The Mad Hatter's Kitchen

Having recently moved full-time to the area, we were keen to check-out a local eatery and what better occasion than to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. As a TripAdvisor recommend, but a few minutes drive up the road, Mad Hatter's Kitchen seemed an obvious choice and we couldn't have been more satisfied. Noting that the restaurant side of the business is not open every night of the week, we phoned to check availability for the forthcoming weekend. Informed that there would be a fixed price €19 3-course menu on the Friday evening, together with live music from two travelling musicians, Tim de Graaw and Paddy James, we decided to take the plunge. With reservation taken and excellent directions provided by Charlotte, we arrived on the day in a timely fashion to be warmly greeted by Glyn, who kindly served up some aperitifs to be enjoyed in the shade of the courtyard whilst observing the coming and going of the resident hen family. As you can probably guess, the venue is typically rustic French with a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, pleasantly devoid of heirs and graces. The cold prepared starter was simple but full of tasty surprises, although I could certainly have demolished a second plateful, but then I am a gannet. We had 4 selections of main course to choose from, so being Friday I went with the battered haddock with my wife deciding upon the duck with fig sauce. The fish was perfectly cooked, the batter light and crisp, with the accompanying thrice-cooked chips being to die for. That said, my wife's generous duck leg immediately promoted 'plate envy' on arrival, which was made even worse with her oooohs and arrrrhs, such was the tastiness of the fig sauce. Four choices again for dessert, with this time taking no envy risks and both settling upon the sticky-toffee pudding. I'm no lover of sweets, happy to go savoury every time , but this offering was truly scrumptious and spent minimal time on my plate. The inclusive 1/4 of wine was more than acceptable and on any other non-driving evening would have seen me quaff much much more. We finished off the meal with a coffee each, with the final bill coming to an extremely reasonable €51 - if only all Anniversary dinners were going to cost me that much!!!With such wonderful fayre on offer, the provision of not just one, but two outstanding live music acts was really the icing on the cake. In fact, their impromptu duet set really made it 3 live acts. Non-stop, talent filled sets, that thankfully seemed never ending..........in a very good way! All in all Tim and Paddy contributed to an amazing atmosphere that was natural in every sense of the word. A top venue, which will certainly be revisited on many more future occasions.

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We ate here with friends. The place is slightly quirky, but not as much as I'd been led to believe. Freshly cooked food, tasty and such enormous portions....don't eat before you go. Could have been a bit less. Charming service.It's British owned and run, but I felt a little overwhelmed by the fact that there were just Brits here as guests. I'm told that French eat here too though.Would I go here again? Most definitely.

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Had an amazing lunch on Christmas day with friends at the Mad Hatters. The food was fantastic - traditional English christmas lunch with all the trimmings. The atmosphere was wonderful in a beautiful old French farmhouse. A hidden gem in the middle of France!

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The hosts were welcoming and the meals were excellent, the farmhouse is a delight and the atmosphere very homely and relaxed. Nothing was too much trouble.

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Had a lovely evening with family and friends .Food was good ambience was outstanding location sublime would I go again absolutely.

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