Bayonne Restaurants

  1. Auberge du Cheval Blanc

    Renowned as one of the town's most exclusive restaurants, this refined eatery with its pastel tones and original art work fully deserves its Michelin star for its mouth-watering creative French cuisine. A must with the business set at lunchtime.

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  2. Bar-Restaurant du Marché

    You can fill yourself to bursting point for under around €15 at this unpretentious place with its ample, homely cooking, but a stone's throw from the market and run for 30 years by the same welcoming, Basque-speaking family.

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  3. Bistrot Ste-Cluque

    There's only one menu here - a large blackboard that's propped up before you. Noisy (the music's a decibel or two too loud), smoky and with waiters bustling about everywhere, it's a wonderful, no-pretensions place.

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  4. Bodega Ibaia

    This atmospheric Basque restaurant/tapas bar with wooden benches, sawdust on the floor and traditional Spanish tiling is more informal than most of the terrace restaurants on this popular stretch.

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  5. La Grange

    With a shady outside terrace, this popular place overlooks the River Nive. Basque music plays sotto voce in the cosy interior, hung with hanks of dried peppers and garlic. Traditional French flavours include plenty of seafood options and the desserts are to die for.

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  6. Le Chistera

    This very Basque place deservedly features in many a French gastronomic guide. It's aptly named (the chistera is the basket that pelota players strap to their wrists) and decorated with motifs from the sport, the owner having spent 14 years in the US as a professional player.

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  7. Restaurant Agadir

    This enthusiastically decorated restaurant in St-Esprit, shimmering with red and gold, serves up southern Moroccan-style couscous dishes.

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  8. Restaurant François Miura

    This ultrastylish place has a strictly postmodern décor. It's one of the places to be seen in Petit Bayonne, where the food, such as tender pigeon stuffed with foie gras, is just as fashionable as the clientele.

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