Touraine
Serves delicious dishes that bring together traditional French savoir faire, fresh local ingredients and flavours from Italy and East Asia. The braised…
Must-see restaurants in The Loire Valley
Angers
Combining pan-Asian flavours with classic French ingredients, this highly regarded restaurant serves fusion food in a chic, glass-roofed dining room and…
Blois
Hidden away on a tiny stone-paved square, Les Planches is a Blois favourite for its toasted bruschettas (open-face Italian sandwiches) and meal-size…
Touraine
'Between traditional and creative' – that's how chef Virginie describes the delicious dishes she prepares using vegetables that are both local and organic…
Touraine
Serves traditional and creative French gastronomique cuisine, prepared with fish, hare, quail, veal sweetbreads and lobster, inside an ancient half…
Orléans
Locals flock here for traditional French gastronomique cuisine made with fresh seasonal products. The menu changes every four weeks, evolving with the…
Tours
This is Tours' 'gastronomic heart'. Market stalls – 38 of them – sell everything you could want for a picnic, including fine cheese, wine and prepared…
Orléans
A covered food market with about two dozen stalls, including three excellent fromageries and a boulangerie.
Angers
This huge weekly market sells edibles and, at nearby place Louis Imbach, flea-market goods.
The Loire Valley
Excellent homemade French cuisine served impeccably and with a warm smile.
Amboise
Traditional, bistronomique (bistro-style) French cuisine made with local products, at reasonable prices, is the hallmark of this family-run restaurant,…
Tours
This snazzy little cafe serves tartines (toasted open-face sandwiches) made with scrumptious pain Poilâne (artisanal bread), amid classic rock and…
The Loire Valley
For a light meal made with local products, or a cup of tea or glass of wine, drop by this quirky salon de thé (tearoom) and restaurant, on the D751…
Blois
A warm, homey place to dine, with maroon-checked tablecloths and traditional Lyon-style decor. The food is pure Lyonnais, too: andouillette (sausage),…
Blois
Simple, delectable French cuisine maison (home cooking) is dished up with a smile in this mod eatery with a warm-season terrace. Offers some of Blois’…
