Le Comptoir du Malt - Liévin

We came several times at our work week near this city. that eating was good, some of the dishes were great, the desserts are excellent (what did they expect? it is frank) and they have a good choice of beer, also, there was not too many. location that close late, so for us, was great. the only point, however, is that the service is a little slow.

We came here last Saturday to dinner, we had not booked, but they found us a table although they were very busy. this place is clearly family oriented and had a good mix of young and old. eating was good enough, we were not 100%. sure what we have ordered because they don't speak much English, but ended with a very nice trio' from a meat stew, a cheese pasta dish and a cold ham bowl, with pomme frites. very beautiful and different from what I would normally order. wein is cheap and they make a large selection of locally brewed beer.

Le Comptoir du Malt in many ways resembles any other American or inspired by them chain restaurant, but the menu clearly shows that the concept is targetted a local audience in the north of France. Our food was OK nothing special ..however uplifted by some very good local beers. The service and ambience was as you'd expect from a family restaurant, and at least, a visit to this kind of establishment gives you a pretty good I think picture of the what the local population looks like. Besides, it is, as far as we could see, the only real restaurant in town, unless you count Buffalo Grill, McDonalds and Burger King as restaurants. I don't...

Externally more appealing than a Buffalo Grill but essentially similar. A large chain and this restauarnt was popular probably exopleined by the dearth of decent independent or family run restaurants in Lievin. Ordered a flammekeuche as a starter. Men did not state how big...this was really a sharing dish for two, but it was absolutely delicious. Ordered a steak for main course asked for it rare but it was definitely blue when served no problem I like blue steak, but anyone ordering should be aware. Chipos with which it was served were not good. They were served in individual chip pan baskets and from the number I could see that were going back hardly touched, others obviously thought so too. Why weren't the cehfs or management noticing and doing something about this? Wine was served in a trendy plastic ice bag not a bucket. This was leaning and would not stand up straight, meaning it had to be propped up by the bread basket. Expensive meal, not great.

We ended eating at this location twice during a three day weekend in the area. Both times, the meals were excellent. The fact that this restaurant is open late made it a great choice while staying there. The food and the beer is quite unique and flavourful and represents the cuisine of the area. The "house" amber ale? Delicious. The fact that we were English in a French establishment was NOT an ISSUE. We were welcomed and between our broken French and their more than adequate English, we got along just fine.The food was great! The atmosphere? Great. Truly a great place to eat while in Lievin.