"We booked , and looked forward to , our visit to Le Sud on Saturday evening . On entering , I felt immediately a certain distracted lack of warmth in our reception . After a certain amount of body-shuffling round the bookings register , we were duly noted , and shown to a table . Before the waiter escaped , I asked for a gin and tonic , and a Coca Col . The G&T arrived shortly , without ice or lemon , together with the Coke , which had both . In due course we ordered , both choosing a stuffed eggs on a Salsa starter , and the steak , medium . I ordered a glass of Chablis for my wife assuming it would come with her cold starter , but it was delivered very soon , so she was lining up drinks . Eventually the starter arrived , it proved a poor choice as it was of curiously lacking jin flavour. The room itself was quite cold . For some reason , the door had been left open , and it was a cold evening . I was amused to see the diner sitting nearest the door gradually vanishing into the thick sweater and scarf in which he had entered ,while looking increasingly miserable . Our starter plates remained unclear for some time , then we're very rapidly removed , and our main course immediately set before us . This was just sufficiently off-key to make one feel something had not gone right . My meal was just warm (cold plates ) my wife's less so . Not quite bad enough to send back , but enough to mar the pleasure . We ate the incomparable steaks , and their delicious accompaniments , then requested the door be closed , which it was . Puddings were OK , the last time my sponge was slightly burnt , this time perfect , but the deserts are lacklustre , do not excite the palate , and are frankly ordinary .We finished with a double express , and a decaf. The meal cost €110.80 , which my bank has translated as £81.74 . I am relieved we are enjoying a good rate of exchange just now , as otherwise I would have felt quite overcharged for what he had , instead of merely disappointed and a bit let down ."
