Restaurants in Brittany
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Le Coquillage
Super chef Olivier Roellinger’s latest project is his sumptuous restaurant Le Coquillage and hotel housed in the extremely impressive Château Richeux, 4km to the south of Cancale. Roellinger’s creations have earned him three Michelin stars and you won’t have trouble seeing why if you’re lucky enough to get a table here. The Maritime Adventure menu (€90) takes in many culinary highlights of both Brittany and Normandy, from fresh scallops to the region’s dishes, all beautifully cooked and imaginatively served. Booking well ahead is essential. As well as offering rooms at Château Richeux, Roellinger offers a range of cottages and other deluxe accommodation around Ca…
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Le Cosy Restaurant
Pas de crêpes! (No crêpes!) the blackboard menu on the street proclaims. Inside, make your way through the épicerie (specialist grocer) crammed with locally canned sardines, ciders and other Breton produce and up the narrow staircase to the eclectic, artistic dining room, where you can tuck in to specialities like gratins and tartines (open sandwiches) made from market ingredients. It's important to reserve for evening dining, as this place is fearfully popular.
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La Ville d’Ys
La Ville d’Ys is probably the town’s most famous crêperie, named for the fabled Atlantis-style submerged city of Breton legend. Tucked inside a two-storey 15th-century house with a slanted wooden staircase and colourful crockery displayed on the walls, La Ville d’Ys serves up mouth-watering black wheat pancakes with sublime taste combinations.
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Le Petit Gaveau
This charming find is a sleek conversion of an old stone-walled house that plays host to simple yet excellent food (the gourmet burger is superb), and is a world away from the fussy gastronomy and crêpes you'll find elsewhere in town. There's live jazz Thursday to Saturday (€3 supplement per diner). It's worth reserving in the evenings.
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L'Ambroisie
Quimper's most celebrated gastronomic restaurant is sumptuously decorated with contemporary art and elegant china on snow-white tablecloths. Regional produce provided by chef Gilbert Guyon's friends is used in the creation of house specials like sole with new potatoes and caramelised onions. Cooking classes are available by request.
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Crêperie la Krampouzerie
In an atmospheric space with blue-and-white-tiled wooden tables, crêpes and galettes are made from organic flours and regional ingredients like algues d'Ouessant (seaweed from the Île d'Ouessant), Roscoff onions and homemade ginger caramel. Tables fill the square outside in fine weather, giving it a street-party atmosphere.
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Crêperie au Pressoir
Opening hours fluctuate, so we recommend checking ahead, but this artisan crêperie in a traditional long Breton house is a rare opportunity to dine right in the middle of a 70-strong cromlech (circle of menhirs). From Carnac-Ville, take rue St-Cornély northwest and turn right on rue du Ménec and follow it north for about 1km.
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Crêperie du Sucré-Salé
For a quarter of a century, locals have crowded into this crêperie decorated with lace curtains, wooden dressers and painted plates on the walls. Breton specialities include saucisse fumée (smoked sausage) and the house speciality forestière, made with mushrooms, smoked lard (fatty bacon) and cheese.
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Le Chalut
This unremarkable-looking establishment is in fact St-Malo's most celebrated restaurant and a must for any self-respecting seafood lover. The kitchen overflows with the best the Breton coastline has to offer – buttered turbot, line-caught sea bass and scallops in Champagne sauce. Reservations for dinner are advised.
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Restaurant Delaunay
This superb yet unassuming-looking restaurant is where Chef Didier Delaunay creates standout gastronomic cuisine within aubergine-painted walls. The menu features succulent dishes both from the surf (Breton lobster is a speciality) and turf (tender lamb). The restaurant is fully wheelchair accessible.
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Crêperie Margaux
Watch the owner of this wonderful little crêperie on violet-filled Marché aux Légumes making traditional crêpes by hand (her motto: 'if you're in a hurry, don't come here'). The aromas wafting through the timber-lined dining room, and the scads of happy diners, prove it's well worth the wait.
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La Bouche en Folie
Hidden away from the tourist trail, this sleek joint oozes Gallic gorgeousness from every nook and cranny. The menu gives a modern spin to French staples – lamb is fricasséed with garlic and artichokes, while monkfish is partnered by peas, black olives and asparagus. Sumptuous.
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Le Venezia
This cosy, Italian-inspired restaurant just off the main waterfront drag brims with diners and no wonder - its pastas, fish and salads are all bellissimo. There are two tiny steps out the front, but otherwise excellent wheelchair access includes an internal ramp.
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La Porte au Vin
Highly recommended, this place in the centre of the walled city is a lovely spot in fine weather, with a pretty patio terrace shaded by a red awning. It's consistently strong on traditional cooking (which in Concarneau means fish), as well as its excellent crêpes.
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Crêperie du Grand Chemin
This cheerful, cobalt-blue painted place is great for authentic Breton crêpes, with seafood crêpes a specialty, but even the most basic crêpe au beurre (buttered crêpe) will melt in your mouth.
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Café Licorne
This popular and relatively good-value place for a sit-down lunch within the walls has a buzzing terrace and a funky feel. Crêpes, omelettes, salads, a decent club sandwich and fresh moules (mussels) dominate the menu.
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Aux Remparts
Enjoy a very Breton lunchtime menu of fish soup, moules frites and Breton prune cake, far. Aux Remparts also has an inventive range of savoury crêpes such as mushrooms in cream sauce.
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Côté Jardin
The charming, friendly Côté Jardin presents regional and traditional French cuisine, with a scenic terrace overlooking the marina and St-Malo's walled city. Doodlers can draw on the table with coloured pencils provided.
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La Verrière
Barbecued fish is the speciality of Concarneau's hippest hang-out, set around a covered courtyard garden. You can also drop by for tapas or just a drink and take advantage of the free wi-fi.
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La Torchette
One of the enticing biscuiteries within Ville Close is La Torchette, with chocolate sculptures and Breton biscuits by the bucketful.
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Crêperie St-George
For consistently great-value crêpes close to the beach, try the contemporary Crêperie St-George in the Galeries St-George centre.
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La Croisiere
Just back from the boat-filled marina, the lively La Croisiere is a local fave for its seafood straight off the boat.
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Ti Cass’ de’Halles
This is one of the best salad and sandwich options, with a clutch of outdoor terrace tables.
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Pain de Campagne
Sandwich shops are in no short supply in St-Malo, but many of them are sub-par and expensive. The cheerful little Pain de Campagne is where locals come for creative sandwich combinations on a variety of breads, and at least a couple of hot meals per day.
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