L'ASSIETTE CHAMPENOISE

Cute hotel in the wonderful house. Lovely area, swimming pool Brand new renovated stylish interiors, indoor swimming pool. Kind and professional staff, good food. Pleasure to stay

We stayed at hotel which was very nice apart from bathroom flooding every time we had a shower and it was not fixed in spite of informing the hotel reception 3 times.
However the most disappointing part was the restaurant. Firstly the wine list is completely inaccessible 3814 wines on an iPad not searchable by anything other than region. The Sommelier offered to help but then showed us wines from Sancerre telling us they were Chenin. I have since discussed the list with 3 senior (very senior) professionals in the Wine industry who have dined there and all agree the approach doesn’t work well. We got passed that and asked the Somm tp pair using wine from the glass. The result was less than spectacular. He was grumpy and unhelpful for the rest of the evening . The pairing of the Couteau Champagne Blanc clashed horribly with the Tomato course and his claimed pairing of Saumur Cab Franc was with with veal however we weren’t having veal (it was on the other tasting menu)he had got them mixed up !, As the meal it had some great highlights. The tomato course was delicious but early a meal in itself. The red mullet was very disappointing the overpowering flavour of the fish was not matched by the sauce or accompaniments. Even our waiter said yes th3 fish was not well liked and. he didn’t enjoy it
The waiter rushed through the cheese and we asked for a tasting of 4 cheeses gave us two and walked away
The Chef very kindly came to all tables asking how each enjoyed it. When we gave our honest feedback he said he didn’t speak much English and disappeared very quickly presumably back to the kitchen

Staff were efficient but a bit closed and not very interactive. Maybe we just had a bad night but for us it was a great disappointment and a very costly one

Nous avons passé un beau déjeuner, fortement recommandé.

Instant gastronomique exceptionnel dans un lieu magique

Aujourd'hui nous sommes allés à L'assiette Champenoise chez M. Lallement. Aujourd'hui, nous avons eu le bonheur de (re)découvrir et déguster des plats d'une qualité exceptionnelle. Le mariage des aliments est parfois surprenant mais toujours délicieux et l'assemblage est délicat. Certains diront que l'aspect visuel d'un plat n'est pas le plus important toutefois chez M. Lallement le plaisir commence dès l'arrivée de l'assiette, avant même de soulever les couverts.
Toutefois, je trouve qu'il serait injuste de ne parler que du chef et de sa brigade. En effet, L'Assiette Champenoise offre aux clients un service en salle à la fois irréprochable et "humain" , les serveurs sont à la fois présents, sympathiques, parfois un peu joueurs (mention spéciale au sommelier qui a su et aimer perturber les sens de convives aguerris), un service qui ne vous donne pas l'impression de ne pas être à votre place quand vous n'êtes des habitués des grands restaurants.
Enfin, il est agréable de rencontrer M. Lallement durant le repas afin de pouvoir discuter avec lui.
Je ne peux parler du prix ayant été invitée pour une occasion particulière mais la qualité produits servis et un tel savoir-faire ont forcément un coût.