Auberge Du Moulin Chancelier

Very pretty surroundings by the river, excellent friendly service. We had goat cheese and salmon starters, for main course we had veal and scallops both of which just melted in the mouth. Our guests has a prawn starter followed by Cod and Beef equally delicious. Would recommend to anyone, English was spoken but they were quite happy to let us practise our French!

First, we had gone to this restaurant specifically to have a romantic meal on the terrace by the water but, although the terrace was declared open on their sign, the waitress refused to let us dine there. There was only one other set of diners in the dining room but, despite Covid, she seated us near them. When she brought the wine she opened it and plonked it on the table without offering it to us to taste and we had to serve ourselves. The food was OK and nicely presented but nothing special and rubbery texture suggested scallops had been unfrozen in a microwave before cooking. At the end of the meal, with a bill of €125, my husband presented his credit card to pay and they said they didn’t take cards because they had a poor internet connection (rubbish card machines work through phone lines). This had never been mentioned on booking, or on arrival and neither was it posted up to see in the restaurant, which is illegal. When we asked to see the sign the chef took us to the terrace and pulled out a blackboard that had been face down behind the outdoors bar. We had €90 in cash between us (so much for my husband treating me) and they demanded we leave a piece of ID and drive to Chambon to get money out of the wall. To top it all they demanded we return the unfinished bottle of Badoit we had taken with us saying it was on consignment! What a shame this delightful setting is marred by the unpleasant people running this restaurant, who are also flouting the law. I made sure to get a VAT receipt and hope this ensures that our cash payment was actually entered in the ledger.

We were a party of four women, one of whom is vegetarian. Chicken was the main dish, so we asked if she could have an omelette, the waitress went to ask the chef and returned to say No. Nothing else was available so she agreed to have rice, salad and vegetables for her main course, oh dear, she got a plateful of unseasoned white rice, two very small bits of lettuce and, at most, a dessert spoonful of tinned macedoine veg on the top of the rice. She got up and went to ask for some mayonnaise, which never arrived! It was a shocking meal for which she was charged the full price. For the rest of us, the starter was fine, the main course consisted of two very small bits of chicken, with two very small bits of lettuce and a reasonable portion of white unseasoned rice. Dessert was creme caramel which was underwhelming. We won’t be going back!

Good restaurant with a nicer terrace setting! We took the menu of the day that is super qualitative and super well served for only 14€ of wine in pichet, dessert and cheese included! In short, I highly recommend!

Very good restaurant, hearty and very pleasant menu. good value quality price. nice presentation of the dishes and warm welcome.