The story
Tucked along the Quai François Tissard in Amboise, L’Essar Sprint has earned a standout rating of 4.5 stars—and the praise from Italian food-travel creators Where The Foodies Go is immediate. In their season finale, they call it “a fantastic restaurant in Amboise, one of our favorite spots in the Loire,” commending the kitchen’s creative and delicious cooking. A five-course meal there, they note, came to just €72 for two—a remarkable value given the evident ambition on the plate.
The menu draws from a refined European palette: starters like rice paper with cauliflower cream and celery mousse give way to a marinated grilled plate with vegetable potatoes and foam, Atlantic cod with grilled cauliflower and black lemon powder, and beef with grilled vegetables and beetroot juice. A lemon meringue tart finishes. Each dish is marked as a favorite by the reviewer, reinforcing L’Essar Sprint as a quietly confident destination for precise, inventive Loire dining.
Synthesised by AI from every creator’s review. First reviewed 2023.
Most-loved dishes
AI summary of what 5 dish mentions say about the food
The lemon meringue torte is the undisputed star, a bright, creamy triumph. The overall vibe is one of simple, sun-drenched satisfaction.
“This is a cake with meringue and lemon cream. The dark part is the usual burnt lemon they put everywhere here. Behind there's a crumble. The meringue is very delicate, it disappears in your mouth. The lemon cream is delicious, very sour. The crunchy part, the crumble, since the meringue disappears, it's a really cool dish. How good is this? Really an excellent choice.”
What creators say
1 creator has covered L'Essar Sprint. Most active: Where The Foodies Go
- Where The Foodies GoLoved
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A fantastic restaurant in Amboise, one of our favorite spots in the Loire. The food is creative and delicious, and the total bill was only €72 for two, highly recommended.
Dishes mentioned
Entrée: Carta di Riso con Crema di Cavolfiore e Mousse di Sedano
This starter is rice paper with a cauliflower cream and a celery mousse. It's very good. There are smoked fish fillets on top. Look how beautiful it is.
Grigliata Marinata con Patate Vegetali e Spume
This is a marinated grilled dish with vegetable potatoes and various foams and creams. All the flavours come together beautifully with a cheese called Tom, plus leek and quinoa as a base. It's a cold dish, like a salad. The butter has been aged perfectly. Look at this beautiful butter with tonka bean.
Manzo con Verdurine Grigliate e Succo di Barbabietola
This beef with grilled vegetables is wonderful just to look at. Look at the tenderness, you can see the beetroot juice. Look at the cooking, there's a crust. I'd fall on my face for it like the day in Abruzzo. The flavour is really good. This is a good beef, slightly pink, a bit sweet, a bit sour, perfect.
Filetto di Merluzzo Atlantico con Cavolfiori Grigliati e Polvere di Limone Nero
This Atlantic cod fillet is cooked perfectly. Look, I'll turn it over. There's a lot of butter. These are grilled cauliflowers with black lemon powder, which are dried Persian lemons that we also have at home. We bought them at the Bollo Market.
Torta con Meringa e Crema al Limone
This is a cake with meringue and lemon cream. The dark part is the usual burnt lemon they put everywhere here. Behind there's a crumble. The meringue is very delicate, it disappears in your mouth. The lemon cream is delicious, very sour. The crunchy part, the crumble, since the meringue disappears, it's a really cool dish. How good is this? Really an excellent choice.
