Le Pavillon de St-Aubin-Thierry Arbeau

Restaurant Thiery Arbeau is clearly a superior restaurant: warm, ornate surroundings, classically furnished; ample table spacing and impeccable cleanliness, warm and professional staff. The menu was heavily influenced by the product of the season being fois gras which re-occurred in nearly every dish: fried, terrine, jus de fois gras..... all good stuff but there as little to eat if you can't do fois gras for moral or health reasons. Even the tuna maki had huge chunks of fois gras on top. Sadly, this was not the only issue. The restaurant was packed and table service can only be described as fraught: butter had to be asked for 3 times, we poured our own wine for most of the meal, each course was delivered sequentially for all 8 of us sometimes with considerable delay, and worst of all, the pork fillet mignon main course which 4 of us went for, was over-cooked and tough for all of us. We got the feeling that on another night the whole experience may have been better but sadly it was not for us.

Très bien good formulas for the menù. Complete and very honest wine list. The table service is not at the level of the food.

If you're in the Medoc area for Chateaux visiting, one drag is that eatery choices are very limited, especially sophisticated ones. For that reason, we gave a try at this one. Because it was exceptionally chilly for this season, we were seated inside. Frankly speaking,...More

"Très bien" good formulas for the menù. Complete and very honest wine list. The table service is not at the level of the food.

I mentioned the restaurant in my review of the hotel, it deserves a review on its own,A large spacious dining room with views out to the garden, it is a comfortable setting.The food has a style of flavour that runs tthrough all the dishes, most are a succesful blend, the ingredients are all high quality, the only problem with this menu is the reliance on foie gras with almost everything, not a problem for me as I love it, but as a recurring theme it would be a problem if you stayed for a length of time as you would soon run out of options, but for our two days it was not a problem and I doubt if many people stay here for long periods as it is or appears to be business and weekend end orientated.A decent wine list at sensible prices completes a pleasant experience, recommend.