Bayeux: L’Assiette Normand (August 2017)


L’Assiette Normande - Good Food, Great Value
My spouse and I dined at L’Assiette Normande for dinner on a Thursday evening in early September 2017. The restaurant is open daily during the summer months from 12:00 noon until 3:00 pm for lunch, and from 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm for dinner. In the winter months, the restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Reservations are recommended. We stayed nearby at the Villa Lara, and it was less than a 7-minute walk to the restaurant.
L’Assiette Normande, whose name translates to "The Norman Plate", is located across from the Bayeux Cathedral; a few lucky tables offer glimpses of the landmark. The restaurant offers several places to dine: the rustic, timber-walled main dining room, the adjacent bar room, a small side dining room (which was the only space available to us because we arrived without a reservation), a small courtyard deck with one table for outdoor dining, and an upper mezzanine to accommodate larger parties.
The restaurant serves delicious rustic French cuisine in large portions at reasonable prices. The printed menu is listed in both French and English, although the menu on their website shows French only. Several menus are offered, including daily specials on chalkboard, a la carte, and prix-fixe duos (two courses) and trios (three courses). We ordered the delicious “menu de cochon” (literally “menu of pig”, including three courses of pate, a sort of pork shepherd's pie, and a baked apple dessert) and one “menu duo” (with salmon pate followed by chicken and fries). For our food, along with two rounds of drinks (beers and sodas), our bill totaled only 55 Euros, one of the least expensive, but also one of our favorite, meals of our entire trip.
We loved our dinner at L’Assiette Normande – the service was good, the food was yummy (especially the menu de cochon!), and the atmosphere was comfortable and casual.








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