Les Gourmandises d'Amaelle sur Epernay

22/09/2024: Beautiful restaurant in the middle of Epernay let down by poor service. The food was really well presented and tasted lovely, the side vegetables were a bit bland. Sadly we were ignored for 15 minutes after being seated and when we finished our mains and asked for dessert menus, they were never provided so we just paid and left.

14/09/2024: We didn’t have high expectations after reading the other reviews but we didn’t want a fine dining dinner and options in the area are limited and we only booked 4 days before at which point a lot was already full on a Friday night . You HAVE to book something in advance for all meals when visiting Champagne. The service was friendly when given . But in fairness I’ve never seen hospitality staff walk so slow . The manager sent so many people away with an unfriendly “complet” and a look as I “why do you not make a reservation “. But the restaurant was only ever half full. If the staff actually worked even half as quick they could accommodate more people . The meals were good , plat du jour of steak champignons and a tomato tartin from the starter menu but it was very big so served me as a main (we had lunch out too). Deserts appeared to be made off site or far in advance and were nothing special so would skip these next time . Great wine and champagne choices at reasonable prices for the location. Beautiful building , hardly changed from when it was an actual bank according to our bnb host .