MAISON 1896 - STANDED DOOR

Heerlijk gegeten combinatie frans Vietnamees erg lekker zeker een aanrader . Verwacht je niet in Beaune. Voor mij super lekker.

A really lovely dinner! Each plate was delicious, but the standout was the daikon rice cake. We enjoyed talking to the sommelier, and felt fine asking for a lower cost bottle from the region. She brought us a lovely vin blanc from Cote d’Beaune. A great ambiance too.

The food is just too good????

Just amazing since we arrived with our reservations for a group of 7 and we had our little space with a round table… service food and desserts were all just amazing and we could taste everybody’s plate
Love it after being in slanted door in san francisco 25 years ago

We were excited to try Slanted Door as my wife is Vietnamese, but we found it incredibly disappointing.

The food was not inventive at all. The ingredient quality was high, but the flavors and recipes were derivative.

They don't offer Pho outside of the winter, which is bizarre as Vietnamese eat it all year round, and it's always hot in Vietnam.

Dish-by-dish breakdown:

Salmon Crudo - 25 euros for a meagre portion. This dish wasn't really Vietnamese. 2.5/5 taste, 1.5/5 when taking the price into consideration.

Shrimp Spring Rolls - 19 euros. You could barely taste the herbs in them, and they used mayo. You get 8 small pieces with very little Shrimp. Nothing special at all about them, similar to what you'd get for 5 euros in any Vietnamese restaurant. 2/5.

Crab Glass Noodles - 36 euros. Such a basic dish. Barely any crab of course. Barely any flavor whatsoever, it's like they forgot to sauce it. Pretty much just noodles and some small pieces of crab. Should have cost about 12 euros. 1/5

Chicken Claypot - 36 euros. Tiny portion, way too salty. The flavor of the sauce was good. They need to serve it with something, though. It's just a small pot of about 10 small bites of chicken covered in sauce. Should have cost about 12-15 euros. 1.5/5

Mushroom Side Dish - 14 euros. Surprisingly, a reasonable sized portion of mushrooms for the price. They had nice flavor, but again they were so salty they were hard to finish. 2/5

Service - 2/5

Dessert - We didn't order because none of the 3 dishes were even Vietnamese. They were standard pastries you find around Beaune. Odd. By this point we were over the dinner and ready to head out anyways.

We spent over 50 euros per person just on food, and we were still hungry when we left.

It felt like quite a tourist trap.