Lourmarin
Brasserie L'Insolite

Brasserie L'Insolite

Place de la fontaine, 84160 Lourmarin, France

Pizza • Cafés • Européen • Fruit De Mer


"We ate dinner here one evening and had what was the best meal we have had in Provence in the many years we have been visiting one was a lamb dish including a lamb daube, a lamb chop and a lamb sausage together with...very tasty vegetables and sauce and the other was a fillet steak with similar vegetables. It was obvious that the chef loves his work and the presentation was fantastic. The service was also excellent the (I think American who may own the restaurant) lady who served us was very helpful in explaining the menu and even though it was busy she was always pleasant and efficient. On hearing our praise for the meal she said that this was a relatively new chef since last year. Consequently, we visited very soon after (I think the next day) again for dinner. Whilst the meal was almost as good, the service was atrocious it was clear that the owner/ management weren't there as we were served by a young man who seemed to be more interested in smoking and chatting to his mates at one of the other outside tables than in serving us we had to ask for water on occassions before it arrived and we got the impression that this was on purpose. Unfortunately, we know that especially in places like Lourmarin the waiters/ waitresses in local cafes/restaurants can be very complacent and downright rude at times, not seeming to appreciate that their customers pay thier wages. The consequnce of our very different experiences was that we decided not to visit L'insolite we subsequently referred to it as L'Insolent to reflect the attitude of the waiter on the occasion)again so we voted on the atrocious service with our feet. What a pity after the hard work of the visit and the excellent meal to spoil it all by an insolent waiter on the visit !!! Hopefully, the management will take note of such feedback and expalin to the waiter in question that such an attitude costs the restaurant dear. So overall I have refelcted our experiences as an average star rating whereas it was star on the occassion and star (if that) on the"