Hotel de Normandie

Called for dinner last night which was an experience never to be repeated. I ordred the terrine to start with and the omlette for a main. My wife did not bother with a starter and opted for the moules and frites. Whilst halfway through my starter my wife's main arrived, moules were lukewarm, chips flaccid and of a similar temperature. When my omelette arrived ,following a lengthy wait after finishing my starter, it had the consistency of a well done frisbee and was barely warm. The accompanying chips were similar to my wife's and were left uneaten. Both waiters were completely indifferent to customers and, in my opinion, should seek employment elsewhere in a non face-to-face environment. In short DO NOT patronise this place, a filled baguette from the shop down the street would have made a far nicer meal and experience.

The cheapest Affligem in Arromanche, but that's the best I can say about the bar -restaurant. We didn't eat in the main restaurant, maybe in there you get a better experience. To be fair we arrived around 8.30pm and hadn't booked but we were shown to a table and given menus. My husband ordered the mozzerella and tomato starter, I the duck terrine. The starters were OK, nothing to shout about though. For main course he chose the risotto, I took a risk and ordered the fish and chips. We hadn't finished our starters when the waiter came and plonked down our main courses! He saw our bemused faces and said the kitchen was very fast! It didn't bode well for the risotto that it had taken less than 10 minutes from ordering to arriving at our table. Honestly it was like mush! We've had over cooked risotto before but this was on another level. Rice pudding would have been less mushy than this. My husband couldn't eat it. The fish and chips... not fresh made batter, in fact if you'd said it had come from the frozen isle at a supermarket I'd not be suprised. It was shockingly bad. The service was swift, in fact you have to be careful you don't get whiplash from the waiters as they zip here and there. Definitely avoid, there are better restaurants in Arromanche. Absolutely no love showed to the food or to serving the customers.

We arrived in Normandy 2 days ago. Our apartment is amazing so this was our first meal out. The waiter was abrupt and rude, not sure why we could not sit outside in the sun, we were told to move 2 tables away. Despite this we ordered fish and chips, and a Normandie salad. I can only describe the fish as worse than the cheapest frozen fish one could get in a supermarket. No love put into the making of the meal. Don’t go to this restaurant, the restaurant opposite looked much nicer.