2 /5
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This used to be a wonderful restaurant, probably the best we have experienced in France, when the Wident family owned it. But in the couple of years since they left, standards have slipped. It is all in points of detail. The beautifully laid out tables of previous times are now laid out over plastic covers! The menu choices have been severely cut back. Lunch on a Saturday now has four choices, with three of those priced in the stratosphere. There is a menu at 25 Euros, but this does not specify a single dish. My wife and I chose the lowest of the detailed menus, and I had a three course meal which consisted of some duck pate ( pretty good, the best part of the meal) followed by two Spring Rolls containing shredded lamb served with a small amount of sundry veg. My dessert, which I translated as being something like a Bombe Alaska, turned out to be a sponge with ice cream, covered in custard. My wife's food was similarly disappointing. Service was very slow with only two waiting staff on duty, one of whom was the owner. Le Cygne used to be packed on Saturday lunchtimes with English visitors, but today it was only 1/4 full, and there was just one other English party, so I presume the word about the decline has got out. Very sad indeed to see a legendary establishment clearly gone to the dogs