PRISTINE ARTAN

First, I have to say - it is a lot of food. We are big eaters and arrived hungry but even we were defeated by the end. Food is technically very impressive, but I don't feel they delivered flavour-wise. Also impossible to find even a sample menu online anywhere, so it's really hard to know what you're signing up for which I find quite arrogant by the restaurant (I've attached a recent one to help others decide). There are only two menus and both are very seafood driven. To be, the chefs vision isn't clear - the staff say he loves to work with seafood but the dishes themselves were confusing. There were two lovely vegetable dishes that became overly complicated from additions of smoked fish jelly and trout eggs (I did not add the sauce as recommended) - why? The asparagus was already beautifully cooked and in season. Then there was a fish ceviche which was absolutely covered in coriander sauce overwhelming the delicateness of the fish - this is what I mean when I say the chef's vision isn't clear. Sweets and desserts were very good - though I can't really pinpoint any flavours that blew me away they were technically very well executed. The atmosphere is quite sterile and feels really awkward. Lighting is too bright, the decor is strange - there are rugby balls stacked up against one window - it all feels a bit disjointed. I eat at a lot of Michelin restaurants and for a two star, I thought this was underwhelming in terms of taste. I love food, but dinner went for 4 hours and we were quite frankly bored and couldn't wait for it to end after the 3rd hour. I love amuse bouche, but there were perhaps ten being served at once, and some were getting cold and others melted because they were all brought at once. There was so much food, I saw other diners get takeaway boxes. It's just too much - both for the mind and the palate - after 4 hours, I can't really think of any dishes that I'd go back for.

I’ll start this review by saying the food was great. Although there were a couple of things I didn’t enjoy, overall I was served somewhere between 30 and 40 dishes. You can’t win them all. However, I’ve been to several Michelin star restaurants previously and this one did not live up to the expectation of a two star restaurant. The service was wildly inconsistent. The amuse bouches came out pretty quickly, and then there was a huge wait to get the next course, and then another huge wait, and then dessert was served so fast. The whole meal was 3.5 hours, and it really did not need to be. (At the start of the meal I was advised the shorter menu was 2.5ish hours long, so the experience was around an hour longer than they said.) The second is that I advised I was allergic to several fruits at the start of the meal, and they still served me a post dessert sweet which contained one of those fruit. That wouldn’t be acceptable at a normal restaurant let alone one that has a Michelin star. I’d really struggle to recommend just based on the service.

We dined at PY-r and chose the 8-course tasting menu, and I can confidently say the food was among the best I’ve ever had. Each dish was a testament to the chef’s creativity and skill — both in flavor and in presentation. The duck was outstanding, and the garlic butter alone deserves special mention. There were moments we were genuinely lost in how to approach the dishes — a sign of culinary artistry at its finest. However, the service fell noticeably short of what one would expect from a 2 Michelin star establishment. Water was only poured once throughout the entire evening, and we had to ask to be served wine — something that should be intuitive in a restaurant of this caliber. The pacing of the meal was also too fast; the entire experience was wrapped up in 3 hours, whereas a menu of this type typically deserves at least 4 to allow diners to savor and digest each course properly. Overall, I would give PY-r a solid 4 stars. The kitchen delivers an exceptional culinary experience, but the front-of-house team needs refinement to match the level set by the food

On my Michelin 3 Stars Marathon (follow me for all the reviews and updates), in the middle of a 11 in 11 days strike, I had a one day pause in Toulouse. I was on the waiting list for Michel Sarran lunch when I book this one “in case”. Although the first reservation went finally through for the lunch, I decided to rest and just have Dinner in this one. At the time, I didn’t know that it would become the only 2 stars in Toulouse. Impressive. So what’s exceptional here? It’s a 2 stars, so, it must be exceptional (One star interesting, 3 stars extraordinary) ? 2 things, Impressive without needing nobility. Impressive. The chef is really trying to create some moments to remember. He wants to impress, to divert you from your daily life by creating at least one sparkling moment to remember. I’m not going to develop here, but there’s nothing wrong in that. It’s actually quite important. In several years you may not remember the exact menu of a restaurant, but you’ll remember if something stroke you. One function of a good Michelin star is to create memories. Here the intentions are clear. From the start to the end. And it’s what one could expect from a 2 stars. Again, I think it’s a great mission to have to impress people so it creates a memory. It’s all the more impressive when you consider that the chef doesn’t necessarily use “noble” ingredients to achieve this. He achieves it by using ingredients available to him, will it be because it’s the region or because it’s commonly used by people who are living here (spices for couscous for example, or the Spanish influence). No need to impress with caviar etc… The focus is to impress with what one can find in the friendly store next door. It’s about integration. He’s impressing you with integration, not elitism, and showing you what we can achieve by taking the best out of it. That’s what really makes him a two stars. The room was mainly couples and family. It was a week day and I did not noticed business or big friends tabl

First up, the food is really, really good. Full of flavour, beautifully presented and lots of it. The pre-amuse bouche was 16 different small dishes of exquisite flavour. Lots of fish, throughout and nothing other than amazingly prepared. Alas, there were just a few niggles around it that stop it being five stars across the board. The biggest was, when asked if there were any allergies or food dislikes, my wife said oysters. She always does. Each time we’ve done this, if there’s an oyster dish, she gets a substitute. Here, when the oyster with turnip garnish came along, she got the garnish. No substitute, just a few bits of turnip. Allowing influencers to video during the meal is another no-no for a place with these standard. A final niggle: treat everyone the same. My wife didn’t have her Birkin with her when we went, but don’t give everyone else stools for their bags and not her. Yes, it was a cheap backpack from Leicester Square. So what; we’re still paying the same money.

I have to say its good but not in my opinion a full 2 stars. The technique was there but the flavour wasn’t. The langoustines were not fresh tasting. We tried over 20 different bites but maybe just 3 were truly impressed by. I dont know if I will be back - there are better 1 stars in town. Good effort though but needs more focus on flavour delivery. Service was fantastic. Awesome bread too.

Fantastic degustation experience! The decor is cosy and offers a very intimate dining experience. You are presented with 2 rounds of amazing amuse bouches that prepare you for the wonderous dishes to follow. Each dish has a great balance of flavour and can be paired with an equally amazing wine. The only negative I would say is that my partner pointed out that she had an allergy to one of the servers and was still given a dish containing said allergen. She was not offered any alternative until later being re-given the dessert, sans allergen

We were not exceptionally enthusiastic about the taste of the food (menu “Ensemble 98€”) due to the fact that py-r holds two Michelin stars. Some dishes were rather bland, and the flavor of the individual ingredients was often not noticeable in a way as that is usually especially in Michelin-awarded restaurants. A few dishes were served with jus, where the jus was excellent and lifted the taste to levels above, but would have expected certain mire taste of the ingredients without jus. Also, the deserts did not fully convince us, in comparison to other Michelin restaurants, again. Oh, and the pork: while the doneness looked great, we were missing more tenderness, more taste, and also more crisp of the untrimmed fat. Well, the outstanding jus “helped” here again. Everything else of this restaurant, i.e. service, location, etc. was great and certainly like other 1-2 stars Michelin restaurants! If this restaurant would not be mentioned in Michelin, I would rate it here on Google with full (5) stars and the overall experience for the money is exceptional! But due to the fact py-r holds 2 Michelin stars, I rate one star down to (4) and am therefore way more critical..., sorry about that :-)