Restaurant Lagrange — Restaurant in Buren

My wife and I go out for dining a lot, and our expectations were rather high based on what we have heard, the reviews on Google Maps and the fine dining approach. However, our expectations are not met.

Want went well: Staff is friendly, proactive, and supportive Table/chair are rather comfortable I liked my red wine (Bordeaux) / good wine menu Atmosphere is nice, not too loud or too quiet Open kitchen (more on this later) visual presentation was good

What should be improved: In our view the courses lack balance. Too sweet or too salty, and the main course (cauliflower) was fried & that’s it. In addition, there was a strong smell of fried products around is due to the kitchen, which is not pleasant. To be fair, the restaurant provided 1 glass of wine from the house to compensate for this, which we appreciated, but still we are left with the feeling that the composition of the courses should be improved and balanced more carefully. There was an open kitchen, which is good on itself, however we could see they use semi-finished products (such as Knorr Roux). At this price level, we expect fully fresh products and what we have seen is not acceptable. Also, the menu states that they use ‘honest products’, but the use of foie gras is not part of that in our view. A pity. Our table was too close to other tables and seats, resulting in people moving around being annoying, as people have to come too close to your table/chair. We ordered a bread, but had to ask a second time for this, which means that they forgot about it. On the bill, coffee services were included separately, while this was part of the menu we have selected. After mentioning this, this was corrected, but this should not happen. Service/time between courses was rather slow (potentially on purpose, this is personal), but also getting the bill took a while. We would have liked this to be more quickly / more efficiently.

As mentioned, sorry to say that we are not happy with the overall experience, as too many things should be improved. Price/quality ratio is not good at all, and should be improved. 3/5 star. Happy to give it another try after the above is improved, otherwise we would not come back.

Note: my previous review on the above seems to be deleted. If this is done by Google, then this can happen. If this is done by the restaurant, then we lower our score to 2/5. Rating systems are not meant for sugar coating, be thankful for the honest & balanced feedback that guests...

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