Le Grand Herbet sur Blainville-Sur-Mer

13/06/2026: Very good restaurant, very fine and refined dishes, but when we are offered drinks, they could bring us the price list to avoid surprises and the owner does not take care of people who do not order the tea that she absolutely wants to sell.

11/06/2026: We had known about this restaurant for a while but only had the chance to visit this past week during a recent trip to Normandie...and it was well worth the wait. Everything exceeded expectations: the setting, the service, and especially the famous cuisine of chef Philippe Hardy and the careful attentions of his spouse, Nadia, who deserve their hard-earned Michelin star with their distinctive and creative menu, hyper-local ingredients, and warm and welcoming hospitality. My husband and I are both musicians and found the whole experience like an exquisite, multi-layered composition, "une symphonie véritable des délices!," as we told Madame Hardy on leaving. We made our selections from two different menus -- and both were filled with delightful surprises, from the copious and delicious amuses gueules to the extraordinary bread ritual, with its rare smoked butters, salts, spices, and honey, to the perfectly proportioned entrées and plats, and beautifully subtle fish preparations, followed by discrete desserts (with possibly the best île flottante I have ever tasted) along with parting sweets. Amazing. For those wanting to extend the pleasure, there was also a Japanese tea ritual on offer, which we did not choose, but watched others enjoy, so it will be something to try next time. This restaurant, despite its extremely high standard of execution, was also surprisingly relaxed and unpretentious. It should definitely be on every list of "addresses incontournables." We cannot wait to return.