Brasserie Blanc Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very good. My dish of choice (for dinner, usually) is the bœf bourguignon (French beef stew)."
• "The lunchtime set menu represents incredible value for money, allied with quality."
• "Food was good. Excellent chicken liver parfait starter, yum."
• "The food was great and there was no problem with any dietary requirements."
• "Particularly enjoyed the Fish and coconut curry and the Pork Belly."
• "The food was delicious, you're given each component of the meal in a box with instructions that only needs minor prep."
• "The food is absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "Food was average at best....we had to ask for butter to go with the toast provided with our breakfast."
• "Horribly dry chicken with mushy sweet potato wedges."
• "The pork belly main was nice aside from the cabbage that clearly hadn't been cleaned properly so had a gritty texture making it really unpleasant."
• "The food however let’s the place down. What was once a decent French eatery is now a mediocre French type of cooking."
• "We ordered fish cakes which had been cooked with rancid oil sitting on a pile of tasteless vegetables."
• "The main courses of chicken and lamb tagine with couscous which was decidedly average 'pub quality'."
• "The smoked pork belly for main was cooked ok (a little bit dry) but struggled to taste the smoke."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was professional and all the staff we interacted with made us feel welcomed and wanted."
• "Service was outstanding. My wife has a mushroom allergy and the waiter helped change the sauce on the fish menu and in my opinion he went above and beyond normal expected service."
• "All the waiters and staff were all very professional and extremely polite."
• "The service was excellent from Louis who greeted us and Pedro who entertained us."
• "Daniella who looked after us the whole evening- she was incredibly attentive, friendly and kind, and made sure we had a very special evening!"
• "Staff were absolutely fantastic and couldn’t fault them."
• "The staff are very attentive and are constantly circling so always available if you need anything."

Cons:

• "Would avoid if you’re looking for a fancy brunch experience."
• "We felt very rushed, and this must have been evident as the Maitre D came outside to see if we wanted to wait indoors for our taxi."
• "We were served at first indifferently."
• "Service was relaxed and polite but not eager, and sometimes a little robotic - the right words were spoken, but not meant with any feeling."
• "The whole experience was ruined by the waitress rushing us to choose our desserts as they were closing the kitchen at 9.00pm."
• "We were told in these words ‘No more walk ins’ - not even the word sorry came out of the bar manager."
• "Typically great, tonight the service had clearly deteriorated drastically. Being continuously ignored by our waitress."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Beautiful ambience on a Wednesday afternoon after 3pm, still thriving and humming with life."
• "The atmosphere is outstanding in the beautifully finished eating area and there is an intimate bar area if you want to drink quietly before proceeding into the main restaurant area."
• "Great, buzzy atmosphere."
• "Beautiful building with an excellent atmosphere. Service good but waitress who brought our steaks was unsure about which was which (rare, medium rare etc.) - all worked out in the end though and steaks were absolutely delicious!"
• "Beautiful space with soothing ambience."
• "The atmosphere was wonderful, service fantastic."
• "The restaurant itself has a lively warmth to it, a great place to spend a couple of hours."

Cons:

• "Being near Christmas the restaurant was very busy and noisy."
• "Certainly not a place for a romantic meal....very noisy, very full and far too many parties and renditions of 'Happy Birthday', certainly an intimate conversation stopper."
• "Decor was tired marks on the wall, it didn’t really have the ambience of a fine dining restaurant."
• "Not the most exciting place, but that's not why you went there, is it?"
• "The evening was somewhat spoiled though by the nearby person who was loudly and continuously swearing."
• "Absolutely disgusting guest service, hospitality is none existent."
• "Very poor greeting (waitress on the phone with a booking and manager working on the table next to it and completely ignored)."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The lunchtime set menu represents incredible value for money, allied with quality."
• "Prices are very reasonable considering the staff training, surroundings and quality."
• "On the upside it prices were reasonable."
• "The only giveaway being the Sunday pricing which felt VERY reasonable for Beaconsfield in 2020."
• "A quality restaurant serving excellent food at reasonable prices."
• "It isn't the cheapest night out overall, but offers reasonable value."
• "The whole lot washed down with a bottle of wine and a couple of other drinks came to just over £100 - fantastic value and friendly service too."

Cons:

• "Paid £8 for the French toast which was one piece of white bread with some cinnamon on a plate with berry sauce."
• "Upmarket but even for Beaconsfield this has become very expensive for a drink at the bar."
• "The mezze platter just OK, small amounts of stuff for a lot of money."
• "Meal not great value for money."
• "The mains were nice but not that hot."
• "We also thought the mains were overpriced."
• "Over priced and disappointingly bland food."