La chartreuse de Parme

A group of us had spent the day touring the Haut Médoc. We were exhausted and stumbled on this family run Italian restaurant on our way back to Bordeaux. The restaurant is in a very nice setting: a large home in a suburb of Bordeaux....It looks like it might at one point been a small chateau. There is a terrace that must be very pleasant in the summer. There is a huge choice of pasta dishes on the menu. We started our meal with a large shared plate of charcuterie and our group all chose 5 different pasta dishes and they were all very good. I don't know about the non pasta offerings since we didn't have any. The service was excellent and the owner came to chat with us. He declared his wines f...

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I'm surprised by so many positive reviews. But I suppose it depends on what you want. The prices are high so we supposed it offered fine Italian dining. It did not. It was pile em high. Sell em high. Yes the portions were huge but...I want good food more. We ordered prawns in whisky crème pasta, bolognaise, parma ham and mushroom and inferno (beef and pasta). Anyway the pasta was rubbery and dry and the beef was too fatty. I mean I like fat on the meat but this was too much. My husband was picking stuff out of his teeth for ages. We were told that our meal would be for 1 or 1.5 hours. It was a Monday night! We wanted a longer meal to celebrate our wedding anniversary. But because we had used...

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thanks to the team of la chatreuse. they were charming as we chose the wee of the appetizer, charming as we have chosen the food and so charming at the end that they personally made sure that we are sure to come home grazie! this restaurant is in. a beautiful home and served large pasta and wee. the parts are in fact huge so plan accordingly. my wife and I both loved our pasta dishes, although none of us could finish them! the Italian wine was really beautiful. uber serves the locatiob, but willing to wait for 15 minutes and best to get the owner to talk to the Uber driver to make sure they show up.

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Thank you to the team at La Chatreuse. You were charming as we chose the predinner wine, charming as we chose the food and so charming at the end that you personally made sure we got home safely Grazie! This restaurant is set in...a lovely home and serves great pasta and wine. The portions are indeed huge so plan accordingly. My wife and I both loved our pasta dishes though neither of us could finish them! The Italian wine was indeed lovely. Uber does serve the locatiob but be ready for 15 minute+ wait and best to get the proprietor to speak to the Uber driver to ensure they turn up.

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Wow! Set in a beautiful chateau, my lunch started with an aperol Spritz to get in Italian frame of mind. I ordered the Fungi Parme which was probably the best pasta dish I've ever had. I was still thinking about it several days later. Will...definitely go back asap!

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