La Taverne Saint Leger - Chambéry

Coffee was the worst ever in France with caffeine cream meaning capsule milk and when we complained, staff feedback was this in France treated us as typical tourists who do not know about France (wrong acceptance and lack of respect)

We had discovered this restaurant while we explore the city and had decided to try it for dinner, it was a rather disappointing experience. Service was friendly, but unorganized, we had ordered an aperitif that arrived after our main (withdraws the purpose). The food was neither hot nor cold, only ribbed when it was warm and my friend even found a piece of cling film in her plate. I have nothing against restaurants that cook things in advance and reheat them before serving, but that really shows how much the kitchen staff must have been in a hurry to try (a unsuccessful) to heat our meal to get it out of the way. The real shame is that they use beautiful products and that a little effort (from the kitchen and the waiting staff) would have made a big difference.

NOT RECOMMENDED BY ANY MEANS. SPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ALLERGY ISSUES. The staff was very disrespectful towards me when I communicated I have a severe allergy to walnuts and I could die from it. I do understand the first time I told them about my...issue, they perhaps did not understand it due to their poor command of the English language. However, when I made it clear I have allergy to walnuts, they brought the same salad I had ordered without the walnuts which resulted into cross- contamination. There were still small pieces of walnuts in the salad. I told them about it and this time I made it clear I could die and they understood it. That was when one of the waitress started being rude at me. I was only trying to make myself understood in french telling them trey had to replace the whole salad or I could die. In the end, they did so or at least they said they did. Yet, the same waitress told me not to stress about it in such a rude way. Very unprofessional, way too much I would say. In the end, I eat the salad very carefully and gland I did because I still found a piece of a walnut inside one of the tomatoes. Thanks god I did check it. It could easily have been a piece of walnut because when I saw the old salad, the tomatoes were missing which they have possibly used for the new salad. PLEASE DON´T EVER GO TO THIS PLACE.

How is it that food in France has so much flavour in the simplest of dishes? We were very impressed with our two different meals, one fish, the other pork. The service was friendly and timely. Prices very reasonable. Hope to return for another lunch.

Avoid at all costs. Service is appalling. Waiters are extremely rude. Food is nothing special. I would never return. Took over an hour to receive our food which was cold and of poor quality.