Le Chapon Fin

We dined here with dear friends as we traveled through Bordeaux together. What an EXCEPTIONAL meal and experience! The food along with the wine pairings was amazing and it exceeded our already high expectations. The team here does not miss anything. And our sommelier was so great - she was able to clearly explain why she selected each wine with each dish. This was one of our top dining experiences throughout France - thank you to the entire team!!!

The dishes were well-presented and flavorful, making the overall dining experience very enjoyable. A lovely place for a nice dinner with good wine and good vibes.

If you are looking for an intimate experience while tasting the wide variety of wines that Bordeaux has to offer, I would recommend you to go to Le Chapon Fin. The food is delicate and well plated, each dish paired with an accompanying wine. The interior is wide and tables are spread out, and it is perfect to rent this space out for small events.

One of the finest dishes you can expect with a great wine pairing selection in a select location! It was our best dinner in a ten days trip on the area. The music was a bit of a disappointment- no live piano performance tonight and the playlist was rather too modern and too much of a ballroom dancing The staff in general attentive. I would definitely recommend!

We loved our experience at Le Chapon Fin! Every dish was a quintessential ‘food meets art’ presentation. The service was outstanding too, with an impressive ‘staff to diner’ ratio, and yet we didn’t feel crowded, but rather given the time to enjoy the meal in a relaxed way. Our main waiter allowed his personality to show through, enjoying a little joke or two with us along the way. To sum up - 5 star silver service dining with a surprisingly relaxed vibe.

I’m not a Michelin lover normally. Usually as soon as a restaurant gets their star their service declines, attitude gets arrogant and food becomes marginal. Not with Chapon Fin. This place is amazing. They treat everyone with respect and elegance. Service amazing. Food amazing. Prices very fair. It was our 31st anniversary and one of the best meals we have every had. Context.: We travel 4 months out of the year all over the world. So we have eaten out a lot.!!

On par with Michelin star restaurants we've been to. Phenomenal menu, thoughtful wine pairing, and the service was incredible. The staff made the evening one of the most enjoyable dining experiences we've ever had. Can't wait to go back!

One of the best meals we have ever had, what an unbelievable experience! Highly recommend this restaurant!

Thank you ! The food scene in Bordeaux is quite spectacular. I really liked dining at le chapon fin. First, it always add some magic when you are in such an historic place but they succeeded in staying modern and innovative too! The chef has a lot of ambition, creativeness and talent. Even the staff were all very attentionate and meticulous. Must-try!

I had dinner here on Saturday night. It was completely underwhelming and my party was treated rudely. We were seated at metal tables next to service area that felt akin to sitting in an airy hallway with zero ambience. Note- all tables were metal tables. Apparently there are no tablecloths. And the lighting has the subtlety of blaring floodlights. We were brought delightful amuse bouches but the sommelier refused to serve wine until the food arrived because that was how she had been taught. A half hour after requesting wine, we further insisted and very reluctantly were served wine. We were scolded because we should have ordered an aperitif or cocktail. The amuse bouche butternut soup started was nice but nothing exceptional and the server spilled a few times without apology or cleaning up. The food eventually arrived and the crab starter was quite delicious but the brusque /rude service countered the experience. Also, the portion for the main course was minuscule. I ordered a filet and it was half the size of the typical petite filet. It was also served overdone and rather tough. In sum, my dinner and my 4 companions' was ok but not great. Certainly does not warrant a Michelin star. Ambience was awful. Food was good but not amazing. Nothing was worth the overpriced cost. The service was so unpleasant that we all wished we could erase experience from our memories.

The food was pretty tasty but for the price you pay I would give just one star. Horrible personnel, very bad service, Long delay in serving food. Would constantly comment. The sommelier was unexprienced and suggested very bad wines with huge mark up. The weather was hot and restaurant was not air conditioned.

I don't normally write reviews, but this place compelled me. If you don't make it to the end, my opinion is Chapon Fin is not long for this world. First, context. Our party of two visited during the off season, right before the spring onslaught. It was a Tuesday. We were literally the only table there from 8:30-10:30pm. This was the first time we have ever experienced that, which I think is pretty unusual, even in the off season for a well regarded restaurant. Next, the good. The dining room is impressive, it really is. I wish it was bustling with full tables, because it would have been a spectacle. The service was very attentive. They were quick to refill water, open doors, recommend wine, etc. I don't agree with any of the reviews critical of the service. The bad. We ordered the prix fixe with wine flight. Perhaps this was a mistake, and some better reviews were of staple dishes on the menu. This is not our first prix fixe menu, nor with wine pairings. It was not successful. Some dishes were imaginative, but not executed well (overcooked scallops, slightly burnt tasting jus, or just plain old incorrect seasoning), others were executed perfectly, but just strange (think molecular gastronomy that comes out of no where, or disparate foods that just don't work well together.) Per the wine flight, the restaurant boasts one of the largest wine lists in the area, yet I can't help but think that if I dug into it, many selections would not be available. The selections were at least fresh - mostly because we were the only people there and no open bottle would have made it until Tuesday evening from a Sunday dinner. I will give the sommelier credit for opening a few new bottles just for us. Other than that, there was nothing of note, and a few we recognized as run of the mill table wine we can purchase in New York. I guess we feel like we overpaid in wine, which we expect when dining out, but we didn't get something new and interesting, which is somewhat required, especially when traveling. Eating alone taints the whole experience, the food was never on point. The whole evening was just weird and makes us appreciate the other places we've been (which, in my glass-half-full mindset, is important to experience from time to time). I have to recommend you pass in this land of plentiful one star Michelin restaurants. If you have gotten this far, and don't believe me, please ask your concierge for his honest opinion, I am confident he will agree.