Bernard Gautier - Châtellerault

I have eaten here on many occasions. Never disappointed. Great food Chez Bernard, great service and fanbloodytastic wines!

W were expecting more of a fine dinning experience when we looked at the menu. The menu over sells what you actually receive on the plate. Service is friendly and polite.

I've eaten here three times and although it's undeniably a quality restaurant, I fail to see why people like it as much as they do; I really don't like the dining room, it seems dingy and lacks atmosphere. I always feel like I'm gatecrashing someone's home when arriving, weird vibe, not negative just odd. The salmon tartare is a dish that seems very popular but for me it's busy and has too many capers and too much mayo. The steak I had was all dressed up with fois gras and other unnecessary accompaniments that detract from what a steak is supposed to be. In fact all the meals I've had here were fussy and didn't really know what they wanted to be; too many ingredients all vying for your pallet although all cooked and presented very well. Service passes the test and they have a great wine list but it's not my kind of place.

Back from vacation looking for a place to lunch, we leave the highway and we discover this restaurant whose facade a little "kitch" we intrigues. Warm, pleasant,menus welcome at reasonable prices for such a refined cuisine, the products are of qualities, the plates shown the impeccable service. We'll be back,bravo to the whole team.

Very disappointing restaurant: the kitchen and the decor date from the 1970s ... it's good, but old, and expensive.