Le Jardin d'Eau — Restaurant in Agadir

I feel really bad writing a 1 star review. There could be a good bunch of people working here and maybe I was just unlucky on the night. But, my goodness, this is the worst food I've had for a very long time.

The beef carpaccio was freezing cold. Not chilled as it should be, but freezing, leaving the meat void of any and all flavour. Though from what little taste I could squeeze out of it by warming it up in my mouth, I'm not sure this carpaccio was of the finest beef cuts. Perhaps this was an ambitious starter for a French restaurant in Agadir.

I also ordered the steak rare - the waitress gave me a look when I ordered this like a) she'd never heard of anyone ordering rare steak before, or b) she knew how unsafe a rare steak would be at this particular restaurant - neither explanation flooded me with confidence. The steak then met all expectation. That is to say it was barely edible. I've honestly had better steak in a Wetherspoons.

At face value, this is probably a 2, maybe 3 star restaurant at best, but considering we Googled "best restaurants in Agadir" and this came up top, and given the sheer number of 5 star reviews it's had, it's got to lose a ton of credibility by falling short of expectation by orders of magnitude. Either there's some dodgy Google reviewing happening, I had an unlucky night or people's standards are pretty low. In any case, not going back here ever again.

On balance, my fiance did say the pasta was ok, so...

Fabulous place, food and staff!

We were staying at the allegro over the road, frankly it's below average at best so do yourself a favour and visit Le Jardin d'Eau. It is knock your socks off better in every way

The pastille is a definite choice. A fusion of sweet and savoury that you think you won't like but you will absolutely love

We went with lamb shank and lamb tagine, both were equally great with tender meat cooked perfectly

I was a bit poorly before my visit and couldn't finish much, I felt terrible about it and will head back in a couple of days for another go

Edit: return visit 2 days later for lunch. Pastilla, still great! Also went for the John Dory, really great fish cookery and surprisingly generous portion. Well worth the...

Delicious food and really good service with tables around a log fire. Recommend the citron chicken tagine. The mint tea is also incredible (although comes with lots of sugar in it so mention if you want it without). You can also get wine and beer here if you wish (the local red wine is nice) and on occasion have 'live music' (a bloke doing Phil Collins covers - seriously!). There's a bar next door too with pool and tapas (it seems like a separate venue but is joined). Have a look outside for set menu deals - I missed this on my first time but on the second got a three course meal (sardines, chicken cous cous and creme brulee) for 85 dirhams. The creme brulee was the nicest...