Brasserie Blanc

This place is more a ⁷⁄₁₀ or 3.5 but not a 4*!
The service was friendly and efficient. We had booked table after being given a champagne afternoon tea virgin experience for 2. We arrived at 3pm on Sunday and were seated straight away. We were offered our fizz straight away and asked when we would like our tea. Our food came after 10 minutes which allowed us to settle and sip our champers. The sandwiches were OK — above par compared with other places and presented nicely however the fillings were the normal cucumber & cream cheese, smoked salmon and ham. The scones were lovely — big, warm and fluffy and came with tonnes of clotted cream. The jam however was jarred tiptree — bit disappointing. The famous lemon drizzle was a bit dry and burnt but not baaad. The chocolate mousse on biscuit base was sooo indulgent and delicious and finally the homemade compote with cream on top was refreshing and fruity. They forgot to offer us our tea so we didn’t get it until after I had finished my scones (couldn’t help but scoff them down) which was a shame however the tea choices were nothing special; a few Tea Pig flavours — another thing I think they could improve on. Overall as a gift it was nice but if I had paid I would have been a little disappointed.
The décor is modern and light and the main menu looked and smelled great so I would be keen to go back for dinner with a group of friends.

Hot chocolate was my favorite. Split pea soup was good too. I tried their omelette and it was wayyyy over cooked. The casserole was just ok; some pieces of the venison were too chewy for me. It can get so LOUD with children around. I did my best to embrace it.

A leader amongst high street restaurants, Brasserie Blanc has always been adventurous with their menu, challenging the limits and making new flavours widely available at high street prices.
Its new challenge for the holiday season is to incorporate game meat into their winter menu, be it pigeon, pheasant or venison.
Me and my friend tried several of the game dishes and they were all quite good, both the terrine and pigeon salad make excellent starters. Trying pigeon for the first time, I found it particularly gamey, much closer to beef in taste than other poultry like chicken or duck.
The venison main strongly reminded me of venison pies, which I believe are relatively common and felt equally warming. I can not decide if it’s something your mom would cook at home on a cold winter’s night or a perfectly cooked fancy dish as both statements could be simultaneously accurate.
The pheasant as expected was much fancier than your average Christmas turkey and they told us that people shy away from picking it out as the choice of meat for a roast, particularly Christmas dinner, however there is no need to do so as you could even cook it at home by placing it inside a plastic bag to recreate the effect of a steam oven. For dessert we had an assortment of chocolate sweets, all quite delicious.
These game dishes are available at their Christmas menu so making some time to have a nice dinner there, treat yourself or even book your office lunch would be a great opportunity to try some new types of meat not commonly found in the high street.

Nice restaurant that is good value for money. It’s on Charlotte St but not as posh as some of the other eateries in the vicinity.
I really wanted to like Brasserie Blanc but nothing really gelled for me. I ordered the medley of salads which was a sampling platter of their various cold salads. Nothing was particularly good or stood out and it was overall, quite disappointing. I then had the Brixham dressed crab which also lacked any real flavour and also had bits of crab shell mixed into the meat. It should have at least come with some bread but was served with a salad and some side sauce which I assume was supposed to be eaten with the crab. Again, the dish just didn’t work.
Service had potential as everyone was attentive and friendly. Although I didn’t really appreciate the waiter coming and barking out the orders as he tried to fit the right dish to the right person. Overall, I think they were doing a good job, despite a few minor cock-​ups.
The wine was good though.
I want to like Brasserie Blanc but there was something missing.