Tumulus - Carnac

A great family run restaurant and hotel. They offer two set menus as well as a la carte dishes. Great view looking towards the sea.

We arrived too late (after 2 pm the kitchen is closed) to enjoy a normal lunch. Luckily the lovely lady at the reception gave us the opportunity to try their 'weck jars ' menu. Sounded kind of interesting and since the garden was so lovely we were keen on following her suggestion. I have to say: we had a splendid time, sitting in the shadow of a beautiful tree, close to the swimming pool. A lovely waitress brought us our jars and we were impressed by the quality and originality of the dishes. Very tasty. The service was very attentive also. And: the toilets were impeccable! Albeit a little bit hard to find. Would definitely recommend.

Despite the great service we were ABSOLUTELY DISAPPOINTED by the lack of care coming from the kitchen. We were 6 and took the Menu découverte except our for our vegetarian friend. He was promised an interesting array of vegetarian dishes as we were promised a gastronomic experience. Nothing could have been further from the truth. It felt like we were served whatever they had too much of in the kitchen. The highlight of the evening was when we had twice in a row exactly the same sad vegetable garnish once with fish once with meat. It looked lazy and careless. As for the vegetarian menu, our friend had to wait our third dish to be served a very poor plate of over cooked uninspired veggies. I’d say keep the floor staff but please change the team in the kitchen.

Booked for 2 nights then Sent 2 emails for further information which were ignored. Arrived at the hotel with a smile from the receptionist..... This unfortunately was the last one we got. Not too friendly, had a meal in the restaurant and by 9.45pm we were the last there, apart from the waiter clearing tables, moving chairs ready gor breakfast and generally ignoring us. We couldn't even get another drink. The jacuzzi was closed and couldn't get access. Room was nice although we had been put in another building which was separate to the hotel and a small walk. We were originally going to spend a relaxing 2 days there using the spa, massages etc but decided the service was so bad we spent our hard earned cash in the surrounding villages.

So the presentation was good, the views are nice and the staff are friendly on arrival. However, cutlery was dirty, I wasn't offered another drink after I finished it during the 2nd course, they essentially forgot about service as wine wasn't topped up after the second time and we were never asked how our food was. Bread wasnt topped up, and no butter was given. Food was cold, and a lot of the meats and fish were rather tasteless. Very fast paced. Also the staff could smile once in a while..