Courtepaille - Reservar uma mesa

Normally we would swear by Courte Paille. Until this visit we would have always said that they are consistently good, never having been let down. Always meat cooked to perfection exactly as ordered. But on this occasion something went badly wrong.The starter I ordered was 2 poached eggs in a red wine, mushroom and bacon sauce. The sauce was warm but the eggs were hard, rubbery and stone cold - straight out of the fridge. I mentioned this to the waiter, who said they were supposed to be like that, "rubbish" I replied and declined the dish. They were knocked off the bill. The next disappointment was the menu. I know well that they specialise in cuts of beef grilled to order, but on all previous visits there have been alternatives. I especially remember some superb lamb - no lamb this time. No pork ribs either - they were off. I was left with a choice of duck breast, duck leg confit (which I love), chicken or fish. So it was duck leg confit. It arrived dried to hard crisp like tasteless cardboard. The woman who cooked it over the grill apologised and said she would do another one but my french was not good enough to catch what she said exactly, and I thought she said she would not charge for the dish.My wife's main course arrived.I believe that when out to dine as a couple, it is rather nice to eat together, so while my wife was eating her (very good) vegetarian dish, I accompanied her by eating my tasteless, dry as cardboard duck. Just as we finished another duck leg arrived. Just as the first one, it was tasteless and the texture of cardboard. I wrapped it and thought of my friend's dog. I was not going to eat another while my wife sat and watched me.I don't know why they thought that replacing one piece of badly cooked meat with another would compensate. However, it was still on the bill when I came to pay. A pretty crummy evening out, especially as our expectations were so high based on previous visits to other Courte Paille locations. The final two negatives were the poor house red and the waiter's body odour, inexcusable when deodorants and washing machines are so freely available.

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We have used Courtpaille in several towns and have always found them good value, but unfortunately there were a few problems here. My meal was delicious, but unfortunately one of the waiters had rather bad body odour, my partner's entrée wasn't nice and his duck main course was dry and overcooked. A second portion was provided without asking for it but was rather tasteless apparently. I was lucky in all my choices. The price of the disappointing entrée was deducted from the menu without question, so we will continue trying Courtepaille in the hope this was just a one off disappointment

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We had dinner here on the last night in Cherbourg because we didn't want to cook and we were hungry a bit early for most places so we came here as they advertised being open early and the place were staying was just a few meters away. The service was good and the food was done pretty quickly. The menu is pretty good, mainly with main dishes made to order on the grill or wood stove. You can watch them grilling your meat from your table and it is grilled to your order. I had the burger with goat cheese and fries and my husband the burger with blue cheese.

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We sometimes use Courtepaille travelling in France because you can get hot food cooked to order at any time of day. Last Sunday we arrived in Cherbourg too late for a proper Sunday lunch and too early for dinner, so went to the local CP. Two steaks 'a point' with chips should be rock solid perfect in what is basically a steakhouse. My wife's steak was burnt to a frazzle. Mine was half gristle and half just too tough to eat. We cut our losses and left. So sad. Usually reliable but we would have been better off at the MacDonalds next door. Ouch!

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My wife and I were on our way to catch the ferry and stopped for a quick meal. As it was around 6pm we were the only people in the restaurant. On guidance from the waiter we order their sirloin steak and chips. The stake, firstly was very small and was totally uneatable. My advise would be go across the car park to McDonalds where you'll get value for money.

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