Le Chalet - Chavornay

We went to this local restaurant (more a bistrot) as it was located in the same area as where we were to have a meeting after lunch. It was a mixed experience. We were told that the first choice of plat du jour' wasn't available...anymore, beef stew, but that we could have the second dish which was ricotta spinach ravioli in an Andalusian sauce. When asked what the sauce was, all the waitress could tell us that is was nice and she liked it. So we trusted her judgement. After a long wait she served us two dishes filled with.... tagliatelli with some cooked spinach and brocolli stalks in an orange-red sauce. Oh and by the way, cook had run out of ravioli and she hoped the tagliatelli would be OK! Normally one is asked beforehand and not put before a fait accompli', no? Whilst not exactly bad, it was bland and the sauce seemed to have been concocted with leftovers there were even some bits of beef floating in it. Had we had time before our meeting, we would definitely have sent it back. We had barely started eating when the waitress came back to our table to inform us that, btw we had to finish up in mins as the restaurant would be closing. We arrived at just before which is quite an acceptable time for lunch. It is true that in the Geneva and Vaud cantons, the kitchen tends to close at But the long wait meant we weren't served before pm. I have never before in my life been told to kind of hurry up my lunch apart from when I was a child!

Nous n'avions pas réservé, mais nous avons été très bien servies. Nous avons commandé la selle de chevreuil, tout était...More

We went to this local restaurant (more a bistrot) as it was located in the same area as where we were to have a meeting after lunch. It was a mixed experience.We were told that the first choice of 'plat du jour' wasn't available anymore, beef stew, but that we could have the second dish which was ricotta & spinach ravioli in an Andalusian sauce. When asked what the sauce was, all the waitress could tell us that is was nice and she liked it. So we trusted her judgement. After a long wait she served us two dishes filled with.... tagliatelli with some cooked spinach and brocolli stalks in an orange-red sauce. Oh and by the way, cook had run out of ravioli and she hoped the tagliatelli would be OK! Normally one is asked beforehand and not put before a 'fait accompli', no? Whilst not exactly bad, it was bland and the sauce seemed to have been concocted with leftovers - there were even some bits of beef floating in it. Had we had time before our meeting, we would definitely have sent it back. We had barely started eating when the waitress came back to our table to inform us that, btw we had to finish up in 15-20 mins as the restaurant would be closing. We arrived at just before 1pm which is quite an acceptable time for lunch. It is true that in the Geneva and Vaud cantons, the kitchen tends to close at 2.00pm. But the long wait meant we weren't served before 1.30 - 1.40 pm. I have never before in my life been told to kind of hurry up my lunch apart from when I was a child!