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My experience has been always positive with this chain restaurant and this location is no…read moreexception. The one meal they serve is consistently good at every location and city I have visited them accompanied by good service and very reasonable prices.

We had high hopes for l'Entrecôte before we arrived. Steak and only steak. Unlimited fries. What…read morecould go wrong? Well a lot apparently. Getting inside it's an array of dated 1970s clichés: a wide variety of beiges, distinctly yellow lighting, acres of stuffy dark wood. These clichés extended to the menu. There was stale bread, and a pointless salad consisting of only badly ripped lettuce, walnuts and some unpleasant dressing. The steak wasn't the chic start up fare I'd expected where there's only one dish and it's done really well. It was cooked well, but it was drowning in oil, and cut too thinly and the mountain of fries would have been pretty good had they been less greasy. The rest of your steak sits in the middle of the table on a metal platter bathing a lake of more oil and the waitress stands poised at a sideboard fidgeting with more oily fries. We asked for ketchup or mayonnaise to hopefully counteract the oiliness, but bizarrely they don't serve any condiments besides mustard. So it was just oil, oil, oil until the desserts arrived. The desserts continued the 70s vibe: peach melbas etc etc. I have nothing against these dishes; when done well they're amazing, but these lacked any sort of style, finesse or quality. I had the "landslide at Mud Mountain" profiteroles, a brown chocolate mess which was just balls of ice cream with choux pastry hats stuck on the outside. We also got a sundae, and it was an obscene eruption of cream. I don't understand the queues you see outside here on certain evenings. I won't be going back; it will take a long time for my oil saturation to subside. You can get the same thing done better in so many other places. Quality over quantity I say.

After wandering around the beautiful streets of La Baule, an extremely popular seaside destination…read morefor many French people, AT and I arrived at Le Vieux Carillon for lunch with his family. He and his family had been talking about raclette so much and it was finally my chance to learn what it was all about. Except I had been eating SO much in the days leading up to our visit here that I just watched the family chow down on raclette, while I ordered something else. Raclette seems to be trending now in the States and I always feel a smile creep up on my face when I see raclette cheese wedges at the local farmers markets. Anyway, since we came during the end-of-year celebrations, there was no shortage of food and whatever I ate had copious amounts of butter, cream, and meat. I was about to blow up and I actually felt like my body was begging for some fruits and veggies. Seriously. I don't speak French, mostly because I feel super self-conscious about my poor pronunciation, so I can't tell you exactly the banter exchanged between the waitstaff and AT and my in-laws, but they all seemed to have a great time and our wait for food was minimal. I will say that service at restaurants outside of Paris is much friendlier, though you also risk the chance of finding anyone who speaks even a line of English being crazy low. Anyway, I started off with a bowl of creamy cauliflower soup, which was delightful! It was followed by a medium steak with salad and sautéed vegetables. I told you I needed some non-meat comestible in my body. The rest of the family got delivered metal pails of boiled potatoes, platters of charcuterie, and a ginormous hunk of cheese, with hot metal plates that melt the cheese. As the cheese melts, those participating in eating raclette scrape it off and the hot plates adjust to continue melting the dwindling piece of cheese. See my photos to understand better. Next time, I'll pace myself better and ask for a heads-up before we come eat at Le Vieux Carillon again so that I can partake in having potatoes, cured meat, and cheese. AT's family goes regularly and his sister loves sending me photos of them all eating to their hearts' content. I'm sure we'll get little AT into this indigenous Swiss eating custom too. [#Yelp365: 12/365]

I've eaten three times and it was always good. Wines are relatively good also. The best part, the…read morerestaurant. The decoration is great, they though until the last detail. Price is reasonable, not cheap. I will definitely recommend it.