I am French, and I have been yesterday with my wife ...

Goldorak
By Goldorak

I am French, and I have been yesterday with my wife (early April) to what we were expecting to be probably the best restaurant in town.
How disappointed we were !
The restaurant is far far from what can be a one star Michelin.
We left the restaurant with a 1000 QAR bill for 2 which is not that expensive for a starred restaurant, but in that case it is not worth.
What is not up to the standard:
1) we sat outside, no view on the Marina except for a very few tables, chairs are not very comfortables
2)No salt and pepper on the table ?
3) the bread was greasy and very average (and some restaurant in town have very good bread)
4) the menu is quite strange, as for your main dish, you decide by yourself what you want to put as side dish. Looking like a junk food concept, which has definetely not is place in such restaurant. In a top restaurant, the dish is prepared as a whole, so that everything in your plate are 'compatible'
5) The wrong names: we had something called 'cassoulet' as starter, let me tell you that what we got was definetely not a cassoulet !
6) French fries looking like not very natural, served with an Aioli sauce which has no garlic in it (or so less that you don't feel it)!
7) The fish of my wife was not enough cooked, so it went back to the kitchen !

In addition, the food was served so fast which gives you a bit of frustration (at least for French who enjoy to spend some time in restaurant when the food is good) and question the freshness of the cooking.

If I can only give an advise, is to forget about this restaurant for the time being, and go to the good ones in town such as The Market in W or The Central in La Cigale.
Let's hope that M. Ramsey will put a bit more effort to correct this situation and give us a real top restaurant.

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