Le Saint-Pierre - Mézidon-Canon

Chose this restaurant based on previous reviews which I now realise are hopelessly out of date. Young, teenaged inexperienced and thoroughly unprofessional staff who were evidently using us for training purposes. Despite asking for a quiet table, we found ourselves seated immediately next to what gradually became a large family/group of scruffily dressed East Europeans with their noisy kids and dogs. The other customers comprised the odd, sparse table of Belgian and Dutch retirees and only one amorous French young couple. But the worst part was the tinny 'musak ' which constantly emanated from a cheap speaker directly above us. When I asked one of the two boy servers if they wouldn 't mind turning it down, he went off to the kitchen to enquire, only to return and tell me it wasn 't possible. On asking why he actually said they didn 't know how ! As for the food, we 'd called earlier in the week to peruse the menu (I 'd been looking forward to escalope de veau a la crème) but now discovered that it had just been changed. There being no suitable alternative venue nearby, after my starter of homemade pâté with relish, reluctantly I opted for what was described as mignons de porc but it turned out to be just basic pork roll, albeit fancily garnished. My dessert of so-called 'pavlova ' amounted to a ball of sorbet with what looked suspiciously like two more balls of commercially prepared meringue with a few decorative blobs. Three courses at €34pp and a bottle of Touraine Sauvignon at €26 came to €94. We left feeling we 'd been fleeced. Beware of tourist traps or best, avoid.

Stopped there for a late lunch as we were driving through. They did not mind keeping the kitchen open longer. The staff was a delight. They offered us a wonderful prix fixe menu that was amazing €18, I believe). Lots of choices: salads, meat, fish,... We ate so well! Highly recommended!

Quite good level of cuisine. We're positively surprised. We've taken a 3 courses menu and none of them has disappointed us. I've take the pumpkin cake as started and was really happy about my choice. It's not a place you expect to taste new things but I was wrong. Definitely recommended.

We visited the St. Pierre for one night. We booked lunch for sunday. We expected a lot about the food regarding the reactions we read. Unfortunally the food was really not good. I was not able to chew the carpaccio and the fish was very well done...for our daughter of 6 year there was nothing to choose because there was really nothing to choose for her...all the choices mentioned on the (kids)menu were not available. And the serving lady was not so very nice... The room was very small but clean and complete. We knew the restaurant was closed on sunday evening, but there was really nobody in the hotel, even the bar was closed. Luckely there was a supermarket which was opened till about 20.00 otherwise the sunday evening is rather long in Mezidon-Canon. If you would ask if we would go there again...no!

We stayed here before our return to the UK. The Sunday lunch was excellent and obviously popular with locals. The staff were very friendly. However the hotel more or less closed Sunday at 4pm so we were restricted to our rooms and a rear entrance to get in and out. Eat out or take sandwiches!