Relais & Chateau Christopher Coutanceau Reviews

Good experience, I don't know 3 macarons but I had a great time, daring cuisine, a real culinary experience and a pleasant spectacle to watch

Excellent! We had a very good evening. The service was impeccable. I recommend !

1st visit What to say otherwise The sea is everywhere restaurant facing the sea near the beach well thought out interiors decor the frankly friendly and professional team and the ultimate is in the Magistral plate!

This is the great art of cooking. A high level of service. A super pro staff and very friendly. In addition a magnificent view of the ocean
Thank you for the welcome, the service, and the dishes all our congratulations this fu a treat a culinary ballad of high level we have a great time in your establishment
A reference deserves a 3rd star

Very nice restaurant
Superb location with a great view
Very professional and attentive staff
Delicious dinner
Large house masterfully managed by Nicolas Brossard

As always deserves its 2 macaroons, delicacies and sublime flavors, a quality service and a very pleasant setting
Thank you, thank you for this beautiful moment

Two Michelin stars service and excellent food no complaints
I recommend the formula at 70 euros

Good place, very good quality and price. Highly recommended. With menu for alternative child. I eat 6 fresh oysters and an exquisite 200gr entrecote for 17.5; the wine apart.if you want dessert 23

With the discovery menu, a treat for the taste buds

Very pleasant welcome. Staff attentive and understanding. Quality is on the plate.

To the image he wants to give. More than a meal a maritime history

A unique moment. A feast for the eyes as for the taste buds. A welcoming and very professional staff.

Great place of restoration ... 2 Michelin stars ... What to say? Magical, spectacular, delicious, surprising, short ... Perfect . An exceptional wine cellar, with affordable prices ... The setting is sumptuous at the edge of the beach ...
Small peculiarity, not least, there is no meat ....

More than a meal, it is here an experience, a culinary journey that we offer you.
Everything is perfectly mastered.
At the culinary level, first of all, from the classic Rochelaise mouclade to the large signature dish Civet de lobster. And ever more inventive desserts, with the smoked chocolate eclade or the extraordinary variation of the foreshore.
Next in terms of service, a well-orchestrated ballet, flawless, attentive, professional, while being sympathetic.
Finally, in terms of the setting, in this magnificent marine-inspired room with a view of the sea and the port of La Rochelle.
A third star and a well-deserved consecration therefore.

We did a lot of km and we weren't disappointed. top-notch welcome and service, and what about the sumptuous 8-course menu the just magical sardine.
thank you to the whole team and a plus for the chef.
Jmv

An evening in your beautiful restaurant with my daughter allowed us to discover a delicate mixture of high quality flavors, very good dishes, exceptional pastry, high quality wines and a very pleasant staff. Thank you for this unforgettable moment!

During this lunch, we went to sea alongside Christopher Coutanceau, an iodized atmosphere carried us throughout the meal to finish on a sweet and creative note which was not undeserved and which is the height of the overall service. .
Total consistency with this decoration of the open sea and the depths of our Atlantic coasts.
Congratulations to the whole team !!!
We dream of coming back!

Great culinary experience. Congratulations to the chef.

I can say that I will remember my first tri-starred gourmet restaurant, a taste marvel. Excellent in every way.
Congratulations to the whole team !

Spectacular lunch in a beautiful setting with amazing service.

An unusual moment, extraordinary, magnificent flavor, to redo

Grandissimo. To do without hesitation. Remains in memory for many years. Well done. Everything is on top.

A treat for my taste buds, a kitchen where we feel a successful search, which is just a pleasure! A refined setting and top staff! It was our Christmas present from our children .... Are these small !!!
There I put 5 , and well deserved !!

Very long wait
1/2 hour for 2 hot chocolates and 1 waffle !!
By cons all this was very good!
And real whipped cream. Very rare !

Freshness. Quality. Simplicity.
A refined and tasty cuisine.
A chef close to the sea
A fisherman's chef

We come back for several years to discover and rediscover flavors from the subtle mix of land and sea.
Thank you for surprise us each time and make us live an exceptional moment!
The welcome and the service are the image of this establishment of high level! The good mood and humor are waiting for you to spend an unforgettable evening!
Epicurean friends, run to book paradise of the pleasures of the table!
A special thank you for Nicolas who welcomes us each time with as much pleasure and naturalness.

A real TREAT!

This restaurant not only have a real panache, but a great great story and real history behind.
Favourite of President Mitterrand, apparently Chef Coutanceau sent back his Michelin stars. A real food-experience-land-mark in La Rochelle, France.
The views are excellent as the location.

But the real star in a restaurant of this standards is the service: second-to-none. Really professional and swift. They are many of them, around you at all times, ready to top up your water or wine or bread. But you never feel like they are on top of you. They never interrupt. And most importantly: nothing is too much trouble.
They make you feel comfortable.

And then there is food.
Coutanceau made me realised that in France, sometimes, is better to spend the extra pounds in a really really good restaurant as at the end is better value for money. There is so many restaurant where you pay quiet a lot but then when the food arrive you realise that you are paying way too much for what it is. Too late.
Coutanceau delivers again, again and again in flavour, in technique, in presentation, in seasonality.
From the bread and the seaweed butter to the last petit four is very difficult to fault it.

There is lots of works done in the kitchen to deliver the dishes. And I'm sure they are proud. I am.

I always feel a bit nervous when I arrive and enter this great palace of what food and service combine suppose to be. But very quickly I remember that those extra pounds I will be spending will bring me buckets of joy with a touch of history and lots of real panache.

Have a look at my pictures. And enjoy.

Exceptional dinner. We are going to spend a moment out of time.

An unforgettable gastronomic experience.
A great variety of seafood of a very high quality beautifully interpreted by an exceptional cook! Great kindness and great availability of the team in the room

Simply great staff pleasant exceptional setting perfect cuisine

The dishes a real delight and the setting ....

Too bad it takes a long time between courses but it is certainly due to the Covid

a restaurant worthy of its reputation. Friends strongly recommended it, we were charmed in every way. The quality service, the refined cuisine, the setting ..... we spent a very pleasant time with my wife.

Magnificent . At this level of quality it is art. Cuisine, wine, hospitality, comfort, everything is there. Thank you for this evening which will remain unforgettable.

Excellent welcome, catering
What fun!
Thank you

Welcome and very nice service. The setting is beautiful. The meal brings a multitude of flavors. To redo

A very nice and good time.
No faults, impeccable service, beautiful dishes, quality food with discoveries of flavors and tastes surprising sometimes confusing. Beautiful decoration with a beautiful view.

We just returned last evening from CRISTOPHER COUTANCEAU couple of 58 years, accompanied by his son 28 years .. The first asset is its location .. ROCHELLE, beach competition ... A table history since dad Richard launched this table there is already a long time ... got his 2 Michelin stars there are also long, kept them for just as long, accompanied by his friends SERGE, MARZIN, a story ...
We went there 25 years ago the first time, and without being diligent, went back from time to time ... There are 3 years that we were not back until tonight ... The decor no longer pleased us, I still loved the menu and the Suzette pancakes for dessert, but ...

One of our son, lawyer Paris, ahead of his brother for christmas, we demand to return to COUTANCEAU ... So we executed ... So we discovered that part we did not know: nothing to do, lighting, or rather the brightness is correct, varied, imperceptible, it happens everywhere, LED ceiling, walls with variations that create an incredible atmosphere ... It was crowded, it was full, not even serious, each table in its place, its atmosphere, superb!

A warm welcome, a service available, discreet, smiling, competent, explaining the history of each dish (8 course menu ..), a sommelier guiding delicately, humanity and benevolence emerge from this evening, what happiness ..

the entrance to (x) serve (s), each dish is a trilogy, each trilogy has its course to Hitchcock, you have to listen, understand, and ... enjoy, discover, have fun .. An explosion flavors, an incredible discovery, a SYMPHONY !!

We meet regularly three buttons ... I hope that the MICHELIN home will take the measure of this property and it will bring him faster correction that is required, the best reward: 3rd MACAROON. .

I do not compare with others, so it's different (SAULIEU, FONJONCOUSSE, Laguiole, PRE CATELAN ... our latest escapades), but we were amazed, literature, this novel deserves the prize Goncourt ...

Thank you to Nicolas, partner Christopher, for orchestrating this symphonic ensemble that seems well rounded, and also seems to share the pleasure of his bosses ...
A word ...

Super gastro. Top service and neat and delicious dishes. All this in a splendid setting.

A wonderful moment, we embark on the world of the chef, we could imagine aboard the zodiac chef in full fishing parties so the products are a beautiful freshness!
Beautiful room with modern decorations in a marine spirit in the theme of the fisherman's chef. Even the play of light is at the rhythm of the sea.
The menu signature dishes follow one another, maybe too quickly for our taste, the service should be more Zen, more quiet ... a tasting menu that tasted so we have time. Otherwise everyone is caring, full of attention, mention Mr. Brossard for his kindness. Wine with very nice glasses
Dessert may be below the iodized part, too bad.
The road for the third star is long but persuaded that it will shine one day over the waves of La Rochelle.

Very pleasant and delicious. The foie gras on the last dish was hard to pass. I would have appreciated it more at the start of the meal because it was very good. Signature menu.

An extraordinary starred restaurant. A magic frame. An exceptional sea map. Congratulations to all the team strongly the 3 rd

A perfect lunch! Creative cuisine with a very professional and welcoming service. Superb setting, very comfortable with a view towards the ocean. One of the best restaurants in France!

Modern establishment offering a beautiful marine culinary experience.

The HISTORY of ..... CHRISTOPHER COUTANCEAU Restaurant. FRIENDSHIP and good KITCHEN always last at TEMPS Merci marcel

Hello, I have already been at Mr. Coutanceau, very good memory, exceptional cuisine that reflects the good French cuisine! Cosmetic Network

To recommend warmly. Address of La Rochelle. Everything is there, the setting, the reception, the service. The Flavor Menu is ... tasty. Lovers of seafood and fine cuisine, this address is for you.

Professionalism at your fingertips, both in the kitchen and in the dining room. Excellent and exemplary cuisine. To advise strongly. You will not be disappointed.!!!

Super environment. Too bad it was under construction. But soon reopening.

If you come to feast, this is the right place. We took the time to savor everything, we will keep fond memories of it, while we wait for our return.

inventive cuisine, just cooking, we'll be back for sure

What to say, except that it's the best. everything is absolutely perfect

Superb experience I spent with my family for the holidays

The 8-course Signature menu offers an unforgettable dining experience. Exquisite and unique flavors, magnificent plates, a splendid setting, a well-honed service - a perfect fault!

Nice restaurant, nothing more.
Won't really catch our attention and no real memories

Indeed, do not spread out, it is the best you have to do.

Thank you for this beautiful evening!
The Flavor menu is exceptional value for money!
The dishes are sought after and unadorned with seasonal products. All the dishes on the menu have a high degree of consistency. We understand where the leader wants to take us.
To this is added a beautiful view in a modern setting with a touch of romance.
We recommend this beautiful establishment!

A magnificent place a perfect welcome very sought after and succulent dishes very good advice food and wine pairing thank you to all the team for this wonderful moment

Very good time everything is perfect except a flat for the male staff some wear costumes a little skimpy it is not very classy in this beautiful place

Nice setting, good reception, excellent quality food, but a bit pricey

Certainly the best restaurant in La Rochelle.
An inventive cuisine (mention for the langoustine) a magnificent room and a very good cellar

Very good restaurant panoramic point do not forget to book thank you

A magnificent room, magnificent staff and unforgettable cuisine, incomparable, true flavors. The best of the best.

A delight of freshness and originality. Finally a chef who respects the seasons of the fish. Here forgot the farmed fish. Here you will have varied flavors and excellence. Something to make you love fish even for More

Remarkable establishment. Cuisine and service of very high quality.

In the end, opinion quite contrasted.
Very nice place, high-end service but the final score is too salty for my taste.
Even if the marriage of tastes is the appointment, perfect cooking, the rates are too high for the plates presented.

Very impressive, the setting is breathtaking and the cuisine of high flight, excellent time

The place is magical.
A restaurant that deserves its two stars.
From start to finish impeccable service, incredible dishes.
We feel the passion for seafood and I appreciated that everything was worked in full without loss.
An incredible memory.

I find it unfortunate that a chef who (loves his job) charges exorbitant prices !! inaccessible for the common people of course its noble products but for me a good chef is above all a chef who with standard products such as sardines is able to make you love this dish which does not require 160 or 180 j 'I would like to come but at its prices it is not tomorrow, this is unfortunately for many of your colleagues

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my criticism "which is passing by is a general criticism" although with the covid restaurant owners unfortunately have time


I may be making spelling mistakes but I'm not stupid I suspect that you have loads in proportion to your 3 stars, anyway I can not help imagining your brigade (several people) around a sardine of 10 to 13 cmd Lol

for the moment I'm going once sorry I went once a month to Philippe Etchebest's very affordable price (brasserie) 52 , the evening menu with 3 choices of starters, main courses and desserts and 35 , the menu of noon (starter / main course / dessert).

bag that in my family the restoration we know from near and far (Raymond and Michel Oliver)
here is the kitchen
and at the risk of sounding rude to you put 180 or more which will end up in the toilet anyway

Take care of yourself
cordially

Very good service and impeccable kitchen, I recommend