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Le Lion d'Or - Amboise, 17 Quai Charles Guinot

QUAI CHARLES GUINOT 17, 37400 AMBOISE

Closed now · opens 12:00

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Menu

Source: the restaurant's website, read on 14 September 2026. Prices and dishes may have changed since.

Calories and carbohydrates are estimates by an AI model based on this menu, made on 14 September 2026, for a typical portion. They are not medical advice and do not replace what the kitchen can tell you. "Diabetes-friendly" means: modest carbohydrates for the course, little sugar and no fast-absorbing base such as fries, white bread or white rice.

Menu Saveurs
Menu Saveurs (Starter, main course, cheese* OR dessert)
46.00
Tasting Menu (3 courses)
estimate≈ 1600 kcal80 g carbsheavy 40
Menu Saveurs (Starter, main course, cheese* & dessert)
55.00
Tasting Menu (4 courses)
estimate≈ 1900 kcal95 g carbsheavy 33
Menu Saveurs (Starter, fish course, meat course, cheese* OR dessert)
64.00
Tasting Menu (4 courses)
estimate≈ 2100 kcal100 g carbsheavy 33
Terrine of beef cheek and foie gras
Beef cheek and foie gras terrine — potatoes with fresh herbs, gherkin sorbet
estimate≈ 550 kcal25 g carbsdiabetes-friendly
Cream of melon soup with yellow pepper and carrot juice
Melon soup with foie gras — colorful carrot salad with ginger, piece of pan-fried foie gras, strawberry sorbet
estimate≈ 480 kcal30 g carbs
Smoked salmon and crab cannelloni
Salmon and crab cannelloni — “paimpol” bean salad with hints of citrus, parmesan crumble, rhubarb sorbet
estimate≈ 420 kcal22 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 67
Vegetarian main coursevegetarian
estimate≈ 650 kcal60 g carbsbalanced 79
Fish of the daypescatarian
smoked aubergine caviar / spiced sauce, blackcurrant gel, salicornia emulsion
estimate≈ 580 kcal18 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 78
La beuchelle tourangelle (kidney/calf sweetbread)
Sweetbreads with yellow wine sauce — yellow wine sauce
estimate≈ 720 kcal15 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 74
Veal
Veal with chanterelles — purple carrot puré with ginger, chanterelle mushrooms, and a sauce made from vine peaches smoked with rosemary
estimate≈ 680 kcal25 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 83
‘rois rose’ pork belly from touraine
Pork belly with langoustines — served with peas, langoustines
estimate≈ 750 kcal20 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 78
Cheese platevegetarian
3 pieces of cheese (goat, cow's, sheep)
estimate≈ 450 kcal8 g carbsdiabetes-friendly
Summer dessert
Summer fruit dessert — tomato, peach, and apricot with flowers in a light jelly, creamy vanilla custard, and sesame crumble
estimate≈ 420 kcal45 g carbsheavy 35
Lemon cream
shortbread and marshmallow with grated coconut, lemon balm gel, coconut cream
estimate≈ 510 kcal55 g carbsheavy 32
A gourmet treat
Caramel and amaretto rice pudding — caramel and amaretto rice pudding, roasted almonds, smoked hay ice cream, orange espuma
estimate≈ 580 kcal60 g carbsheavy 29
Kids menu
Kids menu
22.00
until 12 years old
estimate≈ 800 kcal60 g carbsbalanced 76
Porc meat paté
Pork paté
estimate≈ 250 kcal5 g carbsdiabetes-friendly
Smoked troutpescatarian
estimate≈ 200 kcal2 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 67
Chicken fillet
Chicken fillet with mashed potatoes — homemade mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
estimate≈ 550 kcal40 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 73
Fresh fish from the marketpescatarian
Fresh fish with mashed potatoes — homemade mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
estimate≈ 500 kcal40 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 79
Chocolate fondant
estimate≈ 450 kcal42 g carbsheavy 34
Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sorbet or raspberry sorbet
Ice cream or sorbet
estimate≈ 180 kcal25 g carbs
Lunch menu
Lunch menu (Full)
26.00
Wednesday to Friday lunchtime
estimate≈ 1200 kcal80 g carbs
Lunch menu (STARTER + MAIN COURSE OR MAIN COURSE + DESSERT)
23.00
Lunch Menu (2 courses)
estimate≈ 850 kcal55 g carbsbalanced 69
Beet carpacciovegetarian
fresh figs, chopped roasted almonds, and a fresh goat cheese ceam with garlic and fresh herbs
estimate≈ 280 kcal18 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 66
Roasted pork tenderloin
with “orléans” mustard and smoked bacon, carrot puré with cumin, and meat jus
estimate≈ 650 kcal25 g carbsdiabetes-friendlybalanced 78
Milk chocolate mousse
Chocolate mousse with curry cream — whipped potato and curry cream, cocoa tuile
estimate≈ 520 kcal38 g carbsheavy 31

Is this menu still right?

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Limited vegetarian options

How well a vegetarian eats here, read from the menu. Not a review score.

You can choose the beet carpaccio or the vegetarian main course. There is a cheese plate with three types of cheese.

3 vegetarian and 0 vegan dishes out of 27

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French cuisine with low-carb options

How well someone with diabetes eats here, from the menu and estimated carbohydrates. Not medical advice.

This restaurant offers several high-protein main courses with few carbohydrates. The menu includes good choices for meat and fish.

13 diabetes-friendly · 27 dishes

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Address
QUAI CHARLES GUINOT 17, 37400 AMBOISE
Hours
Monclosed
Tue19:00–20:30
Wed12:00–13:30, 19:00–20:30
Thu12:00–13:30, 19:00–20:30
Fri12:00–13:30, 19:00–20:30
Sat12:00–13:30, 19:00–20:30
Sun12:00–13:30
Contact
+33247570023
Sources
Overture Maps Places (CDLA-Permissive 2.0), le-lion-dor-restaurant-amboise.fr/
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