La Ferriere - Châteaubriant

Nice gastronomic experience, I suggest oisters and foi gras but everything from the menu is good. A little remark about the wines not following the overall quality of the food (I tried only some of them and not the most expensive).

The welcome was pleasant and were seated for lunch promptly. Menu's given and aperitifs served. Then it was downhill, service was slow and orders mixed-up..For instance I asked for vegetable instead of rice. When the meal arrived it had rice, I pointed this out and after a while some fried up potatoes arrived. Plus the meal was meant to be Salmon, cod and scallops in a sauce. Scallops 4 cod and salmon that had to be hunted for.... Should have been called Cod Stew!. Dessert was the best part of the menu. Overall, I would not rush back

My wife and I were staying at the hotel, so took the opportunity to eat in the restaurant to save driving into town, and we were glad that we did. After a whisky aperitif on the garden terrace, we were shown to our table in the conservatory restaurant, and looked after very well by the friendly staff. With several differently priced menus to choose from, we each plumped for the 30 euro one. My wife had the king prawns starter (flambeed at the table) while I had the carpaccio of beef with pear sorbet. We each had a beautifully cooked steak with vegetables with which we enjoyed an excellent claret chosen from the extensive wine list, and for dessert my wife opted for the opera cake while I enjoyed my baked alaska (again flambeed at the table). A delicious coffee from the extensive coffee menu completed an enjoyable and memorable meal.

Lovely atmosphere beautiful building, menu looked wonderful, comprehensive wine list the young trainee waitress who looked after our party was a delight, the menu we chose from start to finish was poor quality with little flavour, the main course meat was so poorly cooked two members of the party were unable to eat it, when they eventually came to clear the table and we complained about the food another meal was offered but no apology was forthcoming then or when the bill was paid in full, very disappointed.

Stayed at the hotel with my wife so we had dinner here rather than go into town. Being a hotel restaurant out of town rather than just a restaurant in town I thought the food was likely to be pretty ordinary butt it was a lot better than I expected. Prices were acceptable and the wine was reasonable dinner for the two of us was EUR 56.40 all in.