Restaurants in La Rochelle
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Le Soleil Brille Pour Tout Le Monde
There’s a distinctly bohemian air to this excellent little place, decked out in hippy colours. Some highly original (often vegetarian-based) dishes originate from the kitchen, much of them inspired by the tropical French islands of Réunion and Martinique. As much as possible, all the produce used here comes from the nearby market and you can really tell – plus it’s one of those all-too-rare French restaurants not afraid to experiment with spices. Advance reservations are essential.
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André
Opened in the 1950s as a small seafood café, André grew so popular it began buying adjacent shops. There’s now a maze of interconnecting rooms, each with its own individual ambience (like a portholed cabin) but all serving succulent seafood caught the night before. You can choose your fanciful denizens of the deep from the display tables outside: ‘Hello, Mr Crab, you look tasty. I’m going to gobble you up,’ and with that he’ll be thrown in a pan of hot water.
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Les Quatre Sergents
Set inside a beautifully tiled, historic former greenhouse, it’s still a jungle in here today with plants scrambling upward to the height of trees. Don’t worry though, nothing else about this place is as untamed as the Congo; this is the city’s premier address for white-tableclothed elegance and gastronomic French fare such as frogs’ legs in a creamy pineau (sweet white wine with a Cognac base) sauce.
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Le Café de la Aquarium
The Aquarium’s café serves refined regional cuisine using whatever’s in season locally (including a surprising amount of seafood!). There are great harbour views from the dining room and, if that weren’t enough, you can also watch giant sharks cruising about – a selling point we’re pretty sure nowhere else in La Rochelle can match! The café is open to nonaquarium visitors as well.
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Les Flots
You'll feel like you're floating in the water at this place by the Tour de la Chaîne with fabulous port views and sunshine streaming in through timber-framed windows. Another string in chef Grégory Coutanceau's bow (he also has several other restaurants, and a catering sideline), this place is especially renowned for its stylishly presented seafood.
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Le Comptoir des Voyages
This chic place - done out with rattan chairs, palms and red walls - takes you on a stylish world tour of international flavours, infusing regional produce cooked according to traditional techniques under the direction of chef Grégory Coutanceau, and accompanied by a global wine list.
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Café de la Paix
A visual feast as much as a dining one, this belle-époque brasserie-bar serves up traditional cuisine like beef, duck, foie gras and fish, as well as breakfasts and afternoon teas amid the splendour of soaring frescoed ceilings and gold-edged arched mirrors.
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Teatro Bettini
Combining a strong Italian influence with an even stronger Rochelais spirit (the owner's likeness appears in the Michelangelo paintings adorning the walls), fare at this decades-old, much-loved restaurant includes a hearty lasagne and seafood.
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Lulu
Decorated in striking shades of fuchsia, Lulu is La Rochelle’s grooviest restaurant, with a hip young team in the kitchen turning out gourmet fare and a lounge vibe that comes into its own during regular piano soirées.
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L’Estamient
Built into the market walls, this family-run place has a convivial atmosphere and draws plenty of regulars with its tasty and filling lunch menus comprising all the French bistro standards. Book ahead at lunchtime.
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Aux Table Rondes
Those with a tiger in them craving a solid lump of meat should come to this carnivore-friendly institution. As well as steaks, it’s also renowned for its cochon du lait (pig cooked in milk).
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Chez Mah Monir
Let your taste buds travel a little further afield to the souks of Iran and North Africa at the ever-popular Chez Mah Monir. It’s best to book a table at lunchtime. It's next door to L’Estamient.
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Crêperie des Halles
Cosy, convivial crêperie tucked behind the covered market serving sweet crêpes and savoury galettes at equally convivial prices.
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