1 /5
Note moyenne
★
We stepped into this small, simple restaurant about two streets away from the Petit France area. The little kitchen is at the entrance, 3-4 wooden tables and chairs, one customer was eating inside. As we asked to have a table inside by the window, we were prompted to consider to sit at the terrasse which is more like a rullee (an ally in the back of the building) then a terrace. We said we prefer to sit inside, we sensed a bit of a resistance, but the waitress said "sure, anywhere", we painted to the only table by the window, which would have accommodate us three, and quite frankly give some life to an otherwise empty eatery....but out of the blue, that table became all of a sudden reserved! You could tell it was a fib they made up as it was created right there and then. In my passable French I asked when was the reservation for and of all 4 people, the two young waitress (teens)? and the two unfriendly men in the kitchen, none of them knew, they just knew it was reserved. This type of place, more of a cafe or a simple counter is not expectedly the place for reservations, let alone right as they just opened....hungry and with precious time for the sigtings, we decided to stay. We ordered the savory and sweet crêps deal for 12.50 euro. Any question that I asked about the type of crepes was met with a disintrest, and just creepy suspicious looks among the 4 of them. The savory gallets (crêpes) were good, tasty: we had the smoked salmon, mushrooms and egg, ham and cheese ones. While we ate and tourists started to arrive, they were all encouraged to go to the back. Interestingly the outside tables at the front of the store were left unoccupied for awhile, while the back alley was filling up....from a business point of view this makes no sense, especially for a cafe that doesn't seem busy....We we're done with our savory gallets (type of crêpes) no one had yet claimed that infamous reserved table. We waited a while being ignored for the last part of the deal: the sweet crêpes. But they took their time, purposely maybe, hoping we will leave to profit for charging for two but serving one ( they know tourists are always in a time crunch) till I had to ask! Finally (after too long) the OVERLY sweet crêps arrived; the marmalade and the sugar and butter didn't even merit the price nor the wait. I sense that they can do better job with the more sophisticated sweet crêpes. The window table was never filled, it was left sadly empty for the entire hour or so we were there. the attitude was permanently creepy and I kept thinking how sad it was that such young people are filled with such prejudice and hatred, they were all in their twenties. I cannot imagine how those who don't speak French, will be treated....I asked how long they have been in business and was surprised to learn that it's been four years! As I got up to leave they started to feel bad and tried to justify their dishonesty in regard to the reserved table, but it didn't fly with me. I told them what I think and hope that they take a good look at how they operate and cut the crap of!