Saveurs de l'Abbaye — Restaurant in Saintes

We arrived about 9.30pm, hungry and hoping we could get dinner. Our delightful hostess asked her husband if we could eat and he obligingly and smilingly agreed. She then directed us to park in a free car park a short walk down the street. On our return we were shown to our room, which was spacious and modern with a very nice, if small, shower room. We then came down for dinner and were surprised to find it was a fixed menu, and not cheap (we had planned to have just a main course). But then we were absolutely not disappointed, it was worth every Euro. The service was fantastic (our young waiter was very helpful in finding out what things were for us) and the food and wine sublime. We would certainly stay at Les Saveurs de l'Abbaye again and would very much look forward to eating there. My only comment to the owners would be - please provide better lighting in the room. It was difficult to read in bed. Otherwise -...

We arrived about 9.30pm, hungry and hoping we could get dinner. Our delightful hostess asked her husband if we could eat and he obligingly and smilingly agreed. She then directed us to park in a free car park a short walk down the street. On our return we were shown to our room, which was spacious and modern with a very nice, if small, shower room. We then came down for dinner and were surprised to find it was a fixed menu, and not cheap (we had planned to have just a main course). But then we were absolutely not disappointed, it was worth every Euro. The service was fantastic (our young waiter was very helpful in finding out what things were for us) and the food and wine sublime. We would certainly stay at Les Saveurs de l'Abbaye again and would very much look forward to eating there. My only comment to the owners would be - please provide better lighting in the room. It was difficult to read in bed. Otherwise -...

We arrived, having booked and were met by a very flustered waiter in a very understaffed restaurant. The waiter and a trainee were the only staff serving 40 covers. We were asked if we wanted an aperitif (very brusquely) and the 24 euros later were presented with 2 gins and 1 tiny tonic. We were then rushed to order and had some very half-hearted muse buche. Sara ordered a nice looking salmon dish and was presented with a huge pile of thick unattractive smoked salmon. I had a good foi gras. The main course was Duck and horrible and had a "panis" with it which was a horrible rancid potato bread. Pudding was ok, if you like badly made brightly coloured marshmallow. The cheese (which was 6.50 extra) was tiny - I mean 6 match sticks of 4 cheeses for a 150 euro meal. The lady next to us complained and got a decent portion, but we were too green. Very expensive, badly balanced and mean meal. Would not...