Worth a trip down to vienne for some serious steak !! Well prepared and tender meat at huge…read moreproportions to share. You get grilled macaroni , gratin and fries with it as well. Sauces are , blue , wine or berry type. Wine i would recommend the croze" loya" 2012. Not too round and pleasant in mouth. Leave some space for dessert as it a nice sweet change after heavy protein diet .

Always awesome place for some meat. Their steaks are correctly made to order and tender. Their…read moremacaroni and cheese is so yummy too!

A gem. Great lunch and dinner menus. Everything is cooked in the oven. Beef was surprisingly tasty…read more Veal was superb.

My parents and I were visiting Vienne for the first time and tour group stopped by Octave for…read morelunch. The restaurant's color scheme is mostly black and yellow with wood; it is also well-lit and clean. Servers were all friendly and our three-course meal were delivered to our table on a timely manner. They refilled the sliced baguette and water whenever they noticed an empty bread basket or glass. First, the appetizer was a sundried tomato scrambled egg with focaccia bread as garnish. The egg was soft and silky in texture, and tasted well-seasoned, not too salty nor bland. Focaccia was very memorable because it was warm and toasty. Second, the main dish consisted of a vegetable quiche, baked tomato, and braised beef drenched in mushroom cream sauce. Everything came together beautifully. The beef was juicy and tender, and the creamy mushroom sauce enhanced the flavor of all items on the plate. Lastly, we had puff pastry pear tart for dessert. I only ate a little bit because I was so full, but it was so good! The puff pastry was flakey on the outside, but warm and soft on the inside. Pear was marinaded with a syrup, but it wasn't ridiculously sweet at all. It was a great dessert to end the meal. Overall, I was glad I got the chance to dine at Octave. The restaurant is beautiful and so is the food. I ended my day trip to Vienne with a satisfied belly!

The food was very good, however the service was disappointing and not to the level of what a 2…read moreMichelin star restaurant should be. Our observations were that the staff was very uncomfortable with English which made the experience very difficult for us as we could not ask questions, clarify the menu, were charged for supplements in a way which was not clear or specified on the menu (no pricing was on the English menu), overcharged for drinks we did not ask for yet were brought to us. Beyond the language difficulties, the service felt very rushed and hasty as we were being pushed through the courses. There was no sense of intimacy or special care/attention paid to the guest which we expect for a fine dining experience like this. In the end, although we noticed multiple up charges we had no way to communicate this to the staff as they could not understand. We decided it would be better to just pay and leave. Perhaps the experience would be different if we were fluent in French -however all of our reservations, prior email communications with the hotel staff, website all used English so we assumed they were welcome to English speakers. TLDR: not the best experience for those not fluent in French, next time I would skip and do a few of the multiple 1 Michelin stars in Lyon (just 30 min away) which provide much better value and high level of service.

Not sure why everything seems to combine the restaurant and hotel, but both are amazing and this is…read moretruly the only place I've ever been where they're so closely intermingled. The staff takes care of you no matter what interaction you have with them. Rooms, exceedingly comfortable and just about perfect other than the shower. The Gastronomic Restaurant is maybe the best deal in the world at lunch for a 2 Michelin star restaurant. Sitting outside under a canopy of trees and tents, impeccable service and a 67 Euro lunch which includes 3 courses plus 3-4 additional smaller bites and even a half bottle of wine and coffee per person. My only regret is ordering the half bottle of Guigal white (from an admittedly limited list) which I knew better than to order, but just wasn't thinking. Oh well, mostly my fault. If you can make it to La Pyramide, do it. Wow, on all levels - especially the lunch.

A very good place for dining out in Vienne. I have had very good foods ( 3 courses menu) pairing…read morewith a selected half bottle of red wine from Rhône valley for only 35 Euro ! Excellent services provided by the lady owner.

We were just passing by the city of Vienne, and heading toward the city of Clermont-ferrand, and…read moresince it was already late we decided to stop here for a quick meal and rest. After we passed a few nice but pretentious restaurants, we found this place that propose armenian cuisine and decided to go for it! They propose an all-you-can-eat for 15€ at lunch and 20€ at dinner ( drinks and desserts not included) and they have a cold and an hot buffet. In the cold buffet we found several delicious appetizers, like stuffed peppers, hummus, eggs, pickles, taboulé, spicy taboulé, cucumbers, tzaziki, tomatoes,salad, sautee vegetables, boiled veggies, chickpea salad, lentil salad and lentil cakes. On the hot side we found: courgette soup, potato cakes, dolmades, eggplant with meat, meatballs, puff pastry stuffed with meat and cumin, puff pastry with cheese, rice and 2 kinds of bulgur! Everything was homemade from the owner and fresh and delicious. He's really nice and very cheerful with everyone! I tried almost everything and I feel very happy to finally eat something different from the usual french food! Casual place. Reeeeally recommended!

OK, we speak very little French, and sometimes ordering can be an adventure. Not everyone in France…read morespeaks English. Our waitress at Le Bistrot d'Auguste didn't speak English, but she was charming and patient as we stumbled through the options. Most importantly, the food was delicious and beautifully presented. The dining room was plesant and friendly. A member of the Association of Toques Blanches Lyonnaise.