"Trading heavily on the storied Bras name, Café Bras tries to be many things, but ends up being mostly a disappointment.The one element that doesn't disappoint is the setting and decor. Clearly the goal was to create a chic, sleek environment one expects in a museum café, and in this they succeeded.One also expects only average food and service in a museum café, and in this they have also succeeded. It's obvious the staff are poorly supervised; they only want to take your order and be done with you. Should you dare ask a question, don't be surprised if your answer is a fine Gallic shrug; servers are either not provided information about the menu, or they don't care to share it.In the walk-in "comptoir", the menu is overwrought and difficult to navigate. And don't bother asking at 11:05 if you can order something from the 9:00 to 11:00 section of the menu. Non! Avoid the Miwam, a Bras "culinary invention", which tastes a lot like it contains a hearty portion of the cardboard upon which it is served.In the restaurant section, the menu offers limited choices, which are sometimes good, sometimes not. On one visit, the choices were so limited there were none; after going through the pain of reserving for the restaurant, we were handed "comptoir" menus and flatly informed that the restaurant menu was not on offer that day.I suppose my main beef with the place is that a person could rightfully expect more from the Bras name, given the incredible food and service on offer at the Bras restaurant in Aubrac. Because of that, after my first disappointing experience at Café Bras, I returned on the assumption that they (and perhaps me) were having a bad day. But after my fourth (and final) visit, I can only conclude that it's not going to improve.Truly a shame."
