Hotel de la Mer - La Tranche-sur-Mer

We went to eat a few times at Hotel de la Mer. Every time we were received with a friendly welcome from the owner. The restaurant is quite a large room with a good selection of places to sit (a reservation is recommended...). The hotel is located right by the sea, with a beautiful view. The service was fast and attentive. The food was thoroughly excellent and varied. Prices were not particularly favourable, but were completely justified by the quality and service.

On the outskirts of La Tranche in a suburb living with tourists in the season, but opened over the only place in October. Beautiful decor inside and a very pleasant courtyard to sit if you want to be outside, but away from the road. The staff was friendly and efficient and the food was very good. Good vegetable soup, duck salad, followed by well cooked fish, pork in a very good mustard sauce and some local cheese. For 13.50 euros, very good. We're coming back

Slow indifferent service from beginning to end. Wine actually came through our main course, regardless of the persecution. Bread came almost as a desert, regardless of the persecution. We ordered four steaks. All were hard, crunchy and overlooked. We have actually ordered a combination of rare, medium rare and medium. What we got it was fed to the grill and forgot it for 20 minutes. We were repeatedly ignored when we were politely trying to alert the employees. I couldn't get out fast enough. It seemed like a clear case that you could not give a toss because you are British tourists. I'm not back. Always.

I think that fresh ingredients were used in most dishes but what was lacking was creativity and skill. Some of the combinations and accompanying sauces were just weird. We were on safer ground with desserts but overall a slightly overpriced disappointment.

Si vous cherchez un bon restaurant, n'allez pas là bas. Les prix sont élevés, la qualité de la nourriture est vraiment moyenne. Nous y avons été à 2 reprises parce qu'on avait lu de bonnes critiques donc nous avons insisté en se disant que la première fois était une erreur. Pas du tout adapté aux enfants et pas très serviable non plus. Nous avons mangé des fruits de mer et nous avons douté de la fraîcheur de certains produits. Personne n'a pas été malade mais très déçus.