This experience was a very sour point in our holiday as we had to cancel our next few days' plans. Our hotel managed to get Vogalib to prevent further vomiting. Therefore, we can only believe that either the raw tuna or the veal tartare was the culprit. Neither of us had anything to eat after this particular dinner. Soon, it became a domino effect to us other three. He started vomiting and having diarrhoea. ![]() Now, the main issue was that one of us started feeling nauseous the next morning around 4am. Third dish was a deep fried vegetable (can't remember the name) but similar to vegetable tempura. Next dish was a cucumber salad with raw tuna - taste wise is not too bad. The first dish was chickpeas which is awesome. we were recommended by the waiter to order all 5 dishes in doubles. Menu changes each night and on this particular night, there were no mains but just 5 tapas sized small dishes. We heard many locals were raving about this place and managed to score a booking one rainy Monday night. Great service with an exceptional sommelier More We were very happy with the liquid but extremely disappointed with the solid. On the other side, the wine list is impressive with very rare wines from the Loire valley, some really exceptional. That was the ultimate choice for main courses with 2 vegetarian ones (totally uninteresting green beans, yes, believe it or not) and, quite delicious, red beets. Maybe I was not "lucky" with the menu at Mermoz, but when I go to a place, I don't want to be "lucky" I need to have a minimum variety of dishes, not just one meat (a rather disappointing chicken) and a very disappointing white tuna. the fashionable "bobo"restaurants, it also became a question of being "lucky". I have been battling for years that people should eat products according to the season. I know that the very new fashion is to have a minimum of seasonable dishes changing everyday following the products of the market and the Chef's mood.
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