Le Comptoir du Marche - Jonzac

An excellent restaurant run by a couple with four years experience in Hotel in Lymington and with it perfect English. A varied menu with everything cooked to perfection and served with a smile. A pleasure to be there.

That is a very nice restaurant. they speak excellent English. we enjoyed our meal outside on Monday for lunch. it is a pre-fix menu with some choices. for the appetizer we decided to “Seafood ”. my man liked it better than. because it tasted like a squid for me. for the main course we selected the merlu. it was a wonderful white fish course. to dessert, fruit cheesecake. we also had a 50 cl rose wine. it was also very delicious. our meals amounted to 30 e for both of us. we can recommend eating here if you ever find yourself in jonzac.

On Tuesday to lunch. not a big choice, but what we ate was raised. beautiful unusual take on the crème Brûlée. service second to none. highly recommended!

So the good pieces some really good eating. 64 grad egg with black bauch; hake with a Bramble sauce; black medaillons. all very well cooked, beautifully presented and well served. there is only something missing, especially after so many gushing reviews on tripadvisor, and not being able to book four times in the run of a month had built up expectations. your heart drops when the nightly menu is laminated, it will obviously be repeated again and again. the decor inside is functional, but dates a bit like the black medallions. beautiful meat, beautifully presented, but obviously sous vide with an intense sauce. 15 years ago. the kitchen seemed to be a modern sparkle, a little joie de vivre missing. this can be good because the restaurant is popular with the local British population, why change a winning formula? Summing up, a perfectly competent meal in a nice restaurant, and not badly worth at 82€ for two, but it just lacks that certain something. it is not the best restaurant of the opposite, probably not the best in jonzac.

I had read the review about Le Comptoir du Marche and can say that I am glad that we were able to get a table. We just dropped lucky on a Friday night for a table as the rest of the restaurant was booked,and were made to feel welcome as soon as we walked through the door. The food and the service were exceptional and if we are ever in the area again I will definitely be making a return visit.