Hotels/Restaurants and Tasting Menus

I always enjoy a good tasting menu, but it has to be somewhere the food can be expected to be very good as it is usually expensive. When we first tried this at a local restaurant which is my favourite there were 8 courses plus the tiny canape and pre puddings so we got completely lost and could not work out where we were in the list. It was only when a souffle arrived I knew we were nearing the end.

Depends on the restaurant. I like to try different things but need to know exactly what is in the food and what it is cooked in!

Love a tasting menu you get to try food you may not order and the menu is what the Chef has designed so should be their best food.

Our son and daughter have bought DH and I a tasting menu experience at the only Michelin starred restaurant in Northumberland. Having never experienced a tasting menu we are really looking forward to it.

Maybe I’m greedy but they are to small for me I’m still hungry after them

On second thoughts, think that should be food's not foods' !!!

We have tried them on a few occasions; we have always been impressed, and as we will eat anything and are not fussy, have enjoyed each dish. But must admit, some venues have been quite pretentious; the one that is most memorable was a very posh restaurant in Split. The waiter took ages describing each course and the foods' provenance, I had to stifle my giggling when he went in to great detail of where the salt and pepper came from!

Not for me. As a vegetarian I’d miss out on too many if the courses.

I've never been tempted by tasting menus. Both my DDs enjoy them but the more they tell me about it the more I think it sounds pretentious and overpriced. DH and I love our food but we don't want to spend an evening out endlessly discussing food and being interrupted by a stream of waiters bringing the different plates of food. Whether going out as a couple or with friends and family we like to dine with a minimum of interruption so that we can concentrate on each other's company and conversation.

We had a tasting menus at a hotel in Prague when we were there a few years ago. We also had wines to go with each course so my memory of the meal is very hazy ???. Never again!

I like fairly simple food, so it’s not for me ( tried it once).
Tbh I would be happy to have an omelette and a good salad.

I love them but DH not so keen, in fact not remotely keen !
Only found this out when planning to go to a local restaurant tasting menu for his birthday next month. So twice I have paid before only to find now he did not enjoy it .
We have only been married for 37 years so what do I know ?

We have tried several tasting menus over the years, both in the UK and abroad, and have invariably been disappointed. A lot of money for .. not a lot.

Bijou In the days before autoroutes when traveling through France on holiday, we always stopped for lunch at the Relais Routiers for the poulet frites - delicious. Nowadays it is autoroute most of the way but, should you be travelling west along the northern autoroute, there is a good services - Baie de la Somme. A lot of the dishes are prepared on site and there is always a local one. My favourite comprises leek, potatoes and a little ham mixed with cream in a pastry case. There are some similar English dishes.

Back in the 80s we had the tasting menu at a Michelin 2 star in a village near where we were staying in France. It cost an arm and a leg but we only had to pay for electricity and water used at our friends' holiday home. It was superb and I wished we could afford to eat in places like that more often.

Near where we live there is a catering/hospitality and just before the exams the college would do themed dinners. One was based upon one of Heston Blumenthal's books. We had invited some French people to join us and when they saw the menu they were horrified. The fish course was scallops with a white chocolate foam. They each took a mouthful and then one of them asked where could they buy the book. Each course was delicious and the cost was 25 euros each, including wine, chosen to go with the courses by the sommelier students.

This is the first time I have heard of tasting menus. I have not eaten out for very many years.
The mention of France and Beaune reminds me of when camping in France during the 1960s we used to eat at Les Relais Routiers. A chain of restaurants mainly for transport drivers. Real French food.

I like them as I really always prefer very small portions anyway. They can be phenomenally expensive though!

Love a tasting menu, I m not a fussy eater and enjoy good food and wine. Tasting menus are usually paired with a drink to enhance each course and in general are delicious and an education xx

We’ve only ever tried one and a half. First one at a fish restaurant in France. It was very nice, and quite pricey.
The half was at country restaurant here where they had a taster menu of desserts. They were about 8, all served at once in shot glasses on a plate so not really taster as described on here. It was such a good idea. They also did half and half desserts so you could have small dishes of 2 of your favourites.
I’m not a great fan of food that’s been handled a lot for presentation and if it’s hot, I want to eat it hot, not listen to the spiel.

I love tasting menus! I have a small appetite and have always felt daunted by a lot of food. My idea of heaven is a plate of canapes, just like taster food without the spoons. For years whenever we go to restaurants I've had a starter, then another starter instead of a main. They're always far tastier than the rest of the menu. The first time I went to my inlaws to be for Sunday lunch my MIL put so much food on my plate, despite my DHtobe telling her I ate like a bird, I could only eat a quarter of it and she was mortally offended. So yes I love taster menus.

I’ve never had a tasting menu as described but I’d like to try it. Could be a fun and interesting thing to do with a small group of friends/family. I do love the tasting board of desserts which I’ve had a few times. A couple of spoonfuls of any one pud is all I usually want.
The best tasting menu I’ve had was at a Scottish distillery where DH and I shared a tray of variously aged whiskies. An experience we followed up with a lunch of venison in whisky cream sauce and a powerful whisky ice cream. Then, I should be ashamed to say, we drove back to our campsite...

I once won a tasting menu at a Michelin * restaurant. We were a bit sceptical but it was actually very good.

Not keen - I totally get the idea but prefer to choose what I want .

Love tasting menus love trying new things nd having a little of everything

Each to their own, but definitely not for me! Too poncey by far, and if you’re really hungry being served up one mouthful at a time is just irritating. And it takes ages! And all those plates and cutlery. However delicious the mouthfuls are I’ve always found the experience deeply unsatisfying.