L'orange Bleue - Lille

Called into this restaurant on a Friday evening without a reservation and was left at the counter for sometime before being approached by a server. The premises are more semi industrial in décor, but in a fashionable way. The menu offered a variable choice and our selections were served in a slow old fashioned way, But the food was well cooked and presented and the local chitter chatter added to the ambiance.

We were able to get in to this restaurant without booking but I suspect that this is unusual at the weekend. The menu has a good choice of slightly different dishes, all delicious. The service is certainly slow, but if you are there for the whole evening, it does not matter. Just relax and enjoy the lovely flavours of the food.

Overall the plates were good. However, the service is very bad. The waiters are rough and the prices are exaggerated.

Four of us went for dinner on the last night of our stay and it was the best food of our trip. The starters were excellent, fois gras and an excellent rabbit rillette. We also were impressed with the size of the main courses. A huge portion of beautiful sea bream and a delicious rabbit dish,just two examples.A charming hipster waiter who shared a joke about our terrible French accents provided an attentive service and poured a very good Bordeaux wine. We will definitely return on our next trip.

First of all this restaurant has a lovely french atmosphere being classically decorated without fuss. Service was very good and attentive, however the best part was the food. We were a party of 5 and as things would have it we each chose a different dish, thus we had pork, beef, fish, lamb and chicken. My friends are all well travelled experienced diners and so the fact that we all thought the dishes were exceptionally good should say something about this restaurant. Given the good experience I know that we will be returning.