L'orangerie - Montluçon

Accueil chaleureux acceptant les gros chiens, offrant des boissons pour nos amis les animaux. Les repas sont copieux, préparés avec des viandes et des légumes frais. Le service est impeccable, avec le sourire, et aucun temps d'attente. Les toilettes du restaurant sont impeccables.

Restaurant situé dans un cadre très agréable, offrant une variété de plats et de menus. Le service est correct et les prix des plats sont abordables. Un bonus avec des serviettes en tissu. Nous avons passé une soirée excellente.

I was a little surprised when our local host pulled up in front for our dinner appointment. However, my faith in his judgment was justified. The ambience is unique: koi carp pond, bird cage, palm trees etc. Fortunately, the menu, service and cuisine matched up well. Everything was top notch. Highlights: seafood soup with melted Parmesan; veal with wild mushrooms; creme brûlée to die for. Yum!

Not what you expect from a service area at all, but a very relaxing and charming destination for lunch. Both the service and food were good and the ambiance unhurried and relaxing.

This is just across the road from the B+B hotel we stayed in so was very convenient. We actually ended up here by default as our first choice restaurant was closed! Our French is very basic so we did struggle a little to understand which of the price options to go for but we went with the 'all inclusive ' at about 18 Euros each I think. We each had a small pitcher of wine of our choice, a starter, main and sweet. (Not sure if we got coffee as well but didn 't go for it anyway) The starters were very good, lots of cold meats, salads, cheese. The main course was either chicken, sausage or fish, good sized portions with potatoes or chips and vegetables of your choice. Good, basic food served canteen style. We both had the chicken which was tasty. The sweets were fairly ordinary with several milk based sweets such as rice pudding, flan and the like or several different types of cake. There was plenty of choice and they were well prepared. It was all self service and the tables were set out canteen style but there were several for 4 people. The tables were regularly cleared and everything was clean. We didn 't feel rushed at all. Gourmet food it was not but it was tasty, good quality and good value for money in comparison to other meals we had had whilst travelling through France. There were several families with children there and it was very suitable for them. We would certainly go again if we were in the area.