La Table d'Olivia - Saint-Martin-de-Ré

As many reviews comment, this place is very expensive for what it is. We had a good meal, especially good food, but not this special. At €192 with only 2 glasses of wine it was about 50% more than most comparable meals we had. The ambience is missing. A tiny round table, the style chairs of the director who were too high and put too much pressure on the back of the thighs. No beautiful nibbles with our aperitif (only a few olives, no **** en bouche, none of the touches you would expect at even 2/3 of these prize winners. Eat a little decorated; smoked salmon came with a few cold Bonis and a Dill dimmer. Oyster good, but nothing special. St Pierre was very good, but is only the fish veg and potatoes extra and the choice was “Roast” (Grenville, really or purée potatoes, spinach (intens part and sucrine (letter! for €4 per serving). Lamb hack excellent, but no veg with him, and it's not really with salad... St Marcellin (view from the fridge the only cheese option, and a chocolate mousse dish that was delicious but uninteresting. Bottles of wine ludfully expensive. We had a bottle of beer, a glass of white Bergerac, a glass (very beautiful Bordeaux, Carafe water, total cost 30 €. Will we go back to St Martin next time? Probably not. But it was a much better experience than L’Avant Port where we had a rather fraudulent review 4 years ago; we had thought we would give him another attempt, but after the last reviews, it has not improved.

We had a great meal ...very light but excellent sauces and seasoning...one of the best restaurants on the island.

Excellent food, wonderful service and fantastic wines. We family 2 x adults 1 child were very pleased and nothing was too much trouble and would be happy to recommend to anyone.

Petit restaurant qui mérite un détour pour une pause gourmande. Une cuisine sans chichi avec des produits frais. La carte change tous les jours en fonction de l humeur du chef et des ses emplettes duMarché. Salle joliment décoré et service très agréable. Réservation indispensable pour régaler nos papilles.

Nous avons été enchantés par la magnifique salle à manger intimiste, le service impeccable et la cuisine du chef raffinée, un vrai délice !