We stopped here for lunch after visiting the Caen Memorial Museum. It is less than a 10 minute…read morewalk and it is fabulous! A small mom and pop French restaurant that is off the beaten path, full of locals, very affordable and the food is terrific! The choices are what ever the daily specials are on the blackboard. Our selections were cod Provençal with rice and chicken fricassee with mashed potatoes. We cleaned our plates! The chef delivers your meals to you and then came back to check on us several times. For dessert we shared an apple tart with calvados poured on the top and lit! Delicious!

First off, this restaurant showed up in Yelp map in Caen, but it is near the sea, 15 min drive in a…read morelittle village. We (party of 4) arrived without a reservation on Sunday at 1pm. The chef owner is super friendly and he was at the reception desk. He gave us a table and he and 2 waiters served us. They all speak enough English to serve, but their food menu is very creative and descriptive, they did not have enough vocabulary to explain exactly what they were in English. My husband translated to us and we ordered. The course menu I chose started with Amuse Bouche, Camambert Cheese Panna Cotta, Pumpkin Soup and Raw Salmon with vinegar sauce. Then first dish for me was escargot in croquettes with pumpkin puree. Then Trou Normand ( palate cleanser in Normandy) was apple sorbet with calvados. My main was Ham Hock in crêpe with mushroom sauce. The fat( maybe even collagen) and the crispiness of crêpe was something I had never experienced in my mouth. They offer a spectacular cheese choices on the cart, but I chose Pavlova to end our meal. All beautiful plating. Full of locals. It is a bit off the beaten path, but we recommend it highly. If this restaurant existed in the US, it would definitely get discovered by Food Guide Book. What a gem! We found it interesting how the owner chef loves chatting with guests and grill meat on the grill in the dining room fireplace. He went around taking orders, grilling meat at the fireplace and made lots of jokes with guests. I think the lunch course took about 1.5 hour because we did spend 15min discussing the menu. Not their fault.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon we had driven along the coast from Honfleur trying to find a nice…read morerestaurant that also had available parking. We noticed Au Pied des Marais. We didn't notice that they close their lunch service at 2:00, which is when we went in, but Chef Thierry Ramard offered to seat us if we would be happy with ordering only a main course. We were. Chef Thierry waited on us himself and surprised us with an amuse bouche consisting of two separate items- a sea bass mousse and a chorizo based mouse with chopped vegetables. We ordered the chateaubriand for two. We were seated in front of a huge fireplace which also doubles as a grill. The chef cooked that beautiful hunk of steak to perfection and served it atop a mixture of vegetables, and set it all off with a morel sauce filled with the mushrooms. The wine list was extensive with some reasonably priced selections among upper end wines. We were not rushed to finish our meal and were given a warm goodbye when we left. I wish we could have tried it for dinner but we found this on our last day. Next time.

So amazing, Tuna Tartare, Margarita pizza, Hanger Steak with gorgonzola cheese sauce, assorted…read morecheese, ham, and charcuterie board, service was amazing, atmosphere was perfect, great place

We had a fabulous lunch today here. The tagliatelle with ham was easily the best things I've eaten…read morethis week. Staff went out of their way to be be helpful and polite and welcoming. Highly recommend.

Great food, and good service. Only a slight downside was that we were seated outside, only semi…read morecovered by the awning, and it was raining... definitely recommend going for the food though.

I stopped here after a D-Day tour and was very happy with my dinner. It was nice to sit outside and…read moreenjoy the three course meal I chose. All was good and I did go back but it was closed on Sunday or I would have eaten there again.

Just arrived on Caen on a chilly rainy day, and found this restaurant across the street from our…read moreapartment. Very good food and good friendly service.

If your looking for a nice little quite place to eat, eat here at L'anecdote. I had a fish dish…read morecooked in ceramic cookware with potato purée, delicious!!!. I had the homemade creme brulé for desert and it is to die for!!!

Very cute. Easy menu. Much larger on the inside than I thought it would be. The family thought it…read morewas the best French fries "pommes frites" that we've had. The desserts were good. Cheers.

I can't say I was overly impressed, but the service was good, the food was good, the service was…read morekindly and the restaurant was plenty nice. There were some traditional Norman dishes but would have liked to have seen more on the permanent menu too.

GREAT family run restaurant! They are so kind, helpful and the food was amazing! We were looking…read morefor typical Normandy fare, and we were absolutely impressed!! The starter - all four were amazing. I had the salmon, my husband and Father-in-law had the sea bass and we enjoyed every bite! It was truly the perfect dining experience!

Please do yourself a favor and visit O'Chato's if in Vire. The food was great and the staff was…read morefriendly they have a wonderful location next to a Middle Ages church. Make your visit to Normandy extra special and visit this brasserie.