Restaurante Hotel de la Poste - Beaune

As the weather was good the service that evening was outside in the courtyard, the selection is a bit limited but the dishes chosen were fresh, tasty and excellent overall. Service was a bit slow but the waitress was very friendly. Wine list selection is very good as well.

This restaurant is in the hotel de la Post. It used to be a very high end and fancy restaurant, but it has changed into a regional restaurant that is more geared to tourists. A new chef has been hired. He has installed a simple regional menu with main courses in the €20 range and full dinners for about €35. Excellent wines are available by the glass or the bottle for a reasonable average price. The setting is beautiful. The service is white tablecloths with cloth linen. A magnificent seven course regional meal with two small plates, an appetizer, a main course, a cheese dish and a delightful dessert followed by an extra dessert treat is €31. Add an excellent glass of local point noir for six euros and you have an incredible meal. For people who will use the New York prices this is an incredible bargain. That price includes tax and tip. A similar meal in London Paris or New York would cost $100 and not be as good. All the dishes are available à la carte. There are several menus to choose from. I have been traveling in France for 30 years. During that time things have certainly changed. But if you are lucky and persistent you can find an incredibly good meal at a reasonable price.

OK, I can see the most of the reviews for this restaurant are positive, and if you are looking for a nice, brightly lighted room (thanks to recessed florescents behind the crown molding) so that you can read the menu, you will probably agree with those diners. And if your eyes are that bad, you will not notice that the condition of the dining chairs is appalling. Are they aiming for shabby chic? Maybe, but they only managed shabby. Adding to the senior-citizen center feel of this place was the fake wood flooring that resonated with every staff member's footsteps, so that your dinner will be accompanied by a constant pounding sound, and when the cheese trolley is rolled to a table, it will sound exactly as though the Paris metro is running under you. All this might be acceptable if the food was extraordinary, but it isn't, and though the wine list was excellent it was not nearly enough to make this a place to which we would ever return. If you enjoy dining in a warm, quiet, and relaxing atmosphere, with excellent food, you have many other good choices in Beaune

This was a cute place to eat; we wandered in after just arriving in Beaune and it wasn't too crowded. The lighting level was nice (unlike most European restaurants where the lights are on full blast). The recommendation for the wine was spot on and the service was good without being obtrusive. We would absolutely go back.

Booked here for our last meal in Beaune, and like others we were not let down. The food, wine and service were exemplary. A little more formal than some of the other Beaune restaurants, but that didn't spoil the experience. It was Easter Sunday and not overly busy, so the staff were very attentive. Would return if back in Beaune.