Maison Caillet

Hi recommend not wasting time here if you’re from a large city, including Paris…but especially NYC, London or Tokyo. There are restaurants in these cities without Michelin accolades that outclass this one by a lot. Service being the main issue….not well communicated. After being told and communicated to having a 3 hour meal. Our main course was still waiting at 2.5 hours. 4 hours into it our prearranged transport deserted us and the restaurant and hotel were of no service to us. Leaving us to take a taxi that cost 2/3 of the meal (that cost 60 euros initially ballooning 4x) at 1 am. Total ripoff and terrible service. Food not worth it. Feel lucky to have each at global world class like Eleven Madison Park and Geranium. Stick to the cities. Restaurant actually got upset with us telling us they want to go home..:.so do we, after 2 hour extra wait- unreal.

Sensational meal for 13 of us for a very big family birthday. Faultless service, superlative food - some of the best we have ever eaten, wonderful win pairing and they even accommodated our five children. Don’t miss this gem!

I made a booking for Friday night on their site on Wednesday and it was confirmed immediately. However, next day at 11am they send me a message, suggesting that the hotel is full on Friday, and only available on Saturday, then proceeded to cancel the booking. It was a bad experience having to book another hotel with less than a day left. I would expect a hotel with such rating to be able to block availability on their site. I do not recommend to rely on rooms availability on their site.

A very welcoming team made sure we're comfortable. The view is amazing overlooking a pond filled with ducks and other wildlife and above the pond there are lovely mountain ridges. The service and food is really lovely. The portions are small and there are many of them. The wine pairing options is highly recommended since it really complements the dishes. Overall it's a highly recommend expirience to everyone who is in the area and would love to get an amazing dinner.

Sometimes there is a suggestion that Michelin stars are awarded too readily in France. Well, that is certainly not the case with Pierre Caillet's Le Bec Au Cauchois. Resting in a charming Normandy valley overlooking a pretty lake, the dining room is bright but cosy with a modern feel accentuated by ironware statues and tables made by a local artist. So much for the wrapping. The content,, M. Caillet's cooking (not for nothing is he an eminent MOF), is, in short, outstanding. Presentation is artistic but never takes precedence over flavours. Two substantial menus are offered, with shorter, very good value cheaper versions also available. Locally sourced ingredients are absolutely fresh with vegetables from the garden, seasonal meat and fish, and perfectly ripe cheeses including a wonderful home produced Camembert washed in calvados. One of the stand out dishes featured lightly smoked 'medaillons' of beetroot with just cooked oysters - an unlikely combination but one that surprised with its meatiness and succulence: a touch of genius. All was modern and assured without seeming to try too hard for effect. A five course meal (plus all the bits and bobs, and delicious home made breads and butter) filled but did not bloat! Wines were excellently chosen and reasonably priced. Service was friendly and professional. Worthy, indeed, of its star...and more.

A wonderful selection of delicious regional dishes, many components from the restaurant's garden. Very friendly staff, relaxing atmosphere, beautiful tableware.

I stopped going to this restaurant just after Pierre Caillet took over because they thought my young kids were upsetting the other guests when they went to play outside and left the door open.||||Boy what a mistake I made - sometimes it's best for a young dad to swallow his pride.||||When Pierre Caillet took over several years ago, his first menu was unremarkable. Classic French with fresh local suppliers etc. Today he's in another league. ||||I had the full tasting menu. It's exceptionally good. Original ideas, stunning presentation, he left me chasing flavours and eager for every new surprise to arrive.||||He gets five stars. Even though our evening was far from perfect. The service was slow, we had to pour our own wine from a table too far away to reach, and gaps between courses were sometimes worryingly long. ||||Why still five stars? Because he deserves support. ||We found out he has the help of just one sous chef in the kitchen, and we were eating there on perhaps the busiest weekend of the year. The team was clearly stretched, over stretched, to provide the service that this kitchen merits. And he's clearly chasing stars. ||||Go, it's outstanding. There's nothing within 40 mins drive on this level.||||BUT - leave the kids at home, and ask to sit in the main dining room.

We stayed 2 night at this marvelous B & B with a 1-Michelin Star restaurant. The rooms and bathrooms are spacious and very clean. Each room has a small patio/terrace facing a small lake with swans. An idyllic place! The food & wine list were out of this world. Can't wait to go back there again… It is only 2.5 hours from the Arc d' Triumph.