After having stayed in St. Raphaël for four days and not been able to find a decent place for…read moredinner we thought that Les Mérou Ardent was a great choice because of many good reviews on yelp. Unfortunately this was absolute not the case.
We ordered two mid prized menus at 26 EUR each. As a starter we had fish soup and oysters, accordingly. The oysters were well prepared and presented. The fish soup tasted like fish fond that has been kept in a box for years. The fish taste was so intense that it became uneatable. A brown color supported the taste perfectly.
As main dish we both had sea bass with bacon served with squid polanta and mayonnaise. A really weird combination which did not work out in real life either. Instead of focusing on the sea bass which one would expect being at a fish restaurant, the mayonnaise (!) and polanta filled up the most of the plate. The fish was dry and "poisoned" by the bacon that was wrapped around it. Both my partner and I were not able to finish this bizarre dish.
For desert I had ice cream (time to go safe) and my partner had chocolate mousse. The mousse was actually quite good.
It's really rare that we are not able to eat up when we go out but the fish soup and the main dish were so bad tasting that it was our only option.
The only reason why we're not giving only one star is because of the nice presentation of the oysters and a good chocolate mousse for desert.
