The Mad Dog is a unique and exciting brand that offers a one-of-a-kind experience for its customers. With a focus on quality and creativity, The Mad Dog is known for its exceptional cuisine, vibrant atmosphere, and excellent service. Located in a prime location, The Mad Dog has quickly become a favorite among locals and visitors alike. The brand prides itself on its innovative menu, featuring a wide range of dishes that are prepared with the finest ingredients and presented in a visually stunning manner. The Mad Dog also offers an extensive selection of premium beverages, including wines, cocktails, and craft beers. Whether you're looking for a memorable dining experience or a place to enjoy a night out with friends, The Mad Dog is the perfect choice.
Amenities and More
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Planning
- Accepts reservations
- Payments
- Credit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Pluxee
- Service options
- Outdoor seating
- Offerings
- Cocktails
- Amenities
- Bar on site
- Dining options
- Brunch
Reviews
Excellent evening at this great restaurant. Staff very friendly, food very good and 10+ for atmosphere! Kid friendly as we did an early sitting with baby and 6 year old! Sebastian our waiter served us Pear liqueur at the end. Yummy!!
This restaurant is located in a walk only area. I’ll be only reviewing the food. Service was great. I placed my orders. I notice how the hot orders was prepared by one cook. She was very efficient sending plates after plates within a couple of minutes from each other. I commented how fast she was. Then I realized once I had my main in front of me that it was not prepared hot…like cooking from a raw product until cooked for me. It was prepared ahead of time then was kept in a warming rack and plated when a customer orders it. So my fish dish came to me room temperature and my other diner had poultry which was room temperature also.
To me eating out is to enjoy a hot cook meal. Not something prepared hours ago then gets plated. Very disappointing when you travel half around the world to eat food that was cooked hours ago!! This would be a great restaurant except for that practice.
PS. Sorry, I was so upset that I forgot to take photos.
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The reviews seem amazing but I could not recommend people more to stay away from this place.
Firstly we arrive to an empty restaurant, very excited with our choice as it seemed to be in a nice part of town and a very nice atmosphere. The waiter seats us and we compliment how nice the place seems and we chose to sit outside. Initially we were quite charmed by him.
As we start ordering it didn't seem to be done quick enough nor did he try to really help us make a choice, he seemed rather weird and short as well as just a weird attitude towards especially me. The restaurant is still completely empty so we didn't really understand this attitude.
We pick a wine which was once again uncomfortable rather than informative.
Food arrives and I have to admit the starters we had were not bad. The salad was old but within the limit I'd say but the food was tasty. The waiter remains weird, friendly but also indicating he doesn't really want to be of any service, short, weirdly friendly yet it was clear there was no actual intent to help/serve.
The mains were just terrible, the steak first time was completely dry and overcooked we sent it back without trying. The second time it was still flavourless, with a terrible sear. A supermarket for 10~ € could have done better.
The chicken was dry, overcooked and just not good. Sauces were okay. Grandma's mashed potatoes was a mix of instant potato powder and perhaps a few real potatoes.
All 3 of us work, or did work in service/ restaurant industry frankly it's unacceptable.
Extremely disappointing service. Ignored us basically all night, couldn't care less about the service he provided to us we saw he was friendlier with the French people around us stopping for a chat and offering them tap water instead of charging us 6 Euro's for a "still water" tap water was not an option.
Perhaps "Jean" if you treat some people like you treated us, don't tell them your name.
Quite surprised by the high reviews of this place. The menu is short with a focus on steak, so you’d think they’d be good at their core dishes. Not so. We ordered the steak for two (à point, similar to a U.S. medium rare), and it came out well done. The sides dishes were inedible: soggy fries and root vegetables in a pool of oily water. Wait staff seemed overwhelmed and could not be tracked down as they ran back and forth across the restaurant. We asked for our steak to go in hopes of salvaging it at home as a beef stew or something. They took it away and it never came back. The only think we liked - and why we gave an extra star - was the cave where you can go pick your own wine.
this place was recommend by our guide. The place was okay, the service (poor sebastien) was superb but when we left most of our food because it was so bad, he didn’t even ask what was wrong or offer alternatives. Later we found out that he was a part owner. The food was horrible. Not edible. Our cote du bouef ( the most expensive on the menu) was so tough we couldn’t slice them with our steak knives. The pea gazpacho was bland and pasty, the razor clams were very very fishy, and not for the weak heart. The fumes from the grilling were filling up the little court with thick smoke. All in all don’t go, was not worth the time, money or the palate.
This is a proper French bistro. The food was excellent. It is so French you have pinch yourself that your not on a film set. If you're staying in Tours it's well worth a visit
Really great place to have dinner. Wonderful atmosphere, top service and really good food. We highly recommend to go there if you look for a good restaurant with a personal touch. Thanks!
Very disappointing. Don’t be deceived by the high rating. If you make a reservation online they will not honor it. Like a sauna in the restaurant. Waiters sweating over the big loaf of bread they cut and serve to customers. Mind you the waiters never wear gloves and are soaking the bread with their sweat. Surprised this this establishment is not shut down for heath and sanitation issues.
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