cassidain
Senior Insider
Le Sereno has beautiful food, but seems to get knocked for being deserted.
Except by those who fly out of TEB.
Le Sereno has beautiful food, but seems to get knocked for being deserted.
I'm not surprised about L'Esprit. We like it and food is very well conceived and executed, but service amateurish in our limited experience. It's really hard on Saint-Barth to have truly professional wait staff. For a number of reasons...
No, Bart, not crowded dining room, just amateurish service. Like presenting your wine to be approved, opened, and poured after
the first course was on the table. And that only with additional prompting. No apology either. Not island time, just poorly trained amateurs.
This guy was no where in site:
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We are going to Sereno on our first night. Surprising about L'Espirit? Where was the checkpoint as we have never seen one either except on the curvy hill in the daytime into the Port but we believe that is for seat belts more than anything else? Great report!
This guy was no where in site:
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Well, you were eating in a place with no walls, no one in suits and no opulent dining rooms like that one.
Do any servers where suits anywhere on the island? They don't at Le Gaiac (for brunch).
But I get your point about the wine and the lack of apology
Y'all are missing the point. It's not that the sommelier is in fine livery, it's that he's clearly a pro. L'Esprit's prices are not much different from the grand restaurant pictured and J-C D takes his cuisine seriously like un grand resto. He needs to bring his wait staff up to snuff. I agree with sailaway, I don't expect same level of service as NYC or Paris (or Collonges-au-Mont d'Or) but I expect competency.
Y'all are missing the point. It's not that the sommelier is in fine livery, it's that he's clearly a pro. L'Esprit's prices are not much different from the grand restaurant pictured and J-C D takes his cuisine seriously like un grand resto. He needs to bring his wait staff up to snuff. I agree with sailaway, I don't expect same level of service as NYC or Paris (or Collonges-au-Mont d'Or) but I expect competency.
...Or at least a special hat..!!I sometimes think we should all wear a SBH on liners bracelet !!!