L'Apart - Challans

Just enjoyed an excellent lunch at L'Apart. The food was first rate, from the foie gras starter to the veal and mushroom main, and a delightful strawberry confection to finish. Service was great, which helps. Not the cheapest of lunches, but worth every one of my newly devalued euros. Go on, treat yourself, I know we'll be back there

Tonight was the first time we've tried this restaurant and my wife and I were delighted with the whole experience.The service was friendly and professional and despite there being two large parties in this evening we didn't feel as if we were being ignored. The choice of menu was intriguing and we opted for three courses. As a starter we both had the fois gras mini burger which sounded bizarre but was full of flavour and realy delicious. Mains were fillet of co for me and porc fillet for my wife and again mouthwatering flavour. This was rounded off by dessert which is difficult to describe but ate realy good.The choice of wines was excellent but as normal we opted for a local red from the Mareuill region.We will go back and next time take some friends

On our second visit to this lovely restaurant, we were impressed by the pleasant calm of the dining room, the impeccable service but most of all, the quality of the food. We shared one starter (cold crab and shrimp mousse with crispy vegetables), and then tried the salmon tartare and the Iberian pork fillet as entrees. The tartare was deliciously spiced and more than ample, as was the pork fillet (two hefty slices) served on a bed of sautéed celeriac and mushrooms. Desserts were a dream--a special pistachio financier with raspberries and strawberries surrounded by fine white chocolate mousse, and a sampler of five different tastes (blueberry creme brûlée, apple and apricot crumble, chocolate and caramel mousse, raspberry coulis with vanilla ice cream) proved too irresistible. Cafe came with small truffles--not what we needed but excellent all the same. A good variety of wines by the glass at various prices were available, and we tried a Spanish white unknown to us that was wonderful and fresh. L'Apart provided great meal at a reasonable price for these times. Yes, it is a bit outside of Challans, but directly on the route to st. Gilles, where we were headed--convenient for parking and access.

This restaurant has a reputation but, the dish are more visual than to be eat. So you have a lot of taste, but so few it is a pity. It is a french tendance today, i am not in phase with.

This restaurant was recommended to us by some French friends who live in the area. It's in a nondescript part of town but easy to find and plenty of parking space, we were welcomed in by a very nice team who were keen to help us in English.The menu itself is limited as other reviewers have pointed out so we all opted for just two courses. The amuse bouche was delicious and the restaurant was happy to cater for one of our party with dairy intolerance.The starters were enjoyable enough although I was a bit disappointed with mine, I appeared to have a burnt piece of gaufre however I was assured that it was black because it contained squid ink, whatever, it was it was tasteless.My main gripe was with the main course, two of us opted for duck which seemed to be mainly skin with very little meat attached to it sitting on a bed of finely chopped vegetables. I'm afraid it was very disappointing compared with other meals we have had nearby.The dessert served looked very impressive and apparently tasted wonderful as well.All in all though a nice evening out and I would probably give it a second chance.