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Beaune Restaurants

Le Bistrot Bourguignon

1 reviews | Write a review

Good for: Nothing

Not good for: service

  • Address
    • 8 rue Monge
  • Phone
    • 03 80 22 23 24
  • Price
    • lunch menu €12.50, mains €16-19
  • Hours
    • Tue-Sat

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Lonely Planet review for Le Bistrot Bourguignon

This lively bistro and wine bar serves hearty cuisine billed as régionale et originale and 17 Burgundy wines by the glass (€3 to €9). Hosts live jazz at least once a month.

 

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    Worst service I've had, period.

    kwilson1088 does not recommend this,

    Dear fellow readers and travelers, my boyfriend and I, along with another couple, went to Beaune and Dijon for a getaway weekend recently. We took a lonely planet guide, which had recommended le Bistro Bourguignon based on it's wine and affordable lunches. Since we were in Beaune in the first place to taste wine, at lunch we decided to simply have the plat du jour for 14 euros (the most reasonably priced lunch "plat" item) and have water. I live in France, my boyfriend is french, and the other couple we were with have lived in France for a year and none of us has ever had any hostility or rudeness for taking an inexpensive dish and water (of course they want you to have wine and the expensive items, but you are still not obligated to take them). From then and out we had the worst service I've had in my entire eating career...we really should have just walked out and called it a day, get a bakery sandwich...but we stuck it out. First, the owner, or one of the owners, not really sure, came over and openly mocked us in french "Such a nice a weekend in Burgundy, when you don't drink wine". Then our food came and we were given bread (almost a standard in french bistros) and the owner was angry with the waiter for this saying "No wine, no bread" audibly. We continued to eat, thinking how could this lady possibly be so bitter over a damn carafe d'eau and plat du jour. Then, being 4 people, 2 of them quite tall and thirsty, we emptied the carafe quite quickly...but knew asking for a refill would be unpleasant. This was validated when we asked for said refill and the owner said "that's not my job". OK. So, at the end of a fairly tasty meal (I won't deny the good quality of the food), I went up to pay, and she had to get her last dig in saying "The water is free". Alright lady, point taken, you are a wine bar and bistro, that's your business. However, what was really surprising is that the people sitting next to us also had the plat du jour AND ONLY water and were not subject to any comments, rudeness, or mockery. Not to mention another one of the server's walks around like he has got a bad smell up his nose. Yikes ! This may be an alright spot to "eat", the decor is quite nice, but don't expect a warm welcome (or even a normal, polite one) which you can most definitely get in other restaurants around town like Piqu'Boeuf.

    Good for: Nothing

    Not good for: service

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