Amboise
La Bonne Etape

La Bonne Etape

962 Quai Violettes, 37400, Amboise, France

Poisson • Européen • Français • Fruit De Mer


"My husband and I had a great final dinner in France here. We made our reservations through TheFork. We stayed outside of Amboise and were delighted the restaurant was a bit north of the castle so we could skip the center of town crowds and traffic to get there. The service was friendly and prompt by French standards. We started with glasses of delicious local sparking wine, and I had an equally good local red with dinner. We were served two amuse bouches, one was nut-based and the other was guacamole. The foie gras was creamy and flavorful, especially with the fig jam. There was not quite enough toasted brioche to go with it, but I just switched to the bread served with the meal. My husband had the fried burrata with salsa which was also wonderful. Watch it though because it is served quite warm! We shared two delicious main plates: the cassolette of hake with a shellfish sauce and zucchini risotto and the filet of beef with morel sauce and gratin dauphinois and tomatoes Provencal. The beef was tender and flavorful, which was a pleasant change from the chewy beef we had been served elsewhere on our trip. We finished the meal with a baba au rum served with a shot glass of what was billed as a mojito but seemed like pure rum to me. While I would have preferred a mojito, rather than drinking the shot, I simply poured the contents onto my plate so the cake absorbed it."