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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
[Re: Doc Bill]
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02/24/2019 07:57 AM
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Frenchy Ludo's has been getting rave reviews from friends.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
[Re: Wingman]
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02/24/2019 10:24 AM
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Wingman and RonDon--I have not heard of Frenchy Ludo's either. If either one or both of you go, would very much appreciate your review! For French on the Dutch side, you also have Antoine's, which is in P'burg. We have been to Antoine's, Moulin Fou and Mario's. We probably enjoyed Moulin Fou the most, but I will confess, some of that might be as a result of our company that evening, which was delightful. Antoine's would be my third choice, because of location, unless you want to go for an elegant lunch on the Boardwalk and people watch, which is what we did. If you go to Antoine's, make sure to pre-order the soufflé!! For Grand Case, you might check out the thread about water side restaurants in Grand Case. Unfortunately, not much open water side now. For land side, my personal preferences would be Bistrot Cariabes and Le Cottage. You can't go wrong with either one. Otherwise, on the French side, we REALLY enjoyed an outstanding lunch at Tropicana, at Marigot Marina. Personally I don't feel particularly safe in Marigot after night, but I would definitely do lunch there again. Enjoy!
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/24/2019 10:32 AM
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/24/2019 12:33 PM
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OK, thanks. I knew they weren't open for a long time, didn't remember that they finally reopened.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/24/2019 03:38 PM
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Saw a very poor review of Frenchy Ludos last week on fb, possibly Jeff Breger’s Site. Was planning to go this week but will wait awhile.... There are few places that DON'T get a poor review on that site. Carol---so Antoine's is open for lunch? Serving full meals? Haven't been there since the 80's.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/24/2019 03:41 PM
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Ro--we were there for lunch in June 2018. They had a full menu, including souffles', IF you ordered them early. That is my one regret from our meal there, that we did not get to order a soufflé!
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/24/2019 04:04 PM
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Ro--we were there for lunch in June 2018. They had a full menu, including souffles', IF you ordered them early. That is my one regret from our meal there, that we did not get to order a soufflé! Thanks Carol. I'll be sure to go in a couple of weeks AND I'll remember to order soufflé ahead. Good advice!
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/25/2019 07:11 AM
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/25/2019 06:42 PM
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/25/2019 07:57 PM
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[quote=pburke40]
Carol---so Antoine's is open for lunch? Serving full meals? Haven't been there since the 80's.
I had lunch there in November and was underwhelmed.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/25/2019 08:19 PM
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Linda--I wouldn't say that Antoine's would compare to the best restaurants in Grand Case, but if you're looking for something French on the Boardwalk..
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/25/2019 08:23 PM
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Re: Antoine’s -this was always our go-to place for a special dinner but.........
We had dinner once under the new owners and it was okay - not the Antoine’s we knew, but it was okay. We tried to go back twice in November and both times it was closed. Thinking I’m not all that inclined to make the drive from the Maho/Mullet area for just okay, but I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/26/2019 03:22 PM
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Been on island for 7 weeks & have eaten at La Villa & Le Cottage three times each with our guests. Both restaurants are superb & service impeccable. Highly recommend. Both good restaurants but what really stands out for me is L'Auberge Gourmand and its consistency plus fair pricing for the quality of food. Their vegetables are also excellent but even better is that if you give them notice for something not on the menu or you have a certain request, they will do it, as opposed to others I have found. Le Pressoir was also good but did have problems with the locals bike activity in the car park opposite and the previous owners being unable to sort this out and already see there have been a few complaints from recent guests about the noise which could ruin your whole evening. Tropicana does take some beating when it comes to really great french food. jmho though.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/26/2019 05:52 PM
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Been on island for 7 weeks & have eaten at La Villa & Le Cottage three times each with our guests. Both restaurants are superb & service impeccable. Highly recommend. Both good restaurants but what really stands out for me is L'Auberge Gourmand and its consistency plus fair pricing for the quality of food. ... . Good to hear because when they first took over that restaurant their prices were higher than all the other places on Grand Case Blvd. Back the the early years when Christopher, from La Villa now, was waiter there it was excellent and priced evenly with other places.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/26/2019 06:18 PM
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Does L'Auberge Gourmande still stamp "gratuity not included" on the check of American patrons? It was once our favorite Grand Case restaurant, but after they started doing that we never returned. That would be a flagrant rip off!
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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02/26/2019 06:21 PM
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Does L'Auberge Gourmande still stamp "gratuity not included" on the check of American patrons? It was once our favorite Grand Case restaurant, but after they started doing that we never returned. That would be a flagrant rip off! Which is why we stopped going there. Sadly, I'm sure it worked well for them. This was after Florence and Christophe left to open La Villa. We never had that problem there.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
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02/26/2019 06:28 PM
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Sad. Kind of like another long-gone place on Orient that used to subtly add a 15% service charge.
I (like you) pretty much would not return to a place I felt was practicing business in that manner.
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
[Re: KitKat]
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03/07/2019 10:21 AM
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Where is it specifically? Perhaps in that restaurant which has had many different iterations, basically behind Zee Best?
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Re: Looking for a French restaurant
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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03/07/2019 01:54 PM
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Where is it specifically? Perhaps in that restaurant which has had many different iterations, basically behind Zee Best? The old Saratoga.
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