RestaurantsHereafter a list of restaurants that we recommend through our own experience. :
* : Friendly, casual and reasonably-priced
** : Traditional and refined
*** : Top-class cuisine
BORDEAUX :
* BODEGA - 05 56 01 24 24
A stone-throw away from the Grand Theâtre.
For those who like to sing and dance.
Spanish ambiance guaranteed.
** CAFE BORDELAIS - 05 56 51 73 16
At the heart of Bordeaux, this very good bistro offers first-rate food and the wine list is well-thought
*** LE CHAPON FIN - 05 56 79 10 10
One of the finest restaurants in Bordeaux.
< ** CHEZ PHILIPPE - 05 56 81 83 15
In the old city. Fish…exclusively.
* LE DRAGON D'OR - 05 56 51 64 93
One of the finest Asian restaurants of the region.
** L'ESTACADE - 05 57 54 02 50
Facing the place de la Bourse. Creative cooking to match a judiciously-thought wine-list. This is one place in Bordeaux that enjoys a breath-taking view over the river and the town.
** LE PORT DE LA LUNE - 05 56 49 15 55
At the far end of the quay, en face the slaughter-house, in a area where things are on the move at night.
Jazz to go along with good food and good wines.
*** LES PLAISIRS D'AUSONE - 05 56 79 30 30
A very refined cuisine that satiates the palate.
*** RESTAURANT LE GRAVELIER - 05 56 48 47 15
Quartier des Chartrons, Mr Troisgros's grand-daughter. A very nice place indeed.
* TAJ-MAHAL - 05 56 51 92 05
Very good Indian cuisine. You will rely on beer rather than on wine to accompany your meal.
*** RESTAURANT LE SAINT JAMES
Across the river, on the other side of the Garonne. This restaurant situated on a hilltop overlooking Bordeaux offers a creative and innovative cuisine.
** Le Quai ZACO 80 quai des Chartrons
80 quai des Chartrons
It is a place where decoration is between modern and the traditional. The beauty and the taste of the plates will make your imagination sailing on succulent banks the new chef wants to make us discovering.
Starter, main dishes, dessert, the whole choice will be a beautiful surprise by the diversity preparations.
** La Boulangerie 48 rue Barreyre
48 rue Barreyre
A little more than 20 years success for this establishment where the Lesage family, knew to keep the charm of a rustic and cordial framework, with its old baker's oven condemned, its walls out of apparent stones, its furniture out of wooden, the coppers fixed on the wall and its filtered light.
The decoration involves us in a pleasant environment .
Starter, main dishes, dessert, the whole choice will be a beautiful surprise by the diversity preparations.Make up your mind among the specialities: calf sweetbread, eels persillade, steaklets, côtes de boeuf and cockerels with the multiple sauces (green pepper, roquefort, boletus with the red wine with the choice).
Smile and simplicity are also served with the menu.
* Le Golden Apple rue Borie - 05 57 97 06 00
British pub with a great choice of beers
Trust the chef for the dish of the day!
Large varieties of very good home made hamburgers.
SAINT-EMILION :
* L'ENVERS DU DECOR - 05 57 74 48 31
Wines are served by the glass and the day's menu depends on what is available at the market. Open all year round. Château Franc-Mayne is available on the wine list.
*** L'HOSTELLERIE DE PLAISANCE - 05 57 55 07 55
The Rolls Royce of restaurants - Very fine wine list focused on Saint-Emilions.
* HUITRIER PIE - 05 57 24 69 71
Warm welcome. Casual and friendly atmosphere. On can eat outside in the small garden in the summer.
** LOGIS DE LA CADENE - 05 57 24 71 40
Traditional cooking. The wine list is exciting.
** RESTAURANT LE TERTRE - 05 57 74 46 33
Traditional cuisine. Good wines available from the list.
BASSIN D'ARCACHON :
* LA CORNICHE - 05 56 22 72 11
At the sea-side, with access to the Pyla sand dune and the beach
A unique place to enjoy a hearty cuisine in tune with the season and the market.
* CHEZ PIERRE - 05 56 22 52 94
At the heart of the town, with a superb view on the Bassin d'Arcachon.
Sea food to be enjoyed with a bottle of Voyageur Blanc available from the wine list. The food is very good.
** PINASSE CAFE - 05 56 03 77 87
Across the Bassin d'Arcachon, by the water, enjoy a refined and creative cuisine. Try the mussels " en papillotte ". Warm welcome.
* CHEZ HORTENSE - 05 56 60 62 56
At the far end of the Cap Ferret. The view on the sand dune of the Pyla is superb. We specially like the mussels and the fresh soles from the Bassin d'Arcachon
* L'ESCALE - 05 56 60 68 12
This bistro is always full. It was built long before the road existed, which explains its location en face the landing stage. The cooking is fine.
** LA MAISON DU BASSIN
A most charming place, located in the area of the Cap Ferret dedicated to oyster-farming.
A hearty cuisine. The buffet of home-made desserts is simply irresistible, specially for those with a sweet tooth.
** LE ROND POINT DE L’HERBE
Village de l’Herbe.
With the shade of the arbour in summer or close to the fireplace in winter, one assists idler at the cooking in the chimney of superb dishes with the accents of sun, garlic and olive oil.
The carte, made up of fresh products, changes every three months and one finds with the liking of the seasons oysters of the Bassin, plates of sea with lobster, farm chickens from Landes stuffed with mushrooms, shoulders of lamb on ember with crystallized garlic, poêlées of fresh cod to and sweet peppers, pots of fresh lobster sauce crustacean to peppers of Espelette and other plates of the Bassin on ember with the basil butter....
* LE BISTROT DU BASSIN
Lège Cap Ferret
Vast and luminous, the dining room associates charm of the walls in bleached pine and the authenticity of the seats in chestnut.
The restaurant proposes a refined regional cuisine made up of fresh products of the season.
The chef creates harmonizations by combining products from Aquitaine with Mediterranean ones, the mixture of savours being his principal concern.