MAISON BLEUE

A 5star review quickly turned into a 3 star. We booked here for my birthday and the birthday of my sister. We visited last Saturday and booking was at 9.15pm. We arrived on time and we waited for about 10mins to be seated. That is not an issue at all. When we booked we saw Lamb Tagine and Merguez. I even called and they told me the meat is Halal. My wife is Muslim and Tunisian so to have one of her favorite dishes on the menu was exciting. When we came to order we asked the waitress about the meat if it is Halal, she said Lamb and Chicken Halal but not the beef but she said she will confirm again with the chefs. When she came back she told us that they just changed the butcher and now nothing is Halal. We were quite disappointed as these dishes at least should be Halal due to their origin. But yet again we said no drama let's choose something else. We opted for the Calamari and the fish gumbo. The Calamari are divine and the mains tasty as well. Wine is at a reasonable price and till here service was amazing indeed. The waitress even apologised for the Halal meat situation but we reassured here it's not a problem at all. Unfortunately the night had a very bad twist when the watch was 10.40pm... that's hardly an hour sitting on our table. A new waitress (Red Haired) came to take the desserts order. We explained we needed 10 mins as we just finished our mains. To our astonishment she brought the coffees and desserts straight away, not only, without asking for the bill, she came to get the bill paid. We were rushed to be kicked out as they wanted to close. I mean if you want to close by 11pm don't take bookings at 9.15 or 9.30pm. I work in a restaurant and we never kick people out. Very unprofessional and left disappointed after what had a potential of being a great evening. On another note to the girl in the bar upstairs.... the glass machine can be closed with your hands. No need to kick it with your feet everytime.

An amazing place food and drinks,
Staff are welcoming and friendly.

Very good food and imaginatively cooked. Really attentive staff and a good atmosphere

It was good. Check the receipt because tip was included and we didn't realize and tipped twice. The waitress didn't mention it either

The food was an acquired taste, the venison was only okay, the lamb sausage was nicely spiced but the couscous was rather disappointing.

service was good though