If you want to do the lunch wine tasting, make reservations!! The lunch area is quite small. As…read morewe didn't make a rezzie, we just sat at the bar to tray some wines. The 2012 La Petite Chapelle Hermitage was our favorite glass...we also tried the cote rotie. I wish we had more time to try more wines here. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the wines in Hermitage or Croze Hermitage. Just absolutely delish syrah wines!

I ate here twice during me stay in Tain L'hermitage. It is the best restaurant that I tried in the…read moretwo towns (Tain and Tournon). I had merlu (hake) the first time and the filet of beef (tenderloin) the second. The filet was excellent, the presentation creative, and while not cheap, the quality for the price was quite high. I would return here in a heartbeat if I am ever again in the area.

We had lunch as a group in Espace Gourmand restaurant in the same building as Michelin star…read morerestaurant and tried their tapas menu. From being seated to having the first dish was more than 50 min. Even though we sent the allergy of one person in the group 1 month before arrival and repeated the allergies when seated, kept on delivering wrong dishes. When reminded another dish with allergic seafood, chef himself came to the table and started yelling to stop asking for allergy, have to eat what he delivers or nothing. I have never come across such arrogance and impoliteness anywhere in the world. Food was just ok, but anything else was a disaster! Try other nearby very good restaurants like Vineum, Andre, La Tournesol, Bistro PH3, all offer much better food and drastically better service.

From the owner: L'Ocre étoilée Michel Chabran tient sans nul doute sa passion pour la cuisine de ses grands-parents…read morematernels, qui ont acquis dans les années 50, le mythique bistrot de la nationale 7. Aujourd'hui, le chef ayant fait ses classes à l'école des Pic, tient de main de maître son restaurant gastronomique, récompensé d'une étoile au guide Michelin. La belle maison ocre invite ses convives à un voyage des sens, dans la richesse de la gastronomie française. Le décor est raffiné : jolie salle à manger spacieuse, baies vitrées élégantes et assises confortables, pour un moment unique, haut en saveurs. Dans vos assiettes, une symphonie de classiques français autour de produits fins et de qualité. On laisse nos papilles se délecter de "la Terrine de foie gras de canard aux artichauts de Bretagne et courgettes" en entrée, puis "du Homard Européen sauté à cru, quelques légumes, jus aux agrumes et Beaumes de Venise" comme plat. Et enfin pour les gourmets gourmands, on termine en douceur par "le