Restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

1 room - 1 terrace

La Rencontre

What emanates from La Rencontre is love. The Chef's love of seasonal cuisine, plants and fresh produce, things done with taste, from your plates to the decor. The love of an essential encounter in family history.

Let yourself be enveloped by the atmosphere and warm welcome of La Rencontre, the home-made flavors of its Chef Grégoire Nadeaud, and the restaurant's beautiful history, which enriches that of the medieval town of Montreuil-Bellay.

The Chef

Chef and owner of La Rencontre, Grégoire Nadeaud is committed to promote the local terroir and the produce of the Saumur region. Today, he brings his approach and experience as a chef to work in his own establishment.

"Ardoise" Menu

A creative and varied selection that is sure to arouse your curiosity and delight your taste buds, the "ardoise" menu is a way of sharing delicious messages with you...Discover homemade cuisine in a friendly restaurant...You'll be asking for more!

Garden vegetables

Determined to showcase local produce, Grégoire Nadeaud, Chef at La Rencontre, cooks the vegetables he grows in his personal kitchen garden.

The history of the restaurant

The restaurant's history stretches back through time and generations, making La Rencontre a place rich in meaning for the whole of the Chef's family. And there's no doubt that without THE essential meeting of Romain and Louisette, the story wouldn't have the same flavor...

Gallery

A table and its plant decoration at the La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

In a corner of the main dining room at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

Main dining room with bar at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

Table decoration at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

Plant decoration on the bar of La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

In the main dining room of La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

Buddha statue in a lighted niche on the terrace of La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

The bar at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay

Illuminated tree at the back of the main dining room at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay.

The terrace of La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay, in the spring sunshine

Outdoor lounge at La Rencontre restaurant

The first vegetables from the chef's garden at La Rencontre restaurant

Salads from the chef's garden at La Rencontre restaurant

Chef Grégoire Nadeaud, putting the finishing touches to a dish at La Rencontre restaurant, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays de la Loire.

A hen posing next to a delicious dish at La Rencontre restaurant, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays de la Loire

Chef Grégoire Nadeaud's chickens in the snow. La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire

A tree-shaped light fixture created by Chef Grégoire Nadeaud in his restaurant La Rencontre in Montreuil-Bellay (49)

Christmas decorations and quote at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay (49): "Of all passions, the only truly respectable one seems to me to be...gluttony" (Maupassant)

Table decorated for Christmas at La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay (49)

𝑃𝑎̂𝑡𝑒́ 𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑢̂𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑐œ𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑖𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠, 𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑡, 𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛. At La Rencontre restaurant in Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire

A luminous tree created by Chef Grégoire Nadeaud in his restaurant La Rencontre in Montreuil-Bellay (49)

Your reviews about La Rencontre

    
 
 
       We found this place on a quiet Tuesday evening as we were passing through France. It had delicious vegetarian options, and they adapted two starters to make them vegeterain for us. It was very friendly and relaxed, and the food really was a taste sensation. It was beautifully presented. I especially enjoyed that the maitre de's daughter was running around outside with her puppy and house dog.
  
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   Rosh Lal 
 23/09/2026
 
 
 
      Superbe surprise, des produits locaux, de saison et une préparation délicate et raffinée. Service attentif et chaleureux, excellent sur tous les plans ! Merci !
  
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   Agnès Garoux 
 20/09/2026
 
 
 
      Excellent accueil lors de notre déjeuner en terrasse. Les plats étaient tous succulents et très bien présentés. Nous avons apprécié le vin rouge Ugo (nom de notre chien 😉) Nous recommandons cet établissement et nous reviendrons très prochainement.
  
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   Caroline Vernant 
 15/09/2026
 
 
 
      De passage à center parc nous avons partagé un moment en famille avec 2 nourrissons dans ce restaurant ! Le personnel a été très arrangeant, nous a chauffé nos biberons. Le service, la cuisine, le personnel tout était réunis. C’était divinement bon !

Nous sommes plus que satisfait de cette trouvaille, un grand merci d’avoir contribué à la réussite de notre premier week end tous ensemble avec nos jumeaux 🙏
  
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   POIRIER Romane 
 14/09/2026
 
 
 
      Excellente surprise et découverte ! Carte bistronomique et équipe très sympathique !
  
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   C Macaigne 
 13/09/2026
 
 
 
      Une très belle découverte ! C'est la 3ème fois qu'on y va et c'est toujours parfait : la cuisine est excellente, le service sympathique et chaleureux, avec un excellent rapport qualité /prix. On y passe un très bon moment,  que demander de plus !
  
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   Coulon carole 
 13/09/2026
 
 
 
      Lieu agréable, convivial.cuisine savoureuse et originale.service impeccable.
  
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   Alain 
 12/09/2026
 
 
 
      Excellente adresse et belle découverte !
Cadre joli et agréable, service bienveillant et aux petits soins, cuisine succulente, extra, tout est divin de l'accueil au service et à la dégustation 😍 je recommande les yeux fermés !
  
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   Emilienne B-D 
 11/09/2026
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
   Évaluation Google : 4.9 sur 5, Basée sur 463 avis

How to find us

432 rue Nationale
49260 Montreuil-Bellay
02 41 03 71 36

Opening days

Friday to Tuesday
Lunch & dinner