Chez H - Piatti

Les Sources De Fontbelle

➤ Rue Des Meules à Grains, 16000 Angoulême, France

Piatti • Créatif • Fruit De Mer • Cuisine Créative • Restauration Rapide

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"Saturday evening 10/28, dinner at the gourmet restaurant Les Sources de Fontbelle for the 2nd time (5 guests). The first time we were really enchanted by the setting, the service, the aperitif on the terrace and the chef 's proposal. On the other hand, this 2nd experience is very far from what I hoped to be able to experience again. Already from the aperitif we started on a bad basis with a little discriminatory side. This is the only restaurant that punishes you for appetizers because you do not have an aperitif (glass of champagne or cocktails) confirmed by the waiter. All the tables had different appetizers but not our table due to the simple fact that we had a bottle of white wine to start. I learned that you had to like champagne or cocktails to deserve the same service as on the other tables, which is unfortunately not the case for me and my guests followed me, sad for them (I should add which we also had a bottle of red wine afterwards). I find this lamentable for a gourmet restaurant, one Michelin star and for the 8-course menu at €130. For dinner, I was not transported compared to the first time. But this does not deserve criticism because tastes and colors are unique to each person: combination of trout and geranium, lobster and grapefruit (average for me) and cabbage (favorite). For dinner I just regretted that for the pigeon we didn 't ask for cooking and that we didn 't specify that it was very, very spicy. In conclusion, the experience inoculated me for a moment."

Les Jardins des Arceaux

➤ 1 Place des Halles | 1 Place des Halles Centrales, 16000, Angouleme, France, Angoulême

Piatti • Thé • Sushis • Fromage • Français

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"we had reserved for the weekend brunch wall served between 11am and 2pm. We were very well welcomed and placed under a pretty table erected in the garden in the shade. The brunch inside as a free buffet service is high-end and very provided. Here you will find pastries, different breads, gluten-free cakes, charcuterie, salad, scrambled eggs, mignardises and sweet verrins (chocolate mousse, chocolate opera, lemon pie). fruit salad, large choice of teas, herbal teas, coffee, cereals and fresh fruit juice. Only one regret for me I have not seen any cheese yet it is something quite common in the brunches.Buffet how constantly refilled and friendly and professional staff. I recommend this brunch which is of a correct price 20€."

Midi-Minuit

➤ 27 rue de Geneve, 16000, Angouleme, France, Angoulême

Piatti • Thé • Français • Desserts • Sandwichs

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"that good advice on the choice of wines they make us taste before choosing the one we prefer and that will be served, rather than twice as one of them, accompanied by mixed plates, cheeses and charcuterie of excellent qualities, followed by a whole sausage with equally good hazelnuts, the atmosphere and the service are pleasant, festive and convivial in this good wine bar,"

Garrett Meals

➤ 29 Rue de Geneve, 16000, Angouleme, France, Angoulême

Piatti • Steak • Fromage • Mexicain • Desserts

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"as soon as you cross the gates of the garett meals you feel transported on the other side of the ocean, American atmosphere guaranteed! 100% vintage decor, tv music clips and the dishes offered are totally different. choice in the menu, there are for all tastes and appetites, even some drinks arrive directly from uncle sam. if you want to spend a night without a chichi and feel the time of a meal outside the old angoulemia come here! not to mention the staff who give themselves to 200 % to satisfy us, especially brayan ;-) obviously if you compare with other closed restaurants that did not have the same concept at all (cf reviews below) do not cross the door, you will criticize, at least the garett to the merit of being there, having his print and style!"

Le Bistroc

➤ 18 rue des 3 Notre Dame, 16000, Angouleme, France, Angoulême

Piatti • Café • Bière • Tapas • Fromage

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"I had not intended eating out as I had had a decent and large picnic. It was the weekend of the Circuit des Remparts so every where was packed. The 'Bistroc' was equally busy but I saw rognons de veau on the menu ('Carte') so I asked if they could serve me. They said there would be a long delay but I could sit at the bar and have a drink if I didn't mind waiting. As I had time on my hands I was quite content to sit with a beer reading a book. Eventually after half an hour i was approached by one of the two (I presume ) owners and asked if I had ordered. I said not and he proclaimed himself 'desolee' taking my order. 10 or 15 minutes later I was presented with a magnificent steak - I think a cote de beouf - which I would have readily tucked into. Sadly not what I had ordered. More apologies and eventually the rognons de veau arrived. Nicely cooked, no sauce but good 'frites' and salad. I completed the meal with cafe gourmand, not spectacular but perfectly acceptable.When the bill arived they did not charge me for either my beer or the wine with my meal - quite unnecessary but hey insisted.This place is an old fashioned grill with great atmosphere - aided or hindered by two children of one or both of the patron(ne)s who raced around the place chasing each other and flirting with custommers. High quality food unpretentiously cooked. although I concede not cheap.Despite being rushed off their feet the two front of house staff I assume, the owners made every possible effort to make the cusommmers welcome.A very enjoyable evening."