Mont St. Michel

[IPcook]

We're doing a day trip to Mont St. Michel in September, driving there from Orval where we are staying for 3 nights visiting the Normandy beaches and surrounding area. In the past I've noted no positive recommendations for a lunch ,e.g. a souffle, in Mont St. Michel, is that still the case? Any lunch options in the surrounding area?

[sunshine842]

last time we were there, we just bought ham and cheese baguettes and ate them sitting on the wall overlooking the bay. Not great, but respectable, with fresh lettuce and tomatoes, and a little pricey, but not horrible.

It was lunch -- and wasn't a lowest-common-denominator, highest-possible-price disaster in a hot, crowded restaurant.

[IPcook]

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. We had a lovely day touring Mount St. Michel and then did a picnic lunch at a convenient set of picnic tables with a view of the Mount on the road leaving the Mount.

[Parigi]

That's exactly what we always do.
My fave picnic spots with view of Mont St Michel:
- from the pretty coastal village of St Genet,
- on the coastal road between Chérueix and the Mont, with the latter appearing-disappearing in the misty distance.
Both places have picnic tables.

[Delucacheesemonger]

Speaking of rubbish, La 'Merde' Poulard is at a very high point on that list

[John Talbott]

"La 'Merde' Poulard"
Well, I haven't been in 21 years but it was pretty pathetic then.

[deadstroke86]

I do remember reading that almost all the restaurants in Mont St Michel and its vicinity are owned by La 'Merde. Hmmmmm.

[Parigi]

She's infectious.

[deadstroke86]

I can't give a positive review but I can assure you that La Rotisserie was rubbish!

[Parigi]

Quite near Orval (15 minute drive toward Mont St Michel) is the very nice ferme-auberge Le Manoir de Guelle.
http://www.lemanoirdeguelle.com/
It's a farm that runs a restaurant only over the weekend. The beef, lamb and poultry come from the farm. We have had excellent foie gras there,a nd have bought meat - imagine the freshness - from the farm.

[mangeur]

A few ideas here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/795644

Note Crêperie La Sirèn for decent and reasonable crepes and cider.