English translation of "au rendez-vous" - "the (good/high) quality of the food is not in evidence/has not materialized/The food's quality is not (very) good"

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216 months ago

Gina W asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	au rendez-vous
Context:	La qualité de la nourriture n'est pas au rendez-vous :
Keywords:	...maigre variété des plats et cuisine simple, même si un buffet est organisé chaque soir : corse, international, tex-mex, rôtisseur, de la mer, primeur et oriental. Un coin grignotage près de la piscine en juillet-août /// another hotel restaurant /// I thought this might mean that no reservations are required, but the sentence talks about the quality of the food, so I'm not so sure.

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216 months ago

wrote:

see explanation

My comment:

It has nothing to do with reservations. It simply means:
The food was of poor quality.
Quality was not there. Was inexistant. Or anything else to that effect...

216 months ago

myrthe wrote:

The quality was poor

My comment:

The quality of the food was poor

216 months ago

myrthe wrote:

the (good/high) quality of the food is not in evidence/has not materialized/The food's quality is not (very) good

My comment:

For example, in Collins Robert, la croissance �sp�r�e n'est pas au rendez-vous=the expected growth has not materialzed.

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