"In the evenings there are two main “formules” here: either a 3 course menu for 43 Euros or a 7 course one for 49, which seems to argue irresistibly in favour of the latter, which is what we ordered. In practice the first of the 7 is an amuse-bouche (one of which comes unannounced on the 3 courser) and another is a tiny pre-dessert. Even so, the longer menu gives a fuller chance to appreciate the chef’s ideas, without much extra cost.And there are some pretty original ideas here – daring combinations of ginger, wasabi and truffle, for instance, all on the same plate and all, I’d say, succeeding. Often there are lots of small touches of intense flavour on the plate enabling you to combine then in different ways on different mouthfuls – the best example om our menu, a dish of turbot and scallop, served with baby beans and minute carrots, with a good few shavings of truffle, a scattering of two kinds of fish eggs (black and white – no idea what fish), a sliver of ginger, a mouthful of tomate confite and much more besides. All very carefully thought through but full of surprises.A good wine list, though surprisingly lighter on local wines than French classics. The 32 Euro white Luberon we had was superb.The service was efficient but low on charm – our waiter seemed to have had a total personality bypass! The other slight negative was the loud and rather corny piped pop music, although they seemed to turn this down as the restaurant filled up.Most of the tables are downstairs in an attractive vaulted-ceilinged basement. There are couple of awkwardly placed tables just inside the entrance on the ground floor. If I booked again, I would definitely make sure that I wasn’t going to be given one of those."
