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"Delicious bistro food, very affordable prices. The service is real good. Wine list with great selection, good price/value. Highly recommended!"
Téléphone: +33442520677,+33477642539
Adresse: 20, Cours De La Republique, 42300, Roanne, France
Ville: Roanne
Site Web: http://www.troisgros.fr/le_central/central_cafe.html
Plats: 1
Commodités: 6
Catégories: 5
Avis: 584
I 've had cookbooks from the Troisgros Brothers in my library for 25 years, and ate a very good meal at La Colline du Colombier in August '12, which is unfortunately closed over the Winter. So revisiting the south of Burgundy, my wife and I booked a table at Le Central, figuring we 'd have at least as good a meal as at La Colline (owned by offspring of the Troisgros family. This could not have been a bigger mistake. Ordering from the evening Menu, I chose the Joue de Boeuf (braised beef cheeks which I have cooked many times, and are always wonderful, especially given the Charolais beef in this part of France. When the plate arrived, I had to do a double take: imagine economy class airplane food, on an American carrier no less, transposed to a plate in a French restaurant riding on the coat tails of the 3 Michelin star mother venue next door. It did not compute. The disc of brown boeuf resembled a turd forced into a ring, smothered with thick, dark brown and opaque sludge. Two squirts of potato puree completed the picture, with a single roasted garlic clove for garnish. The beef had been cooked so long, and so far before service, that it was completely without taste, dry (which is almost inconceivable for this moist cut properly prepared and blandly seasoned. The kitchen had obviously tried to make up for this by over salting the acrid, bitter and altogether hideous sauce. The potato puree tasted like reconstituted instant from a supermarket box, I kid you not. This was probably the worst plate of food I have ever had in a real restaurant. I sent it back. I won 't belabor all the other idiotic things that accompanied the boeuf, save perhaps that the Maitre 'D told me the featured wine of the week was a Northern Rhone (I asked but in fact it was not, it was a Southern Rhone, or that the pommes frites were soggy, and if a French Brasserie cannot make French Fries, they should just go home and give it up. When the bill came, I found that I had been charged for both the dish I sent back, and the substitute dish. They actually had to call the manager from the 3 star restaurant next door to deal with me, because I will not accept that kind of nonsense. They eventually did revise the bill, but at that point, the meal which was already disgusting, was positively toxic. Given that the only reason we drove over an hour to the dump of a city called Roanne was to visit this restaurant, I 'd highly recommend not going near it- we could not even find a decent cafe to have an aperitif prior to our reservation at Le Central, having walked all over le 'Centre Ancien '. What has happened to France? Jonathan Weiss
We chose to eat here based on other reviews and the fact that is was connected to the 3 star Troisgros. We were sadly disappointed. The amuse bouche was radishes and salted butter. Admittedly they were very nice radishes but the pairing with butter seemed off. I ordered the Lamb Orientale which was very much like lamb stew...lamb chops braised with vegetables, celery and carrot with just a hint of cumin. Really pretty tasteless. My husband had the salmon which was very good aside from the fact it was the smallest piece of salmon I have ever seen served. The desserts were okay but nothing unusual or special. Service began well but slowed as the evening progressed as the staff off the Troisgros came in for their Christmas dinner. We had to ask several times for the check and finally got up to leave before it was produced. I was hoping for something more imaginative or interesting and was greatly disappointed
I was on a business trip to Roanne and had a suggestion to have a dinner at Le Central. Sadly on Monday evening it was closed. Next day we came here for a lunch with colleagues and now I recommend You! : food is delicious! menu is well considered and portions just right. Very French overall experience. Interior is also worth to compliment.
My husband I came across this restaurant when visiting Roanne and popped in, on the off chance that they had a table free for an evening meal. We were not disappointed. Our dish of Rognons de Veau in a wonderful Puys Lentil casserole was very different and so tasty. We would definitely go back when in the area again.
