Restaurants in Bordeaux
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La Tupina
Filled with the aroma of soup simmering inside an old tupina (‘kettle’ in Basque) over an open fire, this white-tableclothed place is feted far and wide for its seasonal southwestern French specialities such as a minicasserole of foie gras and eggs, milk-fed lamb or goose wings with potatoes and parsley. A €16 lunch menu is available on weekdays. La Tupina is a 10-minute walk upriver from the city centre and on a small side street. Any local can point you in the right direction.
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La Bôite à Huîtres
This rickety, wood-panelled little place feels like an Arcachon fisherman’s hut. It’s a sensation that’s quite appropriate because this is by far the best place in Bordeaux to munch on fresh Arcachon oysters. Traditionally they’re served with sausage but you can have them in a number of different forms, including with that other southwest delicacy, foie gras. They’ll also pack them up so you can take them away for a riverfront picnic.
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Le Cheverus Café
In a city full of neighbourhood bistros, this one, smack in the city centre, is one of the most impressive. It’s friendly, cosy and chaotically busy (be prepared to wait for a table at lunchtime). The food tastes fresh and home-cooked and it dares to veer slightly away from the bistro standards of steak and chips. The lunch menus, which include wine, are an all-out bargain.
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Cassolette Café
Extremely popular and great value, this is the place to come for hearty French family-style cooking. You can order the ingredients of your cassolette (casserole cooked on a terracotta plate) using a check-off form and your choices appear promptly. Weekend nights have been known to get a bit rowdy with song-singing students, but it's all good fun.
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L’Estaquade
Set on stilts, this place juts out off the river’s eastern bank. The seafood (bass, cod, scampi, scallops etc) and meat dishes (like pigeon with port and blackcurrant sauce) served here even manage to eclipse the magical views of Bordeaux’ neoclassical architecture. From place de la Bourse, you’ll see the restaurant on the other side of the river.
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L’Entrecôte
Opened in 1966, this unpretentious place doesn’t take reservations and it has only one menu option. But Bordeaux locals continue to queue for its succulent thin-sliced meat (heated underneath by tea-light candles and topped with a ‘secret recipe’ sauce made from shallots and bone marrow), salad and unlimited homemade frites.
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Le Croc-Loup
In the elegant Croc-Loup, small lamps and heavy curtains create a discreet and intimate atmosphere that can seem a trifle formal. The menu, however, is highly innovative: squid ravioli with coriander or gigolette of chicken with foie gras - all of the dishes are prepared with great skill and at very reasonable prices.
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Brasserie Le Noailles
Fronted by a winter garden opening to a dark timber-panelled interior with red velour booths, this classical French brasserie is an elegant affair, with delicious fare including Le Noaille's signature king prawn salad. Plats du jour (daily specials) are available at dinner as well as lunch.
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Baud et Millet
If you like cheese or wine, or both of them, then this cute neighbourhood place with over 250 different cheeses served in myriad forms (including a cheese tagine!) and almost as many wines is unmissable. Serious fromage fans should go for the all-you-can-eat cheese buffet.
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Karl
Simply the place in town for a morning after the night before brunch. These range from a light continental-style affair to the full works with salmon, cheeses, hams and eggs. It’s just as good for a snack at any time of the day and is perpetually packed with a young crowd.
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Moshi Moshi
Moshi Moshi is where Japan meets France head-on in a super-chic, minimalist fashion but where quality food is still the focus. The open kitchen lets you watch its celebrated chefs roll out sushi with unusual twists like foie gras and magret de canard (duck).
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Le Café du Musée
On the rooftop of the stunning CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Le Café du Musée is renowned for its artistic, international cuisine such as satays and stir-fries, and especially its sumptuous Sunday brunch.
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Le Bistrot d'Édouard
There's a great-value three-course menu here that keeps punters coming back. Outside tables are in a calming spot by the fountain in place du Parlement. The owners are charming and the food extremely tasty.
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Restaurant Jean Ramet
Go the whole gastronomic hog at this fabulously formal establishment of white tablecloths and sparkling silverware, serving classy French and Bordelaise cuisine and the finest of wines.
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