Le Jardin De Benjamin

Good lunch, all dishes tasty and highlighting excellent local produce. Lamb & its 48 hour tomatoes was especially remarkable, as were the raspberry pistachio soufflé and the chocolate as well. However, we would have liked a little less sauce/fat/salt — chef’s previous restaurant Cote Rue had a much more balanced cuisine. Beautiful location. Drinks are overpriced (especially water), and sommelier was not adding any value or trying to enhance our meal experience — did not even provide any comments on the castle’s own wines. Probably a tad ambitious to aim for a second Michelin star already, needs to nail the basics first (and not lose the first!).

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Flies all around the place. Service was slow which took 5 hours for an 8 course meal, and was horrible as the waiters didn't even acknowledge our requests. This was not worth the money we paid for. Never was so disappointed in my life. Attached is an image of my main dish. one potato. period.

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Visited the great Chateau de Berne and had a great lunch at Le Jardin De Benjamin. Food was super but when I told the staff that the wine was corked or TCA the staff just ignored me as we was part of a larger group. I tried once more with a different waiter and I was again just ignored and I never got an explanation or a new glass of wine. You can clearly see that they were discussing what to do but never took my glass to check or give me an explanation. In my opinion this was the worst outcome of the situation as it could easily be resolved by changing the glass. How a guest can be ignored at a restaurant at this level is far worse then serving corked wine as this happen all the time...

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A very disappointing 3 course lunch. Food was tasteless and hard to believe it holds a Michelin star. The dessert, a raspberry pistachio soufflé was however very good but the rest was of a poor standard. Will not be returning.

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The WORST Michelin dining experience. We were the first at the restaurant and the last to leave. The service was long. The waitress ignored our call or request. We had to asked them to refill our water. We had to walk up to the waitress to get her attention and after telling her it is very late and we wanted all the desserts to be served at once, she said she will ask her manager but no one has gotten back to us. They just kept serving the way they serve without considering that we have already been in the restaurant for over 4 hours. The “signature” 8-course had only vegetables (slices of sqaush, 1 leek, 1 turnip cut in to pieces, 1 onion and 1 tiny potato). It is definitely not worth the money 130 euros for the meal not including the wine.

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Most likely best eating experience we've ever had. Everything was perfect : The place is magnificent, the staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable, the food is exquisite and of course, the wine from chateau de Berne is unique. It's not easy getting there, but is certainly worth the trip. I strongly suggest dedicating a whole day to this experience.

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Ok

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