Advantages: Beautiful dining room Disadvantages: Bedrooms adequate but not elegant.
We stayed at the Hôtel RestaurantLa Flambée in Bergerac in November 2008 for two nights and enjoyed breakfast and dinner. What follows is an honest account as possible about the hotel as I can provide. Hopefully this may help if you are planning to visit this part of the world.
We flew to Bordeaux but the most convenient airport for the hotel is actually in Bergerac as the hotel lies about 2 miles outside the town. Incase you are not familiar with this part of the world these places are in the main wine growing areas, and are in South West France. Flying time from the UK is about an hour and a half if you are flying from the London areas. Easyjet will take you to Bordeaux from Luton, likewise British Airways will fly you from Gatwick, and Ryanair will fly you from Stansted to Bergerac. This area is great as it is possible to use as ...
Advantages: Food was absolutely fantastic Disadvantages: Service not absolutely perfect, and toilets nothing to shout about
Hubby and I are enjoying the last of our DINKY (Dual Income No Kids Yet) days before settling down and starting a family. So, having booked our hotel for our weekend away in Edinburgh I decided to look for a nice restaurant for the Saturday night, as hubby and I do like our food!
Having had a lovely meal in a Michelin Star restaurant in Jersey last year I decided to look at what was on offer in Edinburgh, and found that there are currently 4 restaurants with a Michelin Star (if you want to find one near you visit - http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2009/01/18/306085/top-michelin-rated-restaurants.html). I looked at the websites of all four, and decided that it would be the Plumed Horse that we would visit ? based mainly upon cost I have to admit (some places you can pay £80 a head before the drinks)!
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Advantages: Excellent food, service and atmosphere Disadvantages: No outdoor seating; upstairs toilets
Before visiting Honfleur, Normandy, for the day I looked at the Ciao France website to see if there were any reviews of restaurants in the town. All I found, however, was a piece of advice that recommended avoiding the restaurants on the waterfront, which it described as 'tourist traps', and seeking out a restaurant in one of the side streets. My 'Rough Guide to France' was too heavy to take along, so I copied out the names and addresses of one or two restaurants that it listed. Unsurprisingly for a fishing port, they all seemed to specialise in seafood.
We spent about an hour and a half wandering around Honfleur and were amazed at the number of restaurants there are; you are certainly spoilt for choice, and if a bucket of mussels floats your boat you are in for a treat. We stopped and looked at one or two menus, including that of La ...
