Vivante French Eatery - Carmel

Service was great and the food was wonderful! Portion sizes are great for the price and everyone was really friendly. This is definitely our new favorite place for brunch!

We came out for happy hour to have an early bite and drinks. Our bartender/server Samuel was very friendly and aimed to please! The espresso martini and dirty martini were both fantastic! The Steak Frites was delicious with this amazing 12 herbs butter!Price was as expected for Carmel. Tout était bon!! We will be coming back.

This is a good restaurant. The piano being played in the hotel lobby can be heard downstairs as well adding to the ambience. There aren't too many vegetarian or vegan options to choose from, which is disappointing, but the very limitedoptions taste good. We loved our Ratatouille. It was piping hot and delicious. Overall a good place for a date night, if youare not a vegetarian/vegan.

The only reason why we're giving this wonderful restaurant 5 stars is because 6 stars wasn't an option. Miss Raven's service was legendary. Miss Jerica was an excellent hostess. Dylan made us such creative blackberry crème margaritas. Zach made us the mostdelicious vegan chickpea curry pumpkin squash soup (quite possibly the best soup I've ever had). I loved my coq au vin ????. Myhusband's canard aux bleuets ???? ???? was out of this world, and our desserts stole the show. We shared a tarte aux fruitscrème brûlée ???? and a dark chocolate vanilla crème soufflée. Even my French press café and his thé aux oranges ????were perfect. All in all, this anniversary dinner was even better than our Thanksgiving dinner in Paris????. And did I mentionthat we are both language teachers and accomplished chefs? Update: We've been back twice since our original review (and we alsoordered room service once more), and every time, the food and service were flawless. Miss Heather and Miss Serena providedtop-notch service, Miss Alex made us a delicious Gogi berry tea, and the food kept getting better. This morning my husband'ssteak-frites ???? was better than the one we had in Paris, my saumon au beurre meunière was perfectly cooked and seasoned, andour crêpe Suzette ???? was to die for. We really enjoyed our conversation with Mr Eric as well. All in all, every detail wasperfect, and the entire staff treated us as if we were the most important people in the world.

Inside the Carmichael Hotel which is beautiful. We had breakfast on the patio a lovely quiet spot in the shade. Great service, nice menu, good food and excellent value for money.