In the evening, we went to the Louroc Restaurant, the Michelin-starred restaurant of the Hotel du Cap. It was also GF's birthday, so it should be a nice evening. After we arrived, we first walked through a kind of living hall that precedes the restaurant.

I can't say why, but somehow I didn't feel really comfortable in the restaurant. It is beautifully decorated.



Olive paste

Mocktail

It was actually clear that we would take the tasting menu. Especially when you look at the a la carte selection and the pricing.




What happened next was unique in my restaurant visits. The head waiter (more on him later) simply stated that there was no tasting menu today and that we would have to order à la carte. What? It was probably something out, but you can still offer a menu. Then you swap something around. But this kind of thing is probably not necessary in this super restaurant. You can imagine that joy is not the result. So we chose à la carte, but with little enthusiasm.
Bread

Amuse boche


It was some kind of celery stuff. You could eat it, but it wasn't really great.
Langoustine Grilled, green beans, tarragon, foamy sauce

Of course, langoustines always taste good, but this preparation was particularly good. I have known more creative dishes. Is it worth €96? I think not.
Tomatoes from « Bruno Cayron » Confit with spices, fresh herbs and bread, tomato juice and seeds, basil leaf and garlic bread croutons

62 € for a tomato is quite a lot. The tomato was tasty, but not extraordinary either.
Turbot Slow-cooked, lemon gnocchi, seaweed and fishbone juice



I love turbot and I also like to prepare it myself. It doesn't taste much worse. Considering that this dish cost €105, there is little to be said for it.
Red tuna Charcoal grilled, vegetables cooked like a ratatouille, pequillo pepper juice with basil oil

At €86, a real bargain. The dish was not bad and was probably the better of the two main courses. But for a star, it was still relatively little, not to mention the greater honors. We were offered cheese (at a steep price, of course, at €30), but we didn't feel like it.
Pre-dessert


Fig Meadowsweet, Provence fig and fig leaf-flavored ice cream



GF actually didn't want to have dessert at first and it would have saved €37. It really wasn't anything particularly good.
Peach Peaches in three ways seasoned with verbena, marjoram pesto and vineyard peach sorbets

Even the dessert couldn't save it.
Petit fours



Let's start with the food. Compared to the two previous evenings, it was at least a class worse. Uninspired and uninspiring. But the service is another issue. No tasting menu? That can't be true. Anyway, there were two categories of employees. Those who tried their best but needed training (the lower ranks). And those who didn't cut a good figure. Impersonal, limitedly friendly and just bad. The top was the head waiter. To be honest, I spent half the evening thinking about which of the employees I would fire immediately if I were responsible. How they were already walking! I have rarely experienced anything so bad.
The bill was not a pleasant surprise either. Incidentally, there was no tip for the service either; in fact, they should have been given an extra 50 cents on top of it. I am still annoyed.

The next day when I checked out, I complained. They even called the food and beverage manager. I didn't really feel like waiting, because I wanted to leave. But since I'm a friendly person, I waited. I told him what had happened, and he agreed that they could offer a tasting menu with different items. I was reasonably satisfied. At the next gas stop, I received an email with a standard text (unfortunately I no longer have it, I deleted it immediately) explaining to me that it could happen that dishes are out of stock. They could have saved themselves that....