Troisgros

42155 OUCHES

18/20
Prestige Restaurant

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26 PHOTOS

Chef César Troisgros

Cooking Gastronomic | specialty

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

150€ à 570€

Gault&Millau's review

18/20

Prestige Restaurant The family spirit that reigns in this house is unrivalled. Perhaps because its history, spanning seventy years and four generations, is unique. Perhaps it's also because, beyond the kitchen and the restaurant, a magical fiber links fathers and sons, thanks to mothers and daughters, in a vital drive to pass on the tradition. While this may not be a concern for the wide variety of customers from all over the world who frequent this ideal farmhouse of beauty and elegance, it is hard to escape the feeling as they watch the plates of César Troisgros, a master of fire in total control who makes César as well as Troisgros without scratching his head with every spoonful. With the arrival of a new generation, the demands for pleasure are different: more eco-responsible, more attentive to the seasons and the environment. The sensation is different, the emotion is there, in front of this exceptional cold broth, beef coriander, which accompanies eels with two coriander and citrus pestos, the delicacy of crayfish from the Grand-Lieu lake covered with a carpet of leaves, some fresh, others grilled in a very refined rustic silkiness, the black pudding tartlet, which foodies would describe as iconic and, for that matter, transgenerational, this year superbly enhanced by redcurrants; the very pure Saint-Pierre, in aiguillettes, with shiso, hazelnut butter with yuzu, tomato and grape beads; the sweetbreads under a peanut breading veil with the measured acidity of vegetable pickles. Nothing is indifferent, everything is branded and even hammered like a Troisgros label that transcends the era, right down to the delicious chocolate and caper "Narcisse" with a caper ice cream to great effect. Marie-Pierre and Michel, the happy parents, are never far away, greeting arrivals, departures and friends. The service, also exemplary in its mix of styles, boasts top-notch executives in the image of the talented head sommelier Christian Vermorel, while the young, efficient and motivated front-of-house team respects the charming dress code of timeless country living. A vast wine list, of preferences, complicity and loyalty, from those who have grown up around the house (Sérol, Pothiers) to the most prestigious names in French viticulture who have always accompanied the Troisgros family.