Le Tambourin - Arles

Went here for dinner one night. Ordered a rib eye steak medium-well, as after a week in Paris we had noticed that the French like their meat a little less cooked than us Americans. Steak arrived and was still very rare (not edible) in the center. Also meat was very chewy and didn’t look like a rib eye. Sent it back to be cooked a little more. Came back 5 minutes later cold and still undercooked. I don’t even think it was put back on the grill! One of the diners I was with found hair in his salad. Terrible!

There are so many great restaurants in the Place du Forum and I think we read every menu before landing here. We were quickly greeted and seated under an umbrella. We had already read the menu and knew exactly what we wanted: Salad Camarguaise. While waiting on our food we enjoyed watching the people in the square...seems like everyone in Arles was at the square right then. No matter, we were cozy and cool under the umbrella. Our salad arrived and we were so glad we only ordered one, because it was just the right size for the two of us. The lettuce was cold, the tomatoes were perfect and it was simply a wonderful salad! The service here is friendly and attentive. It was the perfect experience on a hot summer afternoon.

Although this restaurant is in the centre of the Place du Forum its home bar is just off the square and quite authentic. At lunchtime we could sit outside as long as we wanted with a drink and watch people of the world go by. The bar itself seems to be frequented by the French and you have to go inside to be served by an unfriendly barman. Having negotiated all this enjoy yourself!

It was awful. We came here for lunch during visiting photography festival. Food was extremely terrible. Salad looks and also tastes like vomitus. My beef tartare was like beef mince directly came from supermarket beef counter. Awful! Please think it through if u wanna order any food here. 这的东西实在太离谱。沙拉酱闻起来是坏的。米饭也是酸的。面包不新鲜明显在外面放了一会。别提我那个牛肉塔塔，简直就是超市买回来的绞肉馅。这个餐厅服务还很差。真的不要来。

Pleasant and efficient service. the coast was good and trimmed at the choice without extra charge. fast service.