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La Marinuccia

La Marinuccia

Place de l'Ancienne Poste, 20217 Saint Florent, Corsica, France, Saint-Florent

Sushi • Européen • Mexicain • Asiatique


"Having had a memorable (possibly one of the best meals ever) meal here 10 years ago we were curious to see if it was still good.The settings is one of the best in St Florent. The steps to the restaurant lead off the main square where you are then almost at sea level. The terrace which overlooks the bay & setting sun is magical. Because of it's position it can get busy so we decided to book; however on this evening it was pretty quiet.The 2 young waiters were very attentive & though their English was minimal we managed to communicate OK.The starter of soupe de poisson was one of the best and cost €14.The fish for the mains is priced at €7/100g so you need to be careful that being given a monster fish doesn't send you into debt. As we both wanted the Sea Bass the waiter bought us a fish to check before it was cooked. He was then able to tell us the price in advance-in this case 900g = €63 between us. It was simply cooked & served with incredibly tasty earthy jacket potatoes and mange touts. There was also a small jug of minty hollandaise on the side. The citron meringue tart at €9.50 was good too.For me the 'spoiler' was my dessert. I chose a coup colonel sundae. It was 2 scoops of lemon sorbet doused in vodka (€13). As there was so much vodka (I may have been a fire risk!) the alcohol was making the sorbet disintegrate into slimy egg white which was very unpleasant.My choice of the 'wrong' pud definitely spoilt it for me. Otherwise it was very good. With a half bottle of rose the total bill was €120. By no means a cheap dinner but not quite perfect. It would however not put me off from returning."

Le Chat qui Rit

Le Chat qui Rit

1 rte de Céret, 66400 Reynes, Reynès, France

Cafés • Sushi • Mexicain • Asiatique


"A restaurant which for local standards is expensive and with proper table linen and service and where we have eaten before for special occasions. But this time (OUR ANNIVERSARY) we were disappointed. The waitress we knew so no problems with service and aperitifs arrived promptly. Our starters of fois gras for me and crab for my wife were excellent but the main course was a major disappointment. We both ordered veal cooked pink (Rosé.) to our horror the world's largest piece of meat arrived (would make a texan steak look small) and was can only be described as grey in colour and sadly taste. We both had mouthfuls and then decided that no more was possible and called the waitress over and said sorry not pink (in french of course.) She went to the kitchen and came back saying Catalan veal was this colour but we laughed! She recognised that we were unhappy and then took it away and asked what else would we like. Having ordered some red wine we did not go the fish option and chose filet mignon of pork. When it did arrive 30 minutes later we were really going off the idea of eating but tried. The portions were again enormous though the pork was fine but nothing delicate at all. We just wanted some delicate food well cooked not monster portions in what pretends to be a fine dining restaurant. Oh where was the finesse? The pork came with stir fry vegetables which were for us overdone no doubt being already prepared for an earlier customer. We could not face dessert but we both had a nice coffee! The wine was fine. But where oh where is the french finesse in a smart restaurant -it was more like the monster quantities one can get in a british pub. We will try again one day but stick firmly to the "Menu Catalan" where they do exercise some degree of portion control and serve fresh produce not something clearly taken out of the freezer. C'est la vie."