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L'Epicerie, 46 place Michel-Debre. tel 0247570894
Small dining room, but very intimate. The house is beautiful and well located. Classic dishes like: blanquette de sole, saumon frais pigeon fermier roti. All this in menus for
21.50 €
and 31.50
€.
Le Blason, 11 place de Richelieu tel 0247232241
Honest and good house with a good quality/price standard. Gratin de langoustines au beurre d'étrille, rognons et foie de veau a la sauce de truffe, fricassee de poisson chat and glace au miel. All this in a menu for
16
€. Other menus available.
Hotel-Restaurant Lion d'Or, 17 quai Charles-Guinot tel 0247570023 fax 0247573804
Closed from December to mid-March.
Very practical location near the chateau. The décor is very special, I leave you the surprise. Salade au ris de veau au Vouvray, goujonettes de saumon au riz noir but the sauce was not very refined, fondant glace au chocolat moelleux, well done. This in menus from
14 €
to 33
€.
Le Manoir de Saint-Thomas, 1 mail Saint-Thomas, tel 0247572252
Nice Renaissance manor in a pretty park and in center town! The staff is dressed like in ancient times. A lot of folklore. But the cuisine is excellent and refined: salade de saint-jacques, medaillons de lotte braisée, pintade en crépine compliquée, pigeon poché grille aux baies roses, tarte fine aux pommes. Menus
30 €
up to 49
€.
Hotel Restaurant Le Chateau de
Pray, B.P.146 37400 Charge (a postal address) tel
0247572367 fax 0247573250- Closed from January 2 to begin February.
On the hills dominating the Loire, just outside Amboise, a peaceful small Louis XIII style chateau. Generally ignored by the citizens of Amboise, tourists like it. The chef went to school with the greatest. The chateau may be ancient but the cuisine is resolutely modern. Fricassée de queues de langoustines, soufflé frais de champignons au canard, mignon d'agneau grillé au romarin, bar aux trois champignons, chocolat noir sur mousse cannelle et pistache. Menus for
25 €
and 50
€. Carte from
33 to 86
€.
Le Choiseul, 36 quai Charles Guinot tel 0247304545
With a garden and Italian style terrace, the cuisine here shows us all the luminous the Loire valley can bring us. Gaspacho de tourteau à la crème d'avocat, superb duo de daurade, épinards farcis à l'agneau et morilles, delicate languette de soles et champignons en brochette de fleur de thym, tartelette aux pignons et glace vanille. Menus for
30 € up to77.75 €
.
This restaurant has a 16/20 quotation in the Gault/Millau 2000 who recommends the strudel de fruits exotiques au vinaigre balsamique. I didn't have I but it looks yummy.
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