Picture a conservatory dining room with chandelier lighting, carpets, emerald green velvet seats and a bucolic view of the grounds – and you have the sophisticated brasserie at the Abbaye de Villeneuve. Here, a gratifying menu – overseen by Aymeric Depogny, head chef of the Abbaye’s gastronomic restaurant L’Épicurien – mixes well-mastered brasserie classics and bistro fare that is nicely brought up to date. Extensive wine list, extra smooth professional service, all-round atmosphere of refinement.
“Fabergé” egg mayonnaise, trout roe, farmhouse bread
Cod masked with peas & creamed red lentils
Valrhona Manjari chocolate cake, flourless biscuit & buckwheat praline