Let me start by saying that Le Normandy is terrible. I came here after a Normandy tour with my family. We were quite hungry, and this was the first place we saw.
We sat down, our orders were taken, then we received our food relatively quickly. I was impressed by the speedy service, but not much else.
Then my pizza came, with a side of fleeting suspense; was it good? Was it not? I took a bite and found the truth: the pizza was horrid. It had no flavor whatsoever, even though I had ordered a supposedly flavorful pizza with mushrooms and oregano. I had to put SALT on my pizza just to taste it, and even then it was still mediocre at best. The pizza crust was also bad, as it had not risen. Because of this, the pizza was essentially a giant piece of bread with gross, melted cheese and toppings. I can't believe how horrid the flavor was.
My family and I ended up leaving the restaurant before finishing our pizzas (can you blame us?). We would have stayed for dessert had the food been better. We ended up getting sandwiches and desserts at the boulangerie which I mentioned before.
(Also, a side note: Le Normandy has an adjacent, presumably jointly owned and operated, hot dog stand with "authentic, New-Yorker hot dogs." I don't know how it is, but based on the blunder inside the restaurant, I would not take the chance.)
To sum it up, Le Normandy is a tourist trap that makes its money by luring unlucky tourists. It advertised "good food," which may attract the naïve, but "English service" probably lures many Americans (me!) and Brits into the worst restaurant I have ever eaten in. This place is closer to "death trap" than "tourist trap." Avoid Le Normandy at all costs!
NOTE: Sorry for posting the toilet seat pic twice. My mistake (LOL). read more