It's a surprise visit that the Basque restaurant Peña Pil Pil would probably have preferred not to receive.
Thursday, April 20, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron stopped in this establishment located in Pérols (Hérault), while he was traveling in the department to make announcements on the salaries of teachers, reports France Bleu
Hérault
.
According to information from our colleague, this visit had the effect of increasing the Google rating of the restaurant from 5/5 to 1.6/5.
Among the comments, it was in particular possible to read "
the least consumption is invoiced 49.3 € it is much too expensive for people who are nothing
"
, "very poorly frequented place... To be avoided"
or even
" too
noises of saucepans”
.
Resident support
One of the restaurant's servers, Vincent, told
France Bleu
that the establishment had not been informed "
that the president was coming
".
“
It's touching and poignant, there are some not very nice things that have been said.
It's hateful
,
”
he added.
For her part, the manager Marie Carmen, who claims to have an establishment
“in principle well rated”,
deplores that “
the people who left notes do not know what [the restaurant does]
”
.
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Since then, some inhabitants of Pérols have given positive ratings, to raise the overall evaluation of the restaurant.
“
Excellent tapas and a very pleasant place in old Pérols
!
Comment written by a Pérolien who has already set foot in the establishment
,
“
said a surfer in particular.
Good news for the managers of the Peña Pil Pil, the number of comments has gone down, on Saturday April 22, to 17. The rating has gone back to 4.1 stars.