survey result

Summary

£53
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A stalwart of the Nottingham restaurant scene” for almost 30 years, “it can feel like you are eating in France” at this city-centre outfit with a “constantly changing menu, strong on unfamiliar but interesting dishes”. It’s still run by its founders, Corsican Stéphane Luiggi and his Notts-born wife, Louise.

Summary

£53
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“You feel you could actually be in France when eating here” at this Nottingham fixture, established in 1994, with “excellent food and an unchanging French ambience”. (Stéphane Luiggi, its Corsican founder, and his team made a lot of new friends as the city’s “star performer for takeaway food during lockdown”.)

Summary

£51
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Established in 1994, Corsican Stéphane Luiggi’s “authentic” (down to the Gallic staff) homage to La Belle France, spanning a café, deli and shop, remains “the perfect place to relax with good food and wine after a long shop in town”; bien sûr “you have to be a bit of a Francophile to get the most out of it!”

Summary

£51
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Established in 1994, Corsican Stéphane Luiggi’s “authentic” (down to the Gallic staff) homage to La Belle France, spanning a café, deli and shop, remains “the perfect place to relax with good food and wine after a long shop in town”; bien sûr “you have to be a bit of a Francophile to get the most out of it!”

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Restaurant details

Highchair,Menu,Portions
No dress code
88

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £16.95 £19.95

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£10.20 £17.90 £6.95
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £18.95
Filter Coffee £3.50
Extras  
Service 10.00%
27 King St, Nottingham, NG1 2AY
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday10:30 am‑2 pm, 5 pm‑12 am
Wednesday10:30 am‑2 pm, 5 pm‑12 am
Thursday10:30 am‑2 pm, 5 pm‑12 am
Friday10:30 am‑2 pm, 5 pm‑12 am
Saturday10:30 am‑2 pm, 5 pm‑12 am
SundayCLOSED

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