Bras, le Suquet

12210 LAGUIOLE

18/20
Prestige Restaurant

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15 PHOTOS

Chef Michel et Sébastien Bras

Cooking French | Gastronomic | specialty

Services Electric charging station | For people with disabilities | Private parking

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

205€ à 285€

Gault&Millau's review

18/20

Prestige Restaurant During the summer, one of our investigators, sitting at a table in a beautiful 4-toque house in the Lyon region, overheard this exclamation at the next table, evoking a recent memory of amazement: "What's great is their gargouillis!" You were right, Madame, and the whole of France agrees with you, and even beyond: the vegetable gargouillou, emblematic of the Bras family, constantly evolving according to the harvest, is indeed an eternal symbol of that shock of "naturalness", as we say today, that every visitor to Suquet feels. These tables facing the Aubrac hills as far as the eye can see, this softness of a place of worship, this serenity like a meditative contemplation, constitute the ordinary of this extraordinary house. From Michel to Sébastien, from father to son, the essence of Le Suquet is maintained, perfect, unalterable: the product, preferably vegetable, cooked or raw according to the most suitable version, and never anything superfluous. To hell with decor and decorum when we're talking soul and spirituality: there's more of it in this stuffed cabbage with egg vinaigrette, or in the tenderly moving green beans with the bush quenelle, or in the pan-fried celtuce marrow, with its almost animal-like flavors, than in the state-of-the-art scaffolding of a competition winner. And if, for once, the dessert left us a little bewildered (a chocolate coulant base, as expected, but with a cauliflower fondant heart and apricot sorbet), this will give us the opportunity to return, a daisy in our mouth, for the next round of total pleasure. The cellar, like the kitchen, is exemplary in its pricing wisdom for Bordeaux and Burgundy grands crus, which are tending to diminish in proportion to the benefit of equally benchmark bottles from owners who advocate cultural virtues (Overnoy, Da Ros, Dagueneau...). As for the service, perfectly in keeping with the tone, discreet, precise and committed, it also helps to understand everything that's going on and being played out here.