Corsican restaurants in Corsica
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Cantina Doria
A Bonifacio institution, this cavernous little joint has a tantalising menu showcasing all the classics of Corsican cuisine, served in snug surrounds complete with wooden benches, copper pots, rustic tools and dented signs. Tuck into perennial favourites such as lasagnes au fromage Corse (lasagne with Corsican cheese) and soupe Corse, aubergines à la bonifacienne (aubergines stuffed with breadcrumbs and cheese), and you'll leave patting your tummy contentedly.
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U Museu
Just below the entrance to the citadel, U Museu may look like your typical tourist trap but that's deceptive. Dine on its gazebo-covered terrace and choose from its wide range of Corsican specialities (the menu Corse is excellent value), including civet de sanglier aux myrtes sauvages (wild boar with myrtle) and tripettes à la Cortenaise (tripe with shallots in a red-wine sauce). It doesn't take reservations and closes on Sunday in low season.
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L'Oliveraie
Offering particularly friendly, attentive service, this restaurant, on the outskirts of town, serves creative family cooking (Madame up front, her son in the kitchen). Try for example squid stuffed with brocciu or the house creation, poulet aux cèpes et pommes (chicken with cepe mushrooms and apple). For dessert, the homemade crunchy chestnut tart contrasts wonderfully with the scoop of ice cream that's served with it.
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Kissing Pigs
Get in early here as this zany fave, right by the harbour, teems with punters from far and wide anxious to wrap their mandibles around some of the best charcuterie and cheese platters in town. Go for the moitié/moitié (half-and-half), which is a combination of the two. Since wines also feature highly here, let things rip with the list of well chosen Corsican tipples. Fiumicicoli, anyone?
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Les 4 Vents
The setting is eye-catching, with seafaring paraphernalia adorning the dining room and a terrace soothingly positioned on the waterfront. Les 4 Vents serves good Corsican dishes made with salutary attention to detail. Push the boat out with the brochette d'espadon (skewered cubes of swordfish) and salade de seiches et crevettes (shrimps and cuttlefish salad). Deadly.
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U Minellu
This small family-run place with its vaulted ceiling and exterior tables beneath a lantern-lit wooden canopy is down a tight alley, just off rue Alsace Lorraine. It offers a good-value menu and a decent range of AOC Corsican wines. The menu Corse includes specialities such as brocciu cannelloni, Corsican cooked pork, and chestnut and apple cake.
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U Tianu
A local favourite that has hardly changed in a quarter of a century, this informal, family-run place is tucked away down a side street and up a flight of rickety stairs behind the Vieux Port. You'll stagger out after indulging in its superb value five-course menu of traditional Corsican favourites (including an aperitif, coffee and a digestif).
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Chez Vincent
A Casarella's neighbour, Chez Vincent offers Corsican staples and wood-fired pizzas. The assiette du bandit Corse (€18.50) features a smorgasbord of local nosh, including stewed veal chestnuts, cured meats, ewe's-milk cheese, wild boar pâté and roast figatellu (liver sausage).
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Paglia Orba
It serves classic Corsican cuisine on its small, flower-decked terrace or in the cool of its airconditioned interior. While the food's well priced and uncomplicated, service would benefit from an extra smile or two; maybe we chose a bad day but staff were particularly glum.
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L'Acropole
The restaurant of Eden Park hotel has a gorgeous setting and is renowned for its gourmet cuisine. The menus, based on French and Corsican traditional cooking, include steaks, charcuterie, local fish and seafood, all presented with style.
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Le Jardin
This restaurant, which adjoins the Hôtel Le Magnolia, serves good, wholesome Corsican food with a nod towards haute cuisine.
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Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a great little delicatessen that specialises in richly scented sausages, charcuterie and other Corsican gastronomic delights.
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Les Délices du Palais
This wonderful little pâtisserie bakes all sorts of tempting Corsican cakes and sweetmeats.
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