Excellent dinner at La Boulaye. Fresh, local everything. Everything just tastes better in France…read more We sat outside on the terrace overlooking the beautiful field with other diners for a leisurely two hour meal. Make reservations, you can't go wrong, highly highly recommended. And they were kind enough to give us an English menu :)

Recommended by the owner of Chateau de Fontenay, we biked 3 km along the Cher to this wonderful…read morerestaurant in the countryside. Beautiful terrace dining in July. We enjoyed the local rose and chinon wines with elegantly presented dishes prepared perfectly. My wife enjoyed the cod and I the duck. The appetizers, I chose the restaurant's specialty pork dish, started the meal off on the right foot! Local cheese and fruit dessert topped off a relaxing evening. Idylic. How this was possible for less than 100 euro is a mystery!

Traditional French bistro food at this cozy spot near the middle of the Blois square. 4.5 stars…read more Food: 4, Service: 5, Atmosphere: 4 Cost to worth it rating 4: 3 course menu ~30 Euro Return worthiness: yes Highlights: - Steak frites: my husband's favorite French dish and this first steak of our France trip ended up being the best. Quality piece of meat, well cooked, and perfectly seasoned. 5 stars - Bread: extra delicious french bread slices. 5 stars - Homey atmosphere: cute wooden tables with plaid table clothes - Escargot: plenty set in garlic butter in the standard fun dish with the little indentations. 4 stars - Duck confit: tasty leg though thin potatoes were greasy. 4 stars - Charcuterie pork plate: substantial for a starter with heaps of cured meats and 2 pates. 4 stars - Cheese plate: 3 large pieces of soft cheese. 3.5 stars - Half bottles: significant selection to order from giving us plenty of options. All were good as well. - Staff: were kind to us to let us in close to closing unlike others in the area - Substantial menu with many options to chose from including 2 prices for a set menu Lowlights: - More restaurants we went to weren't like this ;-) Great all-around homestyle French meal.

Delicious fresh sushi, sashimi, cabbage salad with a tasty twist, real miso soup. Service is…read morefriendly and down to earth. No frills, just good food, simple decor - Japanese prints around the wall-mounted television. It's on the road to Vendôme, just 200m from the top of the old town, and there's a fair amount of passing traffic. Price-wise it's good value with menus starting at around €13 for chicken karage. Platters (ie without rice, salad and soup) start at €12 for salmon sushi and salmon maki. The maki with tempura prawns and spicy sauce (€7 for 6 pieces) is really delicious. This restaurant has none of the problems that I've encountered in the other sushi restaurants in Blois - for example the fish and rice are the right temperature and the miso soup is real miso. In fact, this is some of the best sushi I've found in France, and I've heard tell that people drive 40km from Romorantin to fetch take away. True story!

Terrific food. Nice people. All the charm of the old world and the sophistication that you expect…read morefrom a nice restaurant in France. Located A few yards off the road, you could make the mistake to drive just by, thinking you're just going by another small chateau left from the grandiose days when French royalty lived in this area around Tours. A small sign on the side of the road is the only clue that you're about to have a great meal. The food is magnificently served. A short, but very good wine list from the Tours region and beyond is presented to accompany your meal. The service is wonderful and English speaking. Next time you're in the area, turn on your GPS and don't drive-by.

For dinner during our one night in Tours we ate at La Roche Le Roy. The restaurant is in a small…read morechateau at the side of the highway leaving Tours. I was worried that the proximity to the highway might tarnish the atmosphere but it did not. We dined al fresco in a lovely backyard patio and it felt like we were tucked discreetly into the French countryside. The atmosphere was certainly not spoiled. Neither was the food. It was delightful. I started with a potted calf's head. It was one of the best examples of a headcheese that I can recall. My wife started the evening in unorthodox fashion with a cheese plate. The cheeses were superb. For my main course I had sweetbreads vol-au-vent. They were cooked marvelously and the sauce (morel mushrooms were the strongest component) was outstanding. For dessert we had a caramel gaufre that was very good. The wine list was reasonable and featured, understandably, wines from the Loire. It was an outstanding meal in a placid setting with impeccable service. La Roche Le Roy deserves its star.

We stopped here for lunch on our visit to the Chateau du Chambord, which you have a beautiful…read moreadjacent view of when seated at the restaurant. Each course was tasty, but the service was not good. We waited 30 minutes for our order to be taken and equally as long for the food to be served.

Tourist hotspots are a dangerous place to be for anyone that appreciates quality food. From the…read moreLouvre to Hollywood Blvd to Big Ben, they are known for pricey, disgusting or even worse, boring meals. Grand Saint-Michel is an oasis in this desert of miserable food experiences. Part I: The Ambiance (4/5) Although the vibe inside is not something to brag about, this is a tablecloth type of joint and the views of the chateau make it worthwhile. There is a general impression of sitting in a little village house, with a chateau right outside the window. In other words, the place where servants would eat while gazing at the king's quarters. And of course, who wouldn't want to feel like a peasant? Part II: The Food (5/5) There is a focus on local, the desire to create from ingredients within kilometers of where guests sit at the delicately adorned tables and enjoy their delicately prepared meals. The local country hen was succulent and prepared with minimal intervention in order preserve the taste of the bird, served beautifully with seasonal vegetables. The cod fish was cooked to perfection and tasted wonderful despite the location being further from the coast. Ah, the wonders of modern freezing! And of course, the local Sauv Blanc from Sancerre made the meal complete with its delicate notes of lemon and crisp acidity. Part III: The People (5/5) Kind, pleasant and friendly are not attributes that tourists visiting Paris would typically attribute to a French persona. Perhaps it's the relaxation of the countryside or carefully picked group of individuals, but the restaurant was welcoming, largely due to the people who work here. Not only kind, but all aspects of service were efficient and executed in a way that is not a frequent encounter in this country.

Disappointing Michelin star restaurant. Was so excited to dine at L'Orangerie. Food was good and…read morebeautifully presented, but the service was lacking. I have a food allergy and cannot eat food cooked with alcohol. The head waiter tried to convince me that the alcohol cooks off and he had an attitude. I did not ask for special treatment and would have been fine eating bread and was just happy to be there with my partner. The wait staff seemed annoyed about it and the service was slow throughout the restaurant. Potatoes cooked in clay, which had to be chipped off was very cool and the presentation was fun.

The atmosphere was really cute with a bird theme. The service was good. The food was good. I had…read morepressed and filet steak with fries. For dessert I had something chocolate with popcorn. It was good! I do recommend.