Le Vivier Restaurant

Category: Fine Dining. This restaurant earns a string of Impressives: impressive menu, impressive creativity, impressive decor, impressive plating, impressive food, impressive wine pairing, impressive service. This was the finest fine dining of the several fine dining restaurants we experienced during a week in this interesting town. We liked the subdued lighting and Japanese-ish aesthetic, which was apparent in the decor, serving plates, and plating. We dined there as part of a group dinner, which our local hosts chose for the last night of a week-long culinary tour, which says a lot. There is also a large outdoor deck for riverside dining, but it was too cool for al fresco dining when we visited (mid-October). We didn’t choose our dishes or wines, but the restaurant did an impressive job of doing it for us. The meal started with several amuse bouche. My bouche was so amused that we probably could have stopped eating after those amusing courses. But we didn’t stop and instead enjoyed four impressive courses, three savory and one sweet (see the photos). If you want gourmet for gourmands, gatronomic for gastronomes, and culinary for culinarians, enjoy an evening (or lunch) at this fine restaurant. YouTube’s Chef’s Apprentice

It was a special, very special night for my wife, and I as we have been excited about our reservations for this restaurant for a couple of weeks. We decided to go all out with their six course chefs choice menu, and did the corresponding winetasting as well. Matching of the wines with the small, delicious bites was extraordinary. The presentation the taste everything was just super special. Next time, I would explore the regular menu and see what else the chef can do. I must mention that it was a very cold and windy night in the city and there was only one other couple in the restaurant so it was like we had reserved the whole restaurant to ourselves. The service was so incredible. I must mention this: Françoise gave us a ride home when Uber/Taxi failed. We can’t thank him enough for the extraordinary - extra level of service. Thank you, François. I’ve added the wine pairing list with our main entree’s in a photo below.

I was a but let down by the restaurant. The food was beautiful but laked depth or much flavour. There was a mothers day menu and that was the only option. The courses came out 15/ 20 min apart. For one person it was a 3.5 hour meal. The ingredients were fresh. The steak was so incredibly grisly and tough to chew - was a shame. The fish soup, I almost didn't finish, even though it was so small. The vitello tonato was awesome

We had the menu du marché and it was one of the best and most creative meals of my life. Everything was truly exceptional from the food to the service to the setting to the cocktails. It’s basically six different rounds of food and the value is great as well. Merci beaucoup!

Amazing culinary experience in the great 1 star michelin reataurant. Amazing wine as well. Highly recommended. We took the 6 course menu offer and it was well worth it.

Generally speaking, the food has very high quality, meat in perfect cuisson, simple, juicy, sauce is well balanced and fish in well seasoned, Gnocchi escargot was not what I expected in a good way, texture is very interesting. Service is good, efficient. Between each dish we didn’t wait for too long. Environment is nice, by the river, good view. However… The 1 down side of the restaurant is we came for dinning as two people, my partner hasn’t sat down, it was only me at the table but they have already brought the amuse buch, like they are in a hurry for the last order of lunch. The 2nd down side I have to say it’s the dessert. Plates are nice, visual pleasant, but not interesting at all, even a bit too sweet.

Very tasty Michelin star restaurant located on the side of a small river. FOOD -octopus was visually pleasing with many colors in the plate. It was perfectly cooked and tasted amazing in the tarte. A very special starter which I enjoyed every bite of. -the duck main was extremely tasty. We did three Michelin restaurants in 3 days with 3 ducks and this was the best one we had. -the dorade was good, less wow but the sauce with it was delicious. -i enjoyed the fact you can go tasting menu or A La Carte which gives you flexibility -my only criticism is that the menu is quite small STAFF/SERVICE Bottom-line: I didn’t feel like a valued customer. Perhaps it’s because they have too many tables, perhaps it’s because staff don’t care enough but it felt like the bare minimum was done. I’d expect more personalised service for a Michelin star restaurant. Every time I asked for more water or more olive oil, it took quite some time to arrive, if it even arrived as the waiters sometimes forgot. Staff spoke good English though and I liked their casual attire, smart but white trainers which was cool. ATMOSPHERE Quite romantic as it’s dark on the terrace in the evening. It can get noisy depending where you are sat. Clearly the nicest tables are on the river bank. CONCLUSION: great food, beautiful restaurant but service needs to be a little more Michelin worthy

Extraordinary experience. This place really deserves its star and should aim for a second one. The setting is beautiful by the river, the service is friendly and thoughtful and the dishes are really spot on. We had initially booked for lunch - their menu at 36€ is the best meal you’ll get for that money - and loved it so much that we booked for dinner the next day to experience the full menu. Couldn’t recommend it more.

This is a fantastic restaurant. Don't skip this if you have a chance. The building is unremarkable (I'm being kind; I could say ugly). But inside, it's transformed. Brilliant, simple, clean modern design is both exciting and soothing. The location is right on the river and I'd guess in the summer sitting on the deck with a glass of wine is pretty fabulous. The food was stellar and for the quality well-priced. We all had the Marche Menu--three courses for 30E. The starter was a amazing scallop carpaccio with sea urchin, salad, some crisps; the plat was a deconstructed duck breast, with some potatoes, mushrooms, and a few other things--amazing taste and lovely to look at too; the dessert was (and this is going to sound odd) a chestnut cake with marinated/carmelized celery. Sounds weird, tasted great. Throw in an amuse bouche and some cookies at the end and for the price of an extra-large meat lovers' pizza back in California, you can have a pretty incredible meal. I'll be thinking about this day for a while.

This is a wonderful restaurant. Very creative dishes. My wife and I ate lunch there today. It's situated along the picturesque Sorge river where we enjoyed a glass of champagne with innovative snacks. The entres were served in the main dining room by an accomplished and knowledgeable staff. Each dish was carefully explained. It started to rain heavily and we were facing a long wet walk back to our car, but Patrick the manager was good enough to offer us a ride. We would definitely return.

Restaurant in unbelievable. Went with friends for lunch and we all ordered the 3 course meal. We each ordered different items and had a wonderful meal. Food and atmosphere was outstanding. Would recommend visiting and spending several hours enjoying the food. Simply loved it.

Excellent meal, the tapas starter was dynamite, the desert sublime, the service unbeatable/. Only one criticism, the main, cod, was too salty, and too complicated. Less would have been more here, it was just trying too hard. But for the price, this truly is exceptional cooking. We had the 54 euro menu, you can easily spend 35 elsewhere and be very disappointed, ,so go, its well worth it.