My friends and I were only in town for a day trip to drop by a museum, and when we asked someone…read morewho worked at the museum where we could go for lunch, she recommended this place. I have never seen portions as humongous as these ones in Europe; I mean they could very well be competing with portions in Texas. Not the healthiest of foods either, but we were all satisfied with our dishes and left as happy campers.

This used to be a very good place but quality has went down dramatically over the past few years…read more Most of the dishes have a very generic flavor which makes me wonder if everything is really home made at this restaurant. Bread usually tells you if the restaurant cares about food quality and what they serve you here is a piece of frozen baguette. Even the oysters, one of their signature dish on the menu, do not appear the freshest. Nothing very appealing, really. And service is still overly pretentious considering the mediocre quality food served at this restaurant.

I recently visited this restaurant while in Lille. I enjoyed the food very, very much - except for…read morethe main course. The bread was fantastic. I had the Croquettes with shrimp as the appetizer, which were fantastic, and the creme brulee as desert - one of the best I've ever had. However, the surf-and-turf main course was very disappointing. The steak was very bland (although tender), and the seafood portion consisted of one giant shrimp (one!). The rest of the dish was filled with salad (mostly lettuce). Otherwise, the atmosphere was lovely, the wine selection was outstanding and the service was great. I think I'll probably give this restaurant another try to see if I simply chose the wrong main dish.