Le Moulin Restaurant — Restaurant in St Albans

Shameful attitude and very overpriced - We ordered the wine ‘Pinot Noir Beaune’ and when it came it was not shown to us before the waitress opened it. As it is a 2021 wine so when I tried it I thought it was not yet aired. We waited and tried our best to air it. I then discovered it is not a wine from Beaune. I told the waitress/owner it is just a Burgundy and not from village of Beaune. She immediately replied, “You tried it and you liked it”. In fact when I tried it I said it was not aired enough.

She most forcefully thrusted upon us that we ‘enjoyed it’. At that point, I told her I would not have ordered it if it were not from Beaune. She then insisted it was just a “Mis-spelling”! When she further insisted “you enjoyed it”. I said we would have drunk it if we did. We left 1/3 of bottle untouched! My younger son did drink some of it.

It is the appalling attitude of both owners (waitress and the cook) to say there is only a mid-spelling and in any case we enjoyed it. We are not trying to get a refund or anything like that. If we cared about the costs we would not eat there as the menu at front of restaurant has no price on it.

There was never any apology from either of them for what was a clear misrepresentation. I most certainly did not like or enjoyed the wine. I left my glass of wine on the table when we left.

Our mains are £28 (plus 10% service). It was very very overpriced for what we had. The braised duck was rather nice but it is overpriced.

Please please do try to avoid risotto. as it is not the correct rice used and poorly prepared. It is simply horrid.

We were so very upset about the attitude of these two owners so we left without having dessert.

We will never return Snd would not recommend this...

Le Moulin is quite honestly the best food you are going to find locally. The chef has a true passion for food which really shows through in the dishes he prepares for the limited number of guests the building allows. This makes for a genuinely intimate dining atmosphere, giving one a feeling you are eating at a friends house. The menu may be considered by some as limited, but quite frankly more is not always better and this is certainly true here .In any event most people will find something to their taste. While not as corporate as some venues you find and it might lack the usual dead eyed waitress asking disinterestedly if you "enjoyed your meal?" the food speaks for itself. I cannot believe the negative reviews and can only suggest those diners might feel more at home at one of the many many other restaurants serving the standard Break...

Booked a table for my friend's 50th over a month in advance. Five days before we were due to go I called the restaurant to make an enquiry. They told me they had cancelled my booking. Apparently they were going to let me know that night. They cancelled in favour of a larger group booking that came along later. The woman I spoke to was incredibly rude. She asked me if I didn't have any other restaurant I could book into! Good advice from Le Moulin itself - book elsewhere! Zero stars should be made available for places like this. Really...