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C'est La Vie, click here.
Anonymous party of 2 had brunch at C'est La Vie
and rated the food fair because, "egg in the crepe was runny and
barely cooked; crepe itself was tough" and writes on January 17,
2007, "The service at this restaurant was poor and management
did not seem to care. No apology whatsoever. My friend and I
ordered egg dishes for brunch. My friend also ordered a
croissant. While waiting for our entrees, the server delivered
the croissant in a timely manner, and he said that he would be
right back with a basket of bread and butter - he disappeared
and the bread/butter never came. After awhile, we had to ask
another employee to bring the bread and butter - which she did
immediately. After 30 minutes in an uncrowded restaurant we
still did not have our food. Our inattentive server finally came
out of the back and asked us if we had gotten our food, and he
seemed perplexed when we said no. I then saw him walk over to
the computer terminal where he seemed to be first entering our
order! [Though when I asked him about this later, he denied it.
However, he had not taken any additional orders at that point
that needed to be entered.] Obviously, the food was rushed out
of the kitchen and, subsequently, the egg in the crepe was
uncooked and inedible. The waiter later came with the check and
remarked that he had taken my crepe off the check (I would have
expected that!) and did not charge my friend for the croissant.
Off he went!"
Service Rating: 5
Ambience Rating: 3
Cleanliness Rating: 3
Value Rating: -
Overall Experience: 5
Anonymous party of 2 had lunch at C'est La Vie and
rated the food excellent because, "The food is consistently good
there but the service isn't." and writes on December 27, 2006,
"They have great food but the service is far from being
satisfactory. Except for an "older" gentleman who, I assume, is
the owner, everyone else seems to think that customers are there
to do them a favor. The beer prices on the wine list are not
respected. They list the beers at less than $3 but sell them to
you for $3.50. I mentioned that to them on a previous visit but
my comments obviously were ignored. The lock to the men's
(dirty) bathroom does not work and I saw people unable to get
out of them and having to knock on the door and ask for help.
Comical, possibly but unacceptable. Even by French standards.
The "minettes", i.e. young waitresses, have an obvious attitude
problem and spend more time talking to one another than caring
about the customers. This restaurant has great food and is in a
superb location. without the latter, it would be out of
business. It doesn't cost anything to be pleasant. And it
pays..."
Service Rating: 5
Ambience Rating: 3
Wine List Rating: 4
Cleanliness Rating: 4
Kid Friendly Rating: 4
Value Rating: 1
Overall Experience: 3
Anonymous party of 4 had lunch and ordered Soup,
salad, omlete, pastries and rated the food good because, "Food
was good but spoiled by surly waitress and long wait" and writes
on August 1, 2006, "Would not go back no matter how good or
authentic the food is because of unpleasant help. Also, very
crowded with long, long waits for food, drinks or anything or
anyone to show up to check on us. Don't ask for something they
forget to bring or you'll get your head chewed off. When we
asked not to pay for the soup that never arrived, the cashier
chewed our heads off, too. Simply too many unpleasant people
working here."
Service Rating: 5
Ambience Rating: 5
Wine List Rating: 4
Cleanliness Rating: 3
Kid Friendly Rating: 5
Value Rating: 5
Overall Experience: 5
Anonymous had brunch and rated the food excellent
because, "the crepes were the best I've ever tasted in Florida."
and writes on 7/2005: "A friend and I went to C'est La Vie for
brunch on a Saturday afternoon. It was busy, as I can now
understand why. The food was delicious and appropriately
prepared. It was the most authentic French meal I have enjoyed
in Sarasota. The crepes were divine...and the waitstaff was
charming. My only disappointment is that they are not open for
dinner on most days!"
Rebecca Martin has visited C'est la Vie often and
rates the food very good because, "Authentic French Cuisine" and
writes on 10/28/04: "I rate the food at C'est la Vie very good
because it's quite authentic French cuisine. I have brunch there
often and have had dinner there once. Their dinner entrees are
excellent, but the sides are very small and not very good at
all. The outside seating is right on the street and pleasant if
you go early enough when there aren't a lot of cars going by.
The overall ambience is relaxed and charming with local artwork
and mosaic tiles."
Anonymous writes on 1/25/2004: "The food
here is authentic French, as are most of the employees, and is
admittedly good. However, I have trouble enjoying a meal when
the employees are so rude and disagreeable. Our waitress acted
put out that she had to wait on us. It took forever to get our
food and when we questioned our server, she called over another
lady who proceeded to snarl at us, as if our request were
unreasonable. We would never go back under any circumstances.
These people do not deserve return customers (and apparently
don't care.) "
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