L'Or Q'Idée

Rating: 15
Author: Gault&Millau

14 Rue Marcel Rousier, 95300 Pontoise, France

15/20
Remarkable Restaurant

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Chef: Naoëlle D'hainaut
Cooking: French | Healthy cooking | Signature cuisine
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Privatization
Style: Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

62 to 120

Gault&Millau's review 2026

Just below Saint-Maclou Cathedral, Naoëlle d'Hainault’s restaurant features a large, elegant dining room with a view of the glass-walled kitchen and wine cellar. The chef offers a 6-course “carte blanche” tasting menu for 120 €, including several signature dishes. A refreshing starter featuring colorful tomatoes, stracciatella espuma, watermelon, and a pineapple-tomato coulis; semi-cooked langoustines, creamy avocado, and a daikon radish rosette; chilled lobster with reduced sauce, served on a roasted quinoa galette and drizzled with a brown butter foam; for the meat course, a 7-hour-pressé of lamb shoulder seasoned with ras el hanout, served with a creamy carrot and chickpea purée—though this was slightly less exciting; then the chef offers a specially prepared fresh cheese, and the meal concludes with “the peanut effect.” The service is friendly and efficient, and to complement the cuisine, there is a lovely, very tempting wine list, expertly explained by the chef’s husband, a former sommelier at prestigious restaurants.