Clermont-Ferrand & Around Restaurants

  1. Brasserie Danièle Bath

    This classy little place, where contemporary art hangs from the walls, serves top-quality dishes based on fresh local ingredients from the adjacent central market. Dining is a delight on its summer terrace.

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  2. Crêperie-Grill le 1513

    This cavernous restaurant occupies the ground floor of a sumptuous mansion built in 1513 - hence the name. For a hefty snack, go for a galette (savoury buckwheat crepe). For the ravenous, the French fries that accompany the mains must have depleted half a potato field. Go downstairs to the lovely internal terrace for summer dining.

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  3. Fleur de Sel

    Fleur de Sel specialises in fine fish and seafood, which feature in every dish except the desserts. It's small, stylishly furnished and popular, so you'll need to book.

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  4. L'Alambic

    Meaning the Still (there's a handsome brass example on display and photos of artisan distilling around the walls), this is the place to sample Auvergnat dishes. The house speciality (so much a favourite that 15 kilos of Cantal cheese is purchased every week) is aligot , a stretchy confection of potato, cheese, garlic and cream.

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  5. Le Lypocan

    More than 25 years in business, this informal, immensely popular pizza and pasta joint also does meaty mains with an Italian touch.

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  6. Les Goûters de Justine

    This charming tearoom - it's rather like stepping into your great aunt's parlour - is a haven of calm and mellowness in the heart of the city. It also offers a range of snacks.

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  7. Ostréo Bar

    This tiny hole in the wall offers oysters whenever there's an 'r' in the month.

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  8. Relais de Pascal

    This seething bar-restaurant du quartier (neighbourhood restaurant) serves Auvergnat dishes, mainly pork-based, on marble tables. Ample platters of pig-based charcuterie are dished up any old time and it does an excellent menu du terroir of regional delights.

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