La Truffe Sauvage — Restaurant in Lake Charles

We ate at La Truffe Sauvage this weekend and it was really good. To start with for drinks, my husband had an Old Fashioned and I had a mojito. We're both usually two drink people but we weren't really feeling like getting drinks that night. I like my mojito (and all my cocktails) to be sweet, like really sweet hehehe but this was good! Not an overpowering amount of mint. It was very refreshing!

We both had lobster bisque to start. It was beautiful! The pastry on top of it was so stunning and tasty. The bisque itself was very flavorful. I could taste the lobster flavor, but it didn't have lobster in it- some bisques do and some don't. Had I known there was no lobster in it I probably would've gotten the scallops for an appetizer.

My entree was red snapper with lump crab and steamed potatoes. It also had capers in the sauce. The top of the snapper was so crispy it was like he fried it. I ran my fork across the top of it and could hear the crispyness. I love that the chef didn't put the sauce on top of the snapper and make it not as crisp lol. The steamed potatoes were not really my thing, as I discovered, but they were okay. My entree was good, although I like a touch more salt on the snapper for my tastes, which is a personal preference thing. My husband's halibut was amazing!

My husband had the special: halibut with beet pasta and shrimp. The halibut was out of this world flavorful- perfectly seasoned. It was our first time trying halibut. I just recently started eating fish. My husband couldn't finish his halibut so I felt it was my duty to eat the rest of it 😆. I preferred his meal to mine, but they were both delicious.

For dessert we had a Grand Marnier souffle with creme anglaise. We had to order it with our dinner to make sure it wasn't going to be a long wait while it was baking. It was probably one of the best desserts I've (I think, maybe, both of us) ever had. Very light and fluffy, yet rich. It had a light citrus flavor. It was one of those times when you want to lick the plate but realize that in polite society one doesn't do such things 😭😆😭

Oh, and they brought us some truffles with the check. Be still my heart. They were coconut, hazelnut truffles. Something like that. Delish!

The presentation of everything was beautiful. That's a big part of the meal for me, not gonna lie. The staff was very attentive- they made sure our water was always full and checked to see if we needed anything else. They always checked to make sure everything tasted good. Honestly that counts for a lot for me. I hate going to a place where what they do is only for how much money they make and they don't care about the customer experience. We both really felt that they wanted us to enjoy our dining experience. Every staff member there worked together for the benefit of the customer. Different people came to our table to check on us, refill drinks, and thank us for being there throughout the course of our meal. If you're ever in Lake Charles, Louisiana, definitely give them a try!

I always think about whether I would go back to a place or not when there are other restaurants that we could try. I would definitely go back here to try some of their other items. Give them a try. You will not be disappointed in your fine dining experience. It's fine dining so you will spend a little more than at other places. Keep that in mind.

If anyone from the restaurant is reading this, thank you ALL for welcoming us, taking amazing care of us, and making our dining experience one...

While passing through Lake Charles on our way to Houston, we Googled restaurants and chose La Truffe Sauvage based on its Google ratings. I have never reviewed a restaurant before but I felt so strongly about this experience that I wanted to share. Once we found the restaurant we were a little unsure if reservations were required or if it was a restaurant for special events only because it seemed to be located on a country club (BTW, they don’t require reservations, but the encourage it). We decided to check it out anyway. Upon entering, beautiful artwork greets the eye followed by an amazing dining atmosphere. It’s hard to describe the beauty of the building because it was so unique on the inside. We sat by large windows with beautiful plants right outside and the sun set while we ate. The ceiling looked like a wooden loft. Our servers were extremely professional and we had an entire team taking care of us which means our needs were met at all times. The food was probably the best I have ever had all the way from homemade bean paste for the bread to the unique flavors of the salad to the perfectly proportioned entrees. The wine was nothing like anything I have ever tasted and even the coffee, tea, and complimentary cookie at the end was sensational. I had a conversation with one of the servers and learned that the restaurant was owned by two local people and there were only a hand full of employees. I was also told that the ingredients were local. Supporting locals is a plus. The overall bill for two of us was quite pricy (about $200) but this was for several glasses of wines, appetizers, entrees, desert, and coffee/tea. It was worth every penny and maybe more. I cannot...

Ever since I’ve moved to Lake Charles, we kept hearing people talk about La Truffe Sauvage. Everyone kept losing their minds over how amazing the food here was.

But just as soon as we were seated, my wife and I were already blown away! The atmosphere inside the restaurant alone made it such an intimate experience for us. And we felt especially wowed by the incredibly intentional service. I don’t remember his name, but he kindly answered all of our questions about fine dining that we were nervous to ask him. He basically worked with us all night to find the perfect assortment of dishes and wines we wanted for our anniversary.

In terms of food, everything was honestly exactly as people had explained. Everything was to die for, especially my prime beef tenderloin filet. And I’m not a huge fan of crab, but even I kept trying to eat my wife’s jumbo lump crabmeat dish! I only wish we would have saved enough room to order all of their desserts!

We’ll have to come back for a special occasion to try the rest of...