The story of a chef, and the rules that hold the table together.
01
The departure
Marlon Medina grew up in Colombia, between markets and family cooking. He learnt the trade, came to France, stayed. From this double anchoring came a simple conviction: a recipe belongs to no one, only the produce you put in it matters.
02
Settling in
In March 2021 he opened Masama on place de la Bilange, in the heart of Saumur. A small dining room, a kitchen open on trust, and Maria front of house welcoming every table. The name comes from the family; it holds in three syllables what the menu takes an hour to tell.
03
Recognition
The Maître Restaurateur title validated the homemade approach. The MICHELIN Guide listed the restaurant. Then the Bocuse d'Or: Marlon supported Team Colombia as coach and technical adviser, bringing back a demand for consistency visible in every plate.
Mise en place, before service
Our commitments
Four rules that never move
Everything is made on site.Stocks, breads, ice creams, sauces. No plate comes out of a bag.
Sourcing is short.Saumur growers and farmers first, French fishing, directly sourced spices.
The menu is short.Around ten dishes, renewed. That is the condition for freshness and zero waste.
Prices stay fair.Demanding cooking should not become inaccessible: lunch starts at €15.90.
MASAMA, French limited liability company (SARL) with share capital of €5,000. Registered office: 5 place de la Bilange, 49400 Saumur, France. Angers Trade and Companies Register (RCS) 891 869 711 · SIRET 891 869 711 00012 · EU VAT number FR42 891 869 711 · Business code (APE) 5610A (traditional restaurant). Phone: +33 2 53 93 95 82 · E-mail: restaurantmasama@gmail.com.
Publication director
Marlon Medina Pena, managing director of MASAMA.
Hosting
The website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States · phone: +1 650 319 8930 · cloudflare.com.
Credits
Photography: Martin Baron. Website design and development: Orunis.
Intellectual property
All content on this website (texts, photographs, logo, visual identity, code) is the property of MASAMA or its rights holders and is protected by copyright and trademark law. Any reproduction, display or adaptation, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited (articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code).
Bookings and gift cards
Online table booking is provided by Zenchef, and gift cards are issued and managed by Bonkdo, each on its own platform and under its own terms and conditions.
Consumer mediation
In accordance with article L.612-1 of the French Consumer Code, every customer may use a consumer mediator free of charge to settle a dispute amicably, after first attempting to resolve it directly with the restaurant. The competent mediator's details are provided on request, on site or by phone.
Liability
The information published (menu, prices, opening hours) is indicative and may change with the market and the season; only the information given on site is binding. The website links to third-party sites (booking, gift cards, social networks, reviews) whose content is not the responsibility of MASAMA.
Governing law
This website and this legal notice are governed by French law.
Privacy
Data controller
MASAMA SARL, 5 place de la Bilange, 49400 Saumur, France, represented by its managing director, Marlon Medina Pena · +33 2 53 93 95 82 · restaurantmasama@gmail.com.
Data collected
This website has no customer accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no forms. The only personal data processed is what you send us by e-mail (your e-mail address and whatever you choose to include in your message: name, phone number, request), and the technical connection data (IP address, browser, page requested) that any web server receives in order to display pages.
Purposes and legal bases
Your messages are used solely to answer your request (group, private hire, press, question): pre-contractual steps taken at your request and the restaurant's legitimate interest in answering the enquiries it receives (article 6.1.b and 6.1.f GDPR). Connection data is used to deliver the website and protect it against abuse: legitimate interest (article 6.1.f GDPR).
Retention period
E-mail exchanges are kept for twelve months after the last contact, then deleted, unless a legal obligation requires otherwise (accounting records: ten years). The host's technical logs are kept only for a limited period, in line with its privacy policy.
Recipients and processors
Your data is accessible only to the restaurant team and its technical providers: Cloudflare (website hosting and security) and Google (the restaurant's Gmail mailbox; the Google Maps map, only if you choose to display it). Zenchef (online booking) and Bonkdo (gift cards) receive your data only if you use their services, on their own platforms. Your data is never sold or transferred.
Transfers outside the European Union
Cloudflare, Inc. and Google LLC are based in the United States. Both are certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which the European Commission has recognised as ensuring an adequate level of protection (decision of 10 July 2023).
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to and port your data. To exercise these rights, write to restaurantmasama@gmail.com or to the restaurant (5 place de la Bilange, 49400 Saumur, France), or call +33 2 53 93 95 82. If a disagreement persists, you may lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, CNIL, 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France (cnil.fr).
Cookies and trackers
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Security
The website is served exclusively over HTTPS. MASAMA implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access.
