La Butte - Reservar una mesa

The previous review here by Paulwoods1 is very critical of this restaurant. All I can say is that were experienced the total opposite. We arrived unannounced and unbooked seeking somewhere to eat on our last night. They had a table for us and we were treated with respect and charm and graciousness, something to which I will return. The a la carte menu is not cheap nor for the faint-hearted but the fixed price menus, staring at 49 Euros, represent good value for money, considering what you get. (My spider-crab starter was priced at 26 Euros on the a la carte but was included as part of the 49 Euro option). But be warned, this is not a place go do if your idea of fine dining is McDonalds or your local Indian: this is dining in the very best French tradition. The food was exquisite and, in places, sublime. The pork, to be trite and cliched, really did melt in the mouth. Tastes and flavours were superb and the combination of ingredients first class. But although the food was universally excellent it was the service and the ambience was contributed much to our enjoyment. The restaurant is about a mile form the sea and sits on a hill, thus affording wonderful, if slightly distant, views of the bay. The staff were excellent. My wife, being picky, opted for a main and a dessert whereas I, glutton that I am, went for the three course 49 Euro menu. Drinks came with little nibbles (a variation of the cheese straw). Then came not one but two amuse bouches. These were cleared away and cutlery laid for my starter. They also gave my wife some. When she remonstrated saying that she wasn't having a starter they said that they couldn't let her simply watch me so would give her a small (complementary) starter (not on the menu). This was excellent - had it been on the menu she'd have had it. It was this level of service - professional, gracious, warm and stylish - and the food that makes this place as good as it gets. I doubt that there's a better restaurant within 50 miles on this stretch of the coast.

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I have been 3 times to la Bute for dinner in the last 9 months, both as a couple and a larger family group. The food is technically excellent with imaginative re-interpetations of traditional breton recipes and local products. However do not expect good service if you are not seen as local. In fact although I have a common English surname I have had a home in the area for many years. On each occasion I booked in advance (as much as 2 weeks) and requested a window table for the special occasion - birthdays and wedding anniversary respectively - only to shown to a back corner table near the service area. When I complained on the second occasion we were shown to a table with a view of the bay, one of the restaurants selling points. But it puts a dampener on an evening if one has to complain at the outset. There were plenty of tables both for couples and families available in the window area on each occasion.As noted by others the staff are inexperienced and make too many basic mistakes - a big play on serving very good speciality butters, but then omitting to serve any bread; forgetting to allow the red wine to breath and to serve it on time with the main course. The practice of paying the bill at reception at the end of the meal should be discontinued. The host does not want all their guests to know how much the meal has cost.Having spent the best part of 1,000 euros in this establishment I will not be returning any time soon.

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Nice view from a hill above the sea, about 2-3 km away from the bay.If you go there for dinner, the sun might be an obstacle, as it shines thru the big windows.Staff is attentive, some young and inexperienced among them, so some misunderstandings arose, though the restaurant seems to set a standard process for servers (welcome, aperitive, amuse-geule, beverages, menue etc).We were there twice during our vacation and enjoyed the food much. One star is well earned.

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Just what you expect from a One Star Michelin, to be pleasantly surprised by the chef... to taste new delicious associations. Loved the Foie Gras in Herb broth and the rhubarb desert

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It was like is " OH, MY GOODNESS! It's amazing, it's like Salvador Dali and Picasso in a kitchen..." I love VOTRE ART on a "TOILE"! Thank you for the pleasure.

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