceptant que sa version ⊠digitale ! Un comble qui pose question pour un resto situĂ© dans une ville comme Saint-Malo, noyĂ©e sous les vacanciers pendant la pĂ©riode estivale ⊠!
Bref, un resto qui veut jouer aux grands (notĂ© 11/20 au Gault & Millau), mais qui nâen est pas Ă la hauteur du tout. Nous ne conseillons pas et nây...
   Read moreVery big disappointment! Food takes for ever to come, even though there are only two starters and two main courses, in total (no kidding). Tast is below average. It comes in very small sizes on large, admittedly nice looking dishes, to make it look exclusive (which it is not!). If it was served in a take away box, you wouldn't pay a quarter of the price for such rather tastless "bio" food (after making you wait one hour for a simple dish). Customer service is non existing. They make you pre-order your desert when ordering starter and main course, but then forget that you pre-ordered it. Apparently positive reviews from previous years/months do no longer apply. I guess management/cook/service/menue/prices changed (see other RECENT reviews; I noticed afterwards). The green painted wall and napkins do look nice, I give them that, but the overall experience (particularly if you are hungry, looking for decent food) is frustrating, to say the least. Waste of time and money. đą Complete ripp-off, even for this...
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