Restaurant le Mata - Saint-Jean-de-Luz

C'était l'un de nos restaurants préférés, dimanche dernier nous sommes allés déjeuner et nous avons fini par partir. Il y avait quelques personnes dans l'endroit, mais ce n'était pas du tout plein, nous avons commandé des entrées et des plats principaux ainsi qu'une boisson pendant que nous attendions. 1 heure et 2 boissons plus tard, nous n'avions toujours pas été servis. Chaque demande d'information était accueillie par un "c'est en cours". Finalement, une table qui est arrivée après nous a reçu son entrée "parce que la leur était plus facile à faire". Nous sommes partis et malheureusement il faudra longtemps avant que nous y retournions et probablement seulement un lundi soir quand nous sommes les seuls clients.

Restaurant mexicain et de burgers joliment décoré avec une ambiance cool. Nous avons opté pour le dîner mexicain : le ceviche n'était pas exceptionnel, les nachos très bons ainsi que les burritos (épicés) et l'enchilada. Prévoyez environ 18 euros.

Il y a tellement d'endroits à St Jean-de-Luzon où trouver des cafés ou des tapas, nous cherchions une bonne cuisine, honnête et copieuse pour repartir rassasiés! C'est ce que nous avons trouvé. Cuisine tex-mex/américaine authentique! À trois, nous avons partagé des nachos, un plateau mixte pour commencer, puis nous avons pris des enchiladas. Nous avons tout apprécié, rien n'est resté, parfait! Les plats sont raisonnablement tarifés, les boissons que nous avons prises ont fait grimper l'addition mais c'était une belle soirée. Un peu difficile à trouver, mais cela en vaut la peine.

Good food, and good value. The staff were very efficient as well. We had fajitas and enchiladas and they were very tasty, if not haut cuisine. My wife had a nice cocktail as well.

Arrived at 1950hrs and the restaurant didn't open until 2000hrs it was a freezing cold night so I went to ask to come in and got the good old fashioned french shrug of the shoulders, 4 staff all stood talking at the bar doing nothing and they were very unwelcoming so we awaited in the dark on the terrace until opening time. When we came in the waitress looked like she couldn't be bothered and the inside of the restaurant was very cold and even I had to go back to the car and put my thick winter jumper on inside. The setting is nice and the decorative style of the restaurant is good and the menu looked appetising but all of the food we had was no good at all. There was no flavor and I think that if a restaurant is trying to do Mexican food, plus steakhouse plus french cuisine then this is too many options to make any of them right. My wife had the rack of ribs which was just basic ribs with a bottle sauce poured over the top, she was looking forward to something different and got this, very unhappy. So the food was poor, the service was poor and the atmosphere was dead. It seemed to take forever to get our order of food and drinks and there were only 4 other tables in the restaurant, god knows how they handle with a full house. the staff seemed uninterested and very disjointed like they were not working together as a team at all. The waitress either didn't care, had no interest or she didn't know the menu or the wine list as she didn't share any of her knowledge to help us make our order. I think you need to stick to one theme, do it right and do it good. We came originally for the Mexican food as there is no great variety of restaurants in SW France and to be honest I cook far better Mexican dishes at home with tastier non-jar ingredients and for a small % of the price. Overall, expensive poor tasting food with a lack of atmosphere.