Le Bistro Urbain

A nice fine dining experience in Montpellier. The starter was very fresh and light. A good introduction for a meal. The main was a bit more classic but I liked the sourness of the yogurt to balance the meal The dessert was excellent, tasty and creative. A lot was happening in my mouth, in a good way ^^ My only complain is that we had to wait 40 min after finishing the starter and receiving the main. The rest of the service was efficient and the staff kindly apologise for it.

I had the lunch menu (starter, main and desert) for €28, which was a decent price for the quality offered. The starter was a chicken croquette and a corn cream. The main was a fish (cooked to the perfect point) with different types of potato sitting in a fish soup (delicious!). The desert was creative, I was a bit uncertain before I put it in my mouth! It was a sweet rice with pistache and mandarin. Nice presentation, welcoming staff.

Limited menu (2 entées and 2 plats plus 2 deserts), mediocre food quality and table service, no atmosphere, very high prices. There are many alternatives in Montpellier that are better.

We enjoyed a very nice evening! Great food and excellent service! Merci er à la proclaimed!

Not sure what went wrong today. We took the menu du marché during the lunch on Wednesday, were seated by a very kind lady and presented the wines by the sommelier in a fun and interesting way. Expectations were set and we were very excited. The entrée was way too large for how heavy the mousse was, and almost all ingredients had the same gooey consistency. It needed 50% of the dish replaced by croutons or a light cracker. The taste was good but didn’t appeal anymore after the 10th mouthful. We did not comment on this to the waitress in hopes the main course would bring a change. The main course was very very small. With the amount of truite they served us, they probably only had to buy 1 filet for the entire restaurant. The mousse d’aubergine, patate douce, and other side were very tasty. The fish was far too salty, with even more flaked salt added before serving. I told the waitress this but didn’t hear back from my comment. The céleri-rave in the dessert was a nice touch, but again weighed far too heavily in the dish, it was cut too large and/or grilled too short to eat with only a spoon. I saw several tables (us too) where much celeriac was left on the plate and eaten around. We also did not comment on this to the waitress. After they offered us coffee, the service suddenly became very abrupt. The coffee was placed on the table without a word or looking at us, and the bill came right after without us asking for it. We have no idea where this brusqueness came from, possibly the atmosphere in the kitchen wasn’t so good anymore after several half-finished plates were sent back? It was only 13h30 so no reason to end service quickly with new tables still being seated. By chance, we met some friends who also ate at the restaurant during the same service, and they confirmed our feelings completely. I felt like this menu was an experiment, an OK effort and I appreciate the chef’s resourcefulness with ingredients, but in my opinion it failed. I am somewhat disappointed no comment was made by the staff or chef at any point.

Weirdly unpleasant food. I'm all for experimental cuisine, but this didn't work well, and moreover it was poorly cooked. My fish was fishy, the texture was wrong, the bread was mediocre, nothing quite felt or tasted good. I left much of it on my plate.

Lovely tasting menu experience with friends

Charming decor, excellent service and food. The ceviche is the best of its kind I’ve ever had. Very reasonably priced, considering the quality.