Quai 71 - Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

Strange staff. They wanted to charge us extra from removing mushrooms from our pizza selection (upon order). Weird atmosphere. We paid for our drinks and left

La Cotiniere has a lot of choice when it comes to restaurants, sadly we chose this one! We were probably seduced by the location, it has good views and the evening was promising a beautiful sunset, however the positives stop there.. We chose from the rather limited set menu, fish and mussels, with the order taken by a rather abrupt waitress, however.. When the food do arrive it was underwhelming to say the least; the mussels were possibly the worst I have ever had, no sauce no marinating that I could tell, mass production at it worst. The service was frantic and uncoordinated and you could tell that due to their location they didn’t have to try to get people through the door which in this case sadly this breeds complacency. There is plenty of choice so try somewhere else..

Although the team is making effort, the sensation is not that good. The service is too straight and the food not that good. The moules marinières (mussels) were overcooked and too salty, the seafood of the seafood pasta was average. A the flip side, the restaurant is very well decorated, with terrace and the view on the local harbour. The service is quick and the nice sound of a bell is ringing when food is ready in the kitchen. That 's not the place where you will impress your friends, but it 's good enough for a pit stop.

We fancied pizza for a change, so decided on this restaurant as it was on the menu. Half full as we entered,we were shown to a table by a friendly waitress,who took our order for drinks. When they arrived we had chosen our meal,so we ordered a starter with pizzas to follow. The starter arrived shortly and was quite good. Meanwhile the restaurant got busier,we then waited 45 mins for our pizzas,which when they finally arrived were,burnt and not very good. What a shame after a good start,everyone was complaining about the wait,staff couldn't cope.Would not go again,spoilt our evening

Deplorable service!!!Serveur at the limit of debuild you ask for a dish live it is not taken into account and if you ask for another accompaniment which problems with their PAD!!!Dry meats!! portion of light friesbetweencrêpe pas terribleI do not recommend at all this restaurant