LE GABRIEL

Great experience.

Great experience.

Sin duda cuando vas a estos tipos de sitios en donde ya han recibido tres estrellas Michelin, sabes que la excelencia está presente, no solo en la comida, sino en todo el combo que eso incluye. Obviamente, sería fuera de lugar criticar los platos consumidos, hablamos de un nivel de superioridad gastronómica, pero igualmente no le pongo 5 estrellas porque a mí puntualmente no me gusta mucho el pescado y si bien nos aclararon en qué consistían los pasos, a pesar de que la opción que elegimos era la que supuestamente tenía presencia de menos pescado, termino siendo que casi todos los platos tenían pescado y agregado que uno de los postres no nos encantó mucho, pero eso es un tema de gusto. Cada plato es una obra de arte y se nota la presencia de materia prima de primera línea. Recomiendo de que vivan la experiencia de los quesos, que es increíble. El ambiente y el servicio están a la altura de las circunstancias, lo que si me sorprendió es que cuando dejas algo en el plato sin comer, te hagan algún tipo de comentario con cierto sarcasmo, que entre risas pasa y a lo mejor lo que intentan es darle un toque de humor, es sublimemente incomodo. Pero sin duda, en su conjunto es una experiencia súper recomendable, ¡¡¡ya que es Extraordinaria!!!

We had lunch in Le Garibel today. Our ecpectation was high due to its reputation and 3 michelin stars crown. However, the outcome turned out to be disappointing. The environment was grand with comfortable seating. The food was great. Every dish was well presented with rich and balanced favour. Their signature dish-- Sand carrot was awesome. The sourdough was extremely mouthwatering. Our disappointments were mainly rested with the service. When we reached the restaurant, we were greeted by a lady who was very polite and friendly. After seated, we were served by a waiter who was cool and serving us with a pocket face. He did explain every dish to us but in a rushy tone. Left immediately after introducing everything that needed to be said. It seemed that we were easting his time. He even asked my friend to take away the napkin because he needed to put the dish on the table. Is this setvice acceptable in a 3 stars michelin restaurant? When we finished our dessert, the worst thing came out,: The waitor placed an envolope on the table and said this was our menu today. Not even a word on any petit four. We had waited for 8 minutes, nothing offered so we guessed it might come to the end of the lunch. We then checked the bill. The waitor gave us the bill within 2 minutes. We settled the bill with cash, the waitor took away the bill and said thanked you to us and wished us a good day. Again, nothing about petit four,mentioned. When we left, i found that petit 4 was offered to other guests. I asked another staff who said the petit 4 assumed to be coming if we would stay a bit longer. He suggested us to take away the sweets if we really "wanted'"these little things. Oh my God!! I could not imagine this happened in a michelin star restaurant. Will never return but i really hope the restaurant can look into this problem. Therefore, i made this comment

Restaurant Le Gabriel, three Michelin star restaurant. Two tasting menus are offered, each coming with either seven or nine courses. The first tasting menu's theme was Brittany, the home of the chef, and the second menu featured flavours from around the world, mainly from Asia. chef Jérôme Banctel reinterprets French classics, imbuing them with Japanese flavours. A choice of 7 and 9 courses on both menus. The food was good but lacked the wow factor. The desserts on the other hand were outstanding. The portions were generous.
Service was professional and attentive.