L'Amuse Bouche — Restaurant in Saumur

We have travelled around France for 6 weeks and found nearly everyone very polite, friendly and helpful. Unfortunately this was not such an occasion.

When we arrived at the restaurant the waitress was distressed that we had not made a reservation as if they could not fit us in this made us feel unwelcome. All night there were only 8 people eating including us, so what was the problem?

They only had 250ml glasses for beer, so whilst looking at the menu we asked for another beer. She made actions to tell us to drink up first, stood and waited while we did and then filled the same glasses. I have never had such an experience they should buy some more glasses.

I have seen menus in England written in such a way that they make the food sound better but are difficult to understand, I think this must have been one of these. We could only make out one or two items (beef and salmon) but not the way it was cooked. We saw entrecote on the menu, so decided to order that as the main, but the waitress said that was no longer available. We decided to leave as we could not understand the menu even with the help of Google translate, then suddenly the waitress realised she could speak English, this was a surprise to us as she made out previously that she didn't understand when we spoke English.

When the meal came it was disappointing and not worth the price.

The only reason I rated it as 1 star is that the garden was nicely decorated and it had nice table clothes and napkins.

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The Hostess greeted us and explained the menu in English very well. She recommended both the food and the wine to go with it. The starters: seasonal asparagus with salmon; goat cheese pancake; were very delicious. The main dish: fish caught in Loire river with potatoes and a sauce was finger licking good. Lastly for the dessert the creme brulee was really nice, but the cream cheese with strawberries and sorbet was even better. The service was prompt and the hostess was extremely pleasant. All in all we loved and...

Bonjour, Je me suis laisse guider par certains commentaires plus que positifs. Je vous déconseille fortement cette adresse. J'ai été déçu sur différents aspects : l'accueil : suite au changement du concept de restaurant, une explication serait non-négligeable à l'arrivée des clients.. ils se sentiraient moins en déshérence sur la terrasse entre les tables avant d'arriver au comptoir (en fond de salle) pour commander ses plats/boissons les plats : très peu de produits locaux/régionaux. il faudrait revoir soit la quantité dans l'assiette, soit les tarifs pratiqués. Idem pour la qualité, je ne vais pas au restaurant pour manger un tiramisu industriel à 6€ dans sa barquette plastique avec une pauvre fraise rajoutée dessus. l'ambiance : de guinguette, il n'y avait qu'un fond léger musical.. tarifs : à revoir car je les trouve chers au vu de la qualité/quantité présente dans l'assiette. service : pour info, il n'y a pas de service en salle, on mange avec des couverts en bois, on va chercher/débarrasser ses plats auprès du comptoir

Seul point positif à mes yeux, sa situation géographique...

C'est dommage, les produits régionaux et/ou du fait-maison, le lieu, la proximité de la Loire à vélo et de la halte camping pourrait faire de cet établissement une guinguette festive, gourmande et incontournable...

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