Table d'Oc - Menu

My daughter and I booked a table based on good reviews. I really wished we hadn't. We ordered a bottle of very good wine (the best thing about the meal) and dec... read more My daughter and I booked a table based on good reviews. I really wished we hadn't. We ordered a bottle of very good wine (the best thing about the meal) and decided to go for the 22 Euro formule meal. We were given some amuse bouche, which was a nice touch but they were not good to eat, so we left them. I think this may have offended the staff as they were very frosty after that. I had a salad with warm goat's cheese on toast, which was ok and my daughter had a pine nut salad, but the pine nuts tasted rancid they would have cost 9 Euro a la carte. My daughter had a bavette, which she ordered medium rare but came out overcooked and grisly and I ordered pork tenderloin in a girolle sauce. The sauce was sour as the wine had not been cooked out and the pork was inedible and hard to cut. We could not believe how awful both meals tasted. I spoke to the waitress and she shrugged and said did we want them cooked again but we said no as I knew it would just come out the same and by now the staff were very hostile. She said we could order another dish from the menu but we just felt so uncomfortable that I said could we just have the bill and I would pay for the wine and the salads. The bill came but they had charged us for 2 courses each. I said I did not want to pay for 2 courses as we had only eaten 1. She went away to talk to her manager and came back and insisted I pay for the 2 courses. At this point, I asked if I could speak to the manager. The waitress went off and then came back with a revised bill, which was for the wine and the salads and said her manager was too busy to speak to me and that this was the final offer and I must pay it. I paid the amount asked as it was what I had suggested I pay at the start but I was very disappointed that the manager could not be bothered to talk to me. It was a really horrible experience and I would never go back as there are so many better restaurants in Menton.

My wife and I looked for authentic french cuisine in Menton rather than the typical pizza restaurants which we plentiful. We dined for lunch this week at Table... read more My wife and I looked for authentic french cuisine in Menton rather than the typical pizza restaurants which we plentiful. We dined for lunch this week at Table d'Oc and last night we have an evening meal and we had to return as the food was exemplary. I was recommended to try a bottle of Petit Chamblis from Bergundy which was a fantastic white wine dry and crisp with wonderful flavors. I took the 23 euro evening meal and the food really was exemplary. The Foe grae terrine followed by creme dory and dessert. My wife had the foe gras dish on its own and was very satisfied with the quality of the food. We'll definately return.