Le Karpa - Vannes
Le Karpa
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Chose this restaurant from their menu reviews on TripAdvisor. Proved to be a great choice. Super kids meal, delicious burgers, vegetarian lasagne and tagliatelle dishes. THE most rustic mojito ever yum! and lovely service being Irish we sent the pink burgers back for extra cooking no problem Highly recommend
The title says it all really. I have no idea why some other reviewers have put this place down a peg or two as we found it superb. It's not trad French but then it's not trying to be and has a very wide and good selection of food. Not only is the food well prepared but the size of the dishes were simply enormous...both my wife's chicken Caesar salad and my beef tartare were easily big enough for two, and that's why we shared the chocolate mousse pudding which was divine. Unpretentious good food served in a friendly and efficient manner. What more do you want?
One of only a handfull of places open to eat on a Sunday evening, this place proved to be a good final choice. A wide menu, covering pasta, steak, pizza burgers. The burgers were very hearty served in a number of different ways, such as with camembert or racclette cheese, and came with chips, salad Italian dressing sauce for dips. The service was good but without been overhelpfull or friendly.
Karpa fancies itself a very fashionable restaurant. The decorations and the menu (and the names of the dishes) will let you know about that right away, and you won 't forget it until the end. It serves a mix of French and American dishes, and there 's something for everyone on the menu (salads, pizzas, burgers, pasta, seafood). On paper, their dishes are very appealing. In practice, what you actually get to eat will depend on your luck. Sometimes, it 's very good, but other times, it 's really just average at best. I was once served some very suspicious-looking oysters, and was very nonchalantly told that they have no wet wipes (so I had to hobble over to the toilet to wash off my oystery and lemony hands). Not cool. And then there are the prices, which match their fanciness factor. Yeah, be prepared to pay a pretty penny here. I think there are far better options in Vannes for any of the food they serve, but you probably won 't find a place that serves all of it in the same place, nor with the same kind of general posh atmosphere.
Having been disappointed by the lack of resteraunts in Brittany selling anything other than crepes or entrecôte steak, to chance on this wonderfull resteraunt was a life saver. We were originally drawn to the building by the beautiful peach and blue timber exterior, at first not realising it was a resteraunt, where we met the proprietors who seemed like a really nice couple, locking up after a busy lunchtime session. Returning that evening we had an amazing meal, at a very reasonable price in extremely clean and pleasant surroundings, and served by the friendliest people you could wish for. Our rump steak was the best quality meat perfectly cooked and fries were a great twist on a theme, like potato scallops with light fluffy centres and a crispy exterior and tasted great. As mentioned by other reviews everyone spoke really good English too. Unfortunately that was our last night in Vannes otherwise we would definitely have been back there the following night to try something else on the menu.
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