Le Corbeau - Reservar una mesa

We drove over to Auxonne to visit friends in the large marina there, and it was suggested that we eat lunch at Le Corbeau with couple from another boat, just 5 minutes gentle stroll away (though parking looked to be fairly easy too).Auxonne with its fortifications by Vaubin has been a military town for centuries, and Le Corbeau is a fine stone building with arcaded frontage opposite the 13th century church of Notre Dame. Unfortunately when we ate there the weather was not so good and there was no outside seating in place. Inside, the seating is comfortable and our table had ample space for 6 without feeling cramped. The room has a fine timbered ceiling common in such Burgundian buildings, but sadly it has been painted red, oak beams included. There are slightly odd ‘works’ hung along one wall - 1m square wooden block panels with names of vegetables lettered onto them. I guess they are to break up what would otherwise be a plain expanse of colour, but to me they were just ‘set dressing’ with no other merit and vaguely annoying every time they caught my eye. There were also off-cuts of wood on tall bent rods here and there, but the least said of those the better.However taste in decor is not the important thing - it is the taste of the food that people come for. We were given some particularly good fresh warm gougères as amuse bouches while we made our choice. There was a set lunch menu on offer at 19€: House paté with grain mustard and salad, plie (plaice) with puré potato and a beurre blanc sauce, and chocolate brownie with crème anglaise, and most of our group went for that. It was nothing special, but was all good enough and a reasonable price. I don’t eat a lot of fish and anyway did not want a starter, so I chose from the menu. There was not a lot on offer - faux-fillet, duck, or ballottine de volaille. I decided on the volaille, only to be told they didn’t have any. I does annoy me when the choice is so limited but some items are not available. We were there on a Tuesday - had they sold out over the weekend? Could the chef not be bothered to make more, or as it’s August - is he on holiday? Who’s to know!So I looked instead at the entrées and chose oeuf meurette, with white wine sauce rather than the usual red. The sauce would normally include onions, carrots, bacon and mushrooms but here although the sauce was flavoursome I only detected mushroom - possibly this white wine variant differs in this regard too. It was fine, and the chef did produce the two poached eggs with yolks runny as they should be.I chose omelette norvégienne (baked Alaska) flambéd with Grand Marnier as dessert and another of our group joined me. We both regretted our choice, which was very overly sweet and with no appreciable taste of Grand Marnier.On a positive note though, the wine was OK. One couple wanted a rosé to accompany the meal, and I picked a Côtes de Provence Hauts de Masterel from the two available. Although I wouldn’t generally choose a rosé this went well with the food. Unfortunately another niggle - we ordered a second bottle and the waitress just starting pouring it without offering it for tasting first, and certainly did not check the cork herself.Le Corbeau is obviously very convenient if you arrive by boat, and most of our group found it satisfactory. The decor is not particularly to my taste but that is unimportant, however for me the food and service just misses the mark too.

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with my partner, we chose this restaurant to auxonne because it was well noted and we were actually not disappointed. Ideally located in the heart of the city, it is quite possible to stroll through the old quarters of Auon after your culinary getaway. ease of accessibility and parking. a quality cuisine and a rather pleasant setting. a little improvement is probably possible at the level of service: the young waitress who took care of our table tonight could not really advise us on the wine, or give us the name of the three cheeses served in the chosen menu; a detail that will not prevent us from coming back. we recommend this address.

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If you want to eat in the area of Genlis/Auxonne, come and discover this restaurant! for the moment, it is the best in the sector, with a reasonable price ratio. My companion, my son and I each took a different meal. each was very pleasantly surprised. The qualities of the dishes are really at the rendezvous. nothing to say about the service that is fast and effective.An address that really deserves to be better known. I see in the commentaries that some did not take the time to discover the restaurant: so much for them, because they missed something.

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No opinion on the kitchen since we had booked but we did not stay... Even if this restaurant does not accept the presence of animals, it is possible to show a minimum of friendliness. for the owners of small dogs (7kgs with the travel bag in which it was) , know that it is useless to introduce you if you do not want to be looked at you as if you had the pest!!!

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Excellent meal. excellent eggs. cooking the perfect meat. dessert very good. service very well.

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