L'Ambassade d'Auvergne

Visited this restaurant on boxing day 2012 Very disappointed in my order.Lamb casoullet had little or no seasoning and no beans as well as under cooked potato.My pudding -similar to Paris brest made with choux pastry and marron filling,very stodgy and poor flavour.The signature mash potato was like paper hangers paste and almost cold.Service was good and friendly and there were some pleasant touches(amuse bouche)

I had possibly the worst meal I have ever had in France at this restaurant. The lentils were adequate-- greasy but saved by some nice bits of bacon; the terrne fatty and lacking any flavour or subtlety at all. We had three main courses; a sausage and aligote which as passable but very uninteresting. One small saugsage (for 16 euros?) and the aligote was barely warm, underseasoned. The navarine of lamb was dry, barely hot, and looked (and tasted) like it had been sitting around for a while and was served with boiled potatoes that might just as well have come out of a can. The seabass was over cooked and dry, but came on a bed of very good artichoke hearts. Desert (trois creme) was interesting but almost too subtle in its sameness. Service was kind but inexcusably slow -- made worse by the fact that the restaurant was practically empty when we arrived. Five stars? I had a better meal on the motorway earlier in the week.