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Le Cassoulet

Address:	18 Selsden Road, South Croydon CR2 6PA
Tel	020 8633 1818
Email:	info@lecassoulet.co.uk
Website:	Visit Le Cassoulet website
Price: £44.00	Wine: £14.00	Champagne: £33.00
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sat 12N-3pm 6-10.30pm (Fri-Sat -11pm) Sun 12N-5pm 6-10pm

Square Meal review of Le Cassoulet:

Croydon may seem a slightly incongruous place to open a smart French bistro but that’s what chef-proprietor Malcolm John (the man behind Chiswick's Le Vacherin) has done, & the gamble seems to have paid off. The boudoir-like interior – lots of red, gold & subdued lighting – is a very pleasant place to while away an evening. The menu, meanwhile, is cartoonishly French – all escargots & frogs’ legs. This style of food is so predictable that it often disappoints, but there was nothing to fault in a warm salad of scallops served with rich boudin noir, & the only downside of the house dish of duck & pork cassoulet, was the enormity of the portion. Puddings such as pain perdu & ile flottante are on the sweet side, though there’s a cracking cheese board for those wanting a savoury finish to their meal. The wine list is predictably French with a plentiful supply by the 500cl carafe, as well as the glass.