L'Opidom — Restaurant in Tours

Michelin-listed Restaurant — Review

Introduction: We dined here as a party of four, and every point below represents a view we all shared. This is our collective experience.

Pros:

Fairly clean dining room...

Cons:

EXCESSIVELY LONG WAITS BETWEEN COURSES. You will spend most of the evening just staring at empty plates, wondering when the next dish will show up.

Ear-splitting noise. The room was packed and so loud it became downright unbearable—any sense of atmosphere simply vanished.

While the waiters are polite, their answers are cursory and the dish descriptions are minimal at best.

The food itself was a disaster. We ordered the ten-course tasting menu and liked only the final two desserts. Everything else ranged from brutally salty to bitter, sour, or simply flavorless. Portions were small, yet we still left most of them unfinished. Even the bread tasted stale. By the fifth course we all just wanted to walk out.

Shockingly expensive for such dismal quality. The bill was an unpleasant surprise on top of an unpleasant meal.

Conclusion Yes, this place appears in the Michelin Guide; honestly, we have no idea why. Our unanimous verdict on the evening is DISGUSTING. I wouldn’t wish this experience on my worst enemy. It is, without question, the worst meal I have had at a restaurant of this supposed caliber.

One last irritation: at the register the waiter feigned astonishment when we explained what we disliked—it came across as...

Dined here on a Friday evening and had mistakenly not realised the lunch/evening week menu at €38 was unavailable and it was the next one up at €59. The food was high quality, varied and creative with beautiful presentation but portion sizes were extremely small and overall, we felt the offer was some €15-20 overprcied. Wine selection also overpriced. While staff were friendly and service was efficient, the decor was also dated with an early 2000s feel which sadly added to the slightly pretentious ambience of the place. Among the offer of similar quality restaurants in the Tours area, others do equally as well for a good wad...

Menu Découverte avec association des vins Après avoir fait 2 maisons gastronomiques étoilées du Loir et Cher, la barre était haute à relever pour L'Opidom de M. Roy Passons d'abord au point négatif, la présentation des plats. Même si le masque n'aide pas, un effort pourrait être fait. Particulièrement sur un menu de dégustation dont la carte vous est inconnue. La présentation du dessert, "pomme" pour simple titre pourrait même être jugé comme faute professionnelle pour la manière dont il a été "délivré" sur la table. Heureusement, ce point est contrebalancé par la présentation des vins. Bravo à l'œnologue pour ses interventions. On en apprends plus sur ses choix et sur le plat lui même. Le repas: on pourra noté le parti pris du chef de nous proposer 100% d'association sucré-salé. C'est risqué. Personnellement, j'ai beaucoup aimé la recherche de la sucrosité au travers des ingrédients et les mariages: le foie gras -poire tapée, cabillaud -bisque de langoustine, boeuf-bettrave, Pouligny- poire. Seule, la galantine n'a pas eu l'adhésion des 4 convives. Le dessert finit le repas de la plus merveilleuse des manières. Je mets donc un 5 étoiles que je baisse à 4 pour le point d'amélioration qui me semble facilement surmontable. Finalement, on a envie de revenir pour découvrir la carte et de suivre l'évolution de cette maison qui sans nul doute méritera une place...