Le Moulin Neuf - Gond-Pontouvre

We had lunch here 3 years ago and were charmed by the ambience of the setting. Eating al fresco on a balcony overlooking a river weir is a great experience. However, the staff were efficient but unsmiling, just as they were 3 years ago! We chose a €27 2 course set meal (very expensive in itself) comprising 6 oysters or (cold) pea soup starter and lamb or salmon main course -hardly exotic or costly to produce. The presentation was good but quantities were small (as last time). We decided to have a dessert to fill up, to find that the 2 dessert choices both contained strawberries (which i can't eat). Who decided that menu?!. We were told we could have creme brulee instead, so we did. When we got the bill for nearly €100 (including 2 aperitifs, 2 glasses of wine and 2 coffees) we were quite taken aback! The small creme brulees had been priced at €10 each from the very expensive a la carte menu! We feel the dishes offered here are fairly simple to produce and do not warrant the high prices charged. We won't go back as there is better value in the area.

A delicious lunch by the river with friends. The food was delicious, in particular the starters which were exceptional and beautifully presented. The staff were efficient and friendly. Will definitely go back if in the area.

Stayed here at the end of August 2017. Great position right on the river bank with a mill stock flowing past, Had a very comfortable room overlooking the river opening onto a large first floor terrace shared with several other rooms. The terrace could do with some smartening up with planters or dividers, and the entrance to the hotel is rather bleak with no garden or soft landscaping. We arrived to a fairly cool welcome just before they shut for the afternoon, and shut means shut, there is no reception open or way into the hotel. Once in however, the food was excellent, both in quality and variety, and a good satnav will take you to the door through the maze of streets

Nice setting and hearty dishes good little party! damage that the restaurant decor starts to age a lot of humidity on the bay windows which leaves to be desired

We couldn't have dinner alfresco but we were able to enjoy the setting with the swans and the fall of Angouleme! The service and the dishes are welcome. not knowing how to appreciate the meat not cooked I saw myself proposed "to the point". Thank you. I recommend the tapas dish as well as the dessert.It's not the first time we come to the new mill, it won't be the last time either.