I organised a work’s Christmas party here a few years back based on a recommendation. It had to be worth a try! They were amenable enough to let us book the whole restaurant out (always a prerequisite for our office parties), so the organisation kicked off superbly!

But what about the food? Well, the meat eaters in the group seemed relatively contented with what they were served (although the profuse amount of alcohol in circulation may have had something to do with this). But the vegetarians amongst us most certainly weren’t happy. The food was bland, tasteless, the pasta had that microwaved 'rubbery’ texture (yum) and we were generally unhappy with what we’d been served. And for the record, I was sober that night (curse of the antibiotics, but a blessing due to the fact I got to snigger at all of the latecomers in work the next day, heads on their desks, and sheepish glances as they weren’t sure 'quite’ what they needed to be embarrassed about or apologising for).

The ambience was…well…bright. And I’m talking about the lighting. Too bright in fact. Glaringly bright spotlights over-emphasise the white walls and to me, the place just lacked character. I much prefer a subdued and dimly lit restaurant.

The service was rather frosty - I guess this matches the white walls and lighting however. Admittedly, we did stay late and the staff were probably hoping to have escaped home, but the service had been like this from the beginning.

I’ve been to worse restaurants, but for the price, I expected a lot more. I wouldn’t go back. Mediocre food, a lack of atmosphere and average service…it doesn’t really fill me with enthusiasm unfortunately.

went here one rainy night, and got straight into their speciality cocktail, which is something and champagne….its lethal! the spicy fish soup is obviously an acquired taste but the duck was deliciously tender and not at all fatty as you would normally expect. dessert was looking like a possibilty until after the third cocktail….will be back as soon as the memory of the hangover has faded sufficiently…

I went there with a lot of expectation… and I left the restaurant very very disapointed… The menu is very expendive for what it is. I took à fish soup (that was good but not special), then the cassoulet (not very good and a very small portion of meat) and finally I had the lavander creme brulée: fisrt the creme brulee was cold and there was no crispy layer as it should; it was like the creme brulee was prepared hours ago… and for me the lavander taste was too strong (It was like eating laundry soap).....
Everything was precooked thus the cook had nothing to do except chatting with his guests and put the food in the microwave
The menu cost around 30 pounds !!!!
Never again for me
For me la Garrigue is a posh restaurant with bad food and an overated chef or a lazy chef!!