Restaurants in Nîmes
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Restaurant Le Menestrel
The husband and wife team who have taken over the Menestrel offer a range of gastronomic delights. Meat and fish are of the freshest and all desserts are homemade. Peek at the guest book with its multilingual tributes to the quality of the cuisine and observe yourself in the giant overhead mirror as you tuck in. There's always a choice for vegetarians and menus are in both English and French.
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Le Marché sur la Table
You could just pop in for a glass of wine at this friendly spot, run by up-and-coming young chef Éric Vidal and his partner, Caroline. But you’d be missing a lot. Éric buys fresh and organic from the nearby food market, his fish is never farmed and Caroline maintains a large selection of local wines. Eat in the attractively furnished interior or quiet, green rear courtyard.
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Le Bouchon et L'Assiette
Refined cuisine indeed. Dishes are attractively presented and described sotto voce as they're slipped before you. For dessert, go for the blanc manger, a smooth, creamy confection of white chocolate beneath a bed of stewed berries and worlds away from the synthetic blancmange of childhood parties. Service can be slow so come with a thick book or a scintillating companion.
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Côte Bleue
Decked in attractive Provençal blues and deep yellows, tiny and bustling, it's as attractive inside as on its summer terrace. Save a cranny for the gâteau de marrons et noix, a dessert that looks like sludge, tastes like ambrosia and comes with a generous squirt of Chantilly cream.
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Carré d’Art
This is a place to enjoy exceptional cuisine in sublimely tasteful surroundings. The classical decor with its gilded mirrors and moulded ceilings blends harmoniously with fresh flowers, bright, contemporary artwork, cascading, feather-light chandeliers and sotto voce canned jazz.
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Grand Café de la Bourse
Great for breakfast or a quick coffee. Sit on the terrace or inside this vast, flamboyant café bang opposite Les Arènes. It was closed when we visited (the proprietor was having a spot of bother with the law), but it should again be serving, in his or his successor's hands soon.
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Au Plaisir des Halles
Ingredients here are the freshest and the lunchtime three-course menu (€20) is excellent value. The photo portraits around the walls are of the winegrowers whose produce features on its impressive list of Languedoc vintages. Located just along the road from the covered market.
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Le 9
Have a meal or simply drop in for a drink at this mildly eccentric place, tucked away behind high green doors with just a sign swinging outside. Eat in the vast, arched former stables or in the leafy, vine-clad courtyard. Everything except the lunch menu is à la carte.
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La Truye qui Filhe
Within the vaults of a restored 14th-century inn, this, the bargain of Nîmes, blends a self-service format with a homely atmosphere and does a superb-value menu (fixed-price meal with two or more courses) that changes daily.
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Les Olivades
To the rear of this excellent wine shop, which alone justifies a visit, there’s an intimate dining area, where Madame in the kitchen and her husband as maître will treat you royally.
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Maison Villaret
This family bakery makes 25 different kinds of bread, cakes, biscuits and local specialities such as caladons (honey and almond-studded biscuits).
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Café Carré
Overlooking Maison Carré. Lounge on one of the terrace's wicker chairs or sit inside, with fresh flowers on the table and lots of gleaming aluminium.
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Grand Café de la Bourse et du Commerce
This vast, flamboyant café, right opposite Les Arènes, is a great spot for breakfast, a quick coffee or a sundowner, either on the terrace or inside.
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La Vinothèque
Knowledgeable staff at La Vinothèque which shares premises with Les Olivades, can guide you through their unbeatable choice of local wines.
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