La Braise - Reservar una mesa

Thought would give this place another chance after disastrous service last year. Been here four times now, food is excellent BUT service definitely leans preferably towards the locals. We watched four tables of local French people arrive anything up to over an hour after us get their food 1/2hr before us?! I wouldn't mind so much but my French is not that bad so resent having to ask the waiters/waitresses numerous times where is our food only to eventually be told 'désole' another 5 minutes after literally a 2 hour wait whilst watching other tables of French order, eat and leave before we've had anything. Last year we had the same problem. Last year they even added stuff we never had to the...

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Our B&B landlady recommended La Braise and the trip advisor reviews were generally positive (although average for Angouleme, which should have warned us). We arrived at 20:30 pm one Saturday night. By 21:45 we had been served starters only. After 1.5 hours and half a melon our waitress asked if we wanted anything else, to which I replied 'main course please!'. The main course when it arrived was good but nothing special. I had boudin noir (black pudding) and my wife had steak. Both just with chips. So not exactly haute cuisine or something that'd take a long time but very tasty nonetheless. The restaurant was very busy so perhaps that's why the service was slow. However, I won't be going bac...

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Had a dinner there with friends, the food was good and the portions were huge. Atmosphere was fine but the service was very slow and although we were not in any real hurry, it become quite a pain having to chase up the staff.

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Ordered skewered beef med and it camechared outside and absolutely raw on the inside. Service was inattentive. No one ever checked back to see how everything was. Had to track down the server for the check.

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Excellent food, especially the steak and chips! Huge portions, make sure you go there hungry! Yummy desserts

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