Andrei K.
Yelp
Let's be perfectly clear. It's a French gastronomical restaurant in France. The quality of food would demolish everything that you could find elsewhere no matter what, but you are paying for it 100-150 per person for a full dinner with wines, apéro and digestif. Hence it is graded as such.
We went there with my mother for her birthday, me inviting her. The service was top-notch - we were seated at the back, in the cosy corner and for the rest of the evening the waiters were keeping a keen eye on us and making sure we had everything we needed on the table.
We hit it off with a local crémant (tasted great) as well as a couple of mise-en-bouche that were based on the Alsatian smoked whiskey and sea food and crustaceans, that were absolutely amazing as well. We also got some black garlic butter with bread from the kitchen while waiting - that was amazing as well.
For appetizer, I went with foie gras. It was pretty good, even by the Alsace standards, but if felt like it was missing something that would make it worth serving in a gastronomical restaurant.
Main dish - magret de canard - was pretty good as well, but also a bit disappointing for a gastronomical restaurant - mainly due to the lack of outside caramelization, slight core over-cook and an unremarkable sauce.
To the credit of the maître-de-vins, all the recommendations made were straight on point for the pairings and the wines in themselves were great.
Now, where things got really nice again were in the deserts. Between the cake slice and a meringue-based one, they were all great and the staff was nice enough to put some candles on it for my mother and took and instant picture for us to keep the memory of the evening. Overall, I can't stress how great the service was.
So, to summarize. The service was absolutely stellar, just as the decoration/mood. The food is great, but if you judge the restaurant by the standards of what it is - a gastronomic restaurant - it's more of a mixed bay.
Would I recommend it? Yes! Are there better restaurants, both for quality and price/quality ration around? Absolutely!