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Le Bon Vivant

22 Dirkie Uys Street

Franschhoek, Western Cape

021 876 2717
Email: lebonvivant@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.lebonvivant.co.za

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Price Range: Mid
Seating: 30+

Licensed
Smoking
WheelChair Access
Child Friendly

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Recent reviews

Martin
Friday, May 29, 2009

Le Bon Vivant is our restaurant of choice in Franschhoek. Superbly presented & delicious modern cuisine and friendly service make this a regular for us. The patronage from international tourists is an indication of the quality. The food in our judgement is better than many of the much hyped restaurants in the area.

I
Friday, January 16, 2009

Ummm, Tarryn- perhaps you should Google Hercule Poirot... I think SJ was being facetious...

Luiz
Thursday, January 15, 2009

I just can't help myself but to comment. It is no excuse to serve water or anything in a dirty glass. There is no reason for a waiter to be rude when that glass gets sent back. If anybody, comes into my restaurant and asks for a glass of water, he will get it in a clean glass. The reason is because that is the way it's done. Anybody that feels it is ok to serve from a dirty glass concerns me. I hope I am never in the position to enjoy a drink or meal with somebody that is that narrow minded. The key word in this whole saga is dirty. If that was my restaurant i would show the waiters dismissal letter on this site. Sis. Restaurant Owner

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Martin
29/05/2009 01:08

I
16/01/2009 05:02

Ummm, Tarryn- perhaps you should Google Hercule Poirot... I think SJ was being facetious...

Luiz
15/01/2009 09:52

Tarryn
15/01/2009 03:13

With reference to SJ's input. I think it would be a brilliant idea to contact the restaurant to ask the waiter's side of the story.
1. Was it a single brunch amongst three people?
2. Could we have the waiter's side of the story
Thanks

R
15/01/2009 02:51

Hello people - have some standards please! Under no circumstances is it okay to drink from a dirty glass- ever! One should hope to leave a restaurant with a sense of satisfaction and well-being. Not the the eerie feeling that you might have contracted the bubonic plague from the glass you were sipping from... regardless of what you were drinking!

SJ
15/01/2009 02:44

May I point out that the word brunch could be used in either the singular or plural sense. Taking this into account, we actually don't know if they ordered one meal or three. Shall we give Hercule Poirot a call to investigate? And while I?m at it, how can people have such unimaginably horrendous hygiene standards, that it?s ok for a glass to be dirty just because they?re not paying for the drink in it. Yuck! That?s like saying its ok to fly in an aircraft that hasn?t complied with safety regulations because you got the ticket free.

restaurant
15/01/2009 09:20

Ok peeps - can I suggest we move this debate, along with the price one at Societi, to another forum. This is meant to be to review restaurants - let's move this to the Food 24 blogs and either comment on Restaurant Ranter or Restaurant Staff get their own back. Much better forum for us all to bicker back and forth and leave this column for genuine issues to do with food from people who have actually been and eaten at the venue.

Mike
15/01/2009 09:07

It looks like most people are missing the entire point here or am I seeing things differently. Three ladies go to a restaurant and order one meal to share amongst all three!!! The waiter is obviously brimming over this - taking up a table where he could have served three meals. He now gets asked to bring three tap waters to the table. This he does - he then gets called back to change a glass which he duly does only to be told it is not good enough by the patron. He then has a chirp from another patron that her glass is dirty. He then asks them to leave. Why? But for all the people defending this - here is the question. If the waiter had poured the water over the patron's head- would you whingers now be discussing if the patron's hair was dirty? Oh please.

Cat
15/01/2009 08:22

Sue If I was to get a free meal would I have to accept dirty cutlery to eat it with and not complain because it was free, don't think so. Me personally I will order tap water we live in one of the few countries in the world were you can still drink water out of the tap so I will not be as pretentious as the next guy, and order good old fashioned water out of the tap. Till I cant any more, and am I cheapskate not just sensible? Some of those bottled waters taste like sewerage. Tap water all the way charge me if you have to:-)

Louise
14/01/2009 03:23

This is actually getting very boring now. I thought it had come to an end but then A had to add his two cents worth not once but twice. I tend to agree with Sue and Violet. It is unacceptable to order tap water in a restaurant. Subject hopefully closed.

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