Le Country Club Fontainebleau

The Country Club is the restaurant of the hotel of the same name. The building is in a nice park, overlooking the Seine valley and there's a perfect wooden terrace with umbrella. A nice place to have lunch (or dinner) on a warm summer day. Unfortunately service is slow and messy, the wine card has no year for the wines and the staff, when asked, gives wrong information (who'd want a Médoc from 2011 in 2012? It was from 2008, still young), the waiter (if he can be called thus) managed to let drops of wine escape onto my white linen trousers when he opened the bottle. The food was average and only so in spite of the pompous names given to the dishes, portions are large for entrée and dessert but my angus steak (quite good) was on the thin side (difficult to have it rare though). On the whole a mediocre experience but the others places to eat in Samois are worse (especially the one with a famous name) and more expensive.

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This last Wednesday we had dinner at Le Country Club, based on a recommendation of our French friend, who accompanied us with his family. We were a party of 7. The restaurant was less than half full at its busiest. The location is beautiful with views over the Seine in a wooded residential area with some remarkable homes nearby. Before dinner we walked around the neighborhood, listened to the song birds, and took in the fragrance of the blooming Lilac. Dinner was good, I would not say great. Typical of many steaks I have had in France, mine had too much gristle. The other dishes were good with no complaints. Service was good and attentive, perhaps in part because of the relative paucity of other diners. We ordered our desserts off the menu and our server was happy to oblige - not something that we always encounter in French restaurants. I would go back again but only for the setting, not the food.

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Had looked forward to special birthday lunch here, very disappointing. Food acceptable, service ok from young waiter, but very aloof maitre d'hotel who was dressed a lot more casually than clients, which I found misplaced. He was umpleasant & indifferent. The restaurant was deserted with just two other tables in for lunch, despite that, we were all huddled in a cluster of 3 tables next to each other around the central fire. There was about half a log on the fire & the restaurant was freezing. Got the impression they are trying to keep costs to a minimum! Samois Sur seine is stunning & they have a superb location!

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A typical luxurious French meal served beautifully. The products were seasonal and locally sourced and the staff were knowledgable. All in all a wonderful experience even with a big group

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We liked the ambience of the dining room, the service and the delicious meal (a whole leg of baby lamb, served perfectly pink.)

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