I just got back from Le Bouchon Breton. I would have to say the best way to describe my experience is that it has made me VERY angry. I have seen, not on this site, but elsewhere some pretty good reviews. This has caused me confusion. I can only surmise that they are operating a two tier system one for the normal customer and one for the poor people (like me and others on this page) who have foolishly opted for the ‘Sunday Buffet’.
I got a voucher from Groupon as I thought it would be a good way to try the food. They offer an ‘all you can eat’ Sunday buffet which they say is usually £12 (if I had paid this, I would have been VERY angry – well, I would have refused to pay it!) but you get it for the bargain price of around £4 –( well it isn’t really, I will explain later) I think (which is way too much anyway). This does seem very cheap, but for those who don’t know groupon, these deals are normally quite good. I have visited many restaurants using these vouchers and had a great experience, for example at fakhreldine and Albannach which were both wonderful. This however was not.
Basically what happens at the ‘Sunday Buffet’ is that you join a large queue of other poor unsuspecting people who have gone there in good faith. You sit down and nobody comes to ask you if you want drinks. Eventually you go and get the food from the buffet and decide to try again later. I cannot emphasise enough how utterly cheap and DISGUSTING the food is. There was some bland couscous some coleslaw beetroot, cubes and cheap looking ham (I don’t know what that tasted like as I didn’t venture to try it)…oh also some watery vegetable soup. Following this there was some very cheap, cold and basically inedible meat dishes. Some pasta with barely any sauce, some lumpy rice and peas, very oily potatoes and baked beans…yes BAKED BEANS! For dessert a bowl of strawberry yogurt with a ladle in it to dollop onto a plate. I tried it out of morbid fascination and it tasted like a poor imitation of Muller Light… More