Other restaurants in Réunion
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Flagrant Délice
Hip Flagrant Délice is a gourmand's playpen. Be good to yourself with kangaroo fillet, salmon fillet in a vanilla sauce and luscious wines. Try to nab a seat at the 'Petit Coin Exotique' (little exotic corner), complete with cushions, by the pool.
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La Récré
Set in a courtyard that opens onto a busy street (but a hedge of tropical plants protects you from the hustle and bustle), La Récré is a popular joint for informal dining, with a wide-ranging menu focussing on fish and meat dishes.
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Le Reflet des Îles
This much-lauded eatery specialising in Creole food is the perfect place to try out cuisine lontan (traditional dishes). Dip into one of 20 cracking carris (curries) and civets (stews). The menu is translated into English – a rarity in Réunion. The waiters play the tropical-island card with their snazzy shirts.
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Ti Chou Chou
This small restaurant with its appealing colourful facade on the main drag is run by a friendly young team. Herbivores will opt for the assiette ti chouchou, which offers a combination of chouchou, cresson and capucine (all local vegetables). There's a shady terrace at the back.
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Le DCP
If you have a weakness for ultrafresh fish, Le DCP is the place to indulge. The decor is another clincher: it occupies a restored Creole building with an agreeable terrace. Inside, aquatic murals and shades of blue and white create a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea–like ambience.
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Le Roland Garros
Oh la la, this heavenly place has the feel of a true Parisian bistro – packed, buzzing and full of attitude. You can't really go wrong – everything is pretty good – but if you want a recommendation, go for the tartare d'espadon (tuna tartare).
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Le Rétro
Of all the things you might not expect to see on the seafront, an 'authentic' Parisian brasserie ranks quite highly. But that's exactly what this is, except that serveurs are less surly than in the City of Light. Pastas, salads, seafood and meat dishes grace the menu.
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Snack Le Grand Îlet – Chez Serge
This economical, neon-lit eatery set in a modern house by the main road is worth stopping at for its copious daily dishes (beef or chicken with vegetables, sausage rougail).
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Le Marin Bleu
This immutable seafood favourite in the Terre Sainte district gets the thumbs up for its choice of fish dishes.
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Clos St-Jacques
Subdued lighting, elegant furnishings and a smattering of fancy decorative touches, including colourful posters and quirky replicas of cicadas hanging on the walls, provide the perfect setting for a romantic dinner. A neoclassical French menu puts the emphasis on Provençal cuisine with the addition of Réunion-grown (or fished) ingredients.
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Crêperie Le Gall
The only place for miles around that serves succulent pancakes. Yes, pancakes! Wash it all down with a bolée de cidre (bowl of cider). Lovely.
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Le Labourdonnais
It's the decor that's the pull here, blending rustic beams and stone walls with colonial-era elegance.
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Helios
This St-Denis icon has a good repertoire of flavoursome métro dishes, best enjoyed on the flowery terrace.
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Kim Son
Offers well-prepared Vietnamese and Chinese fare in rustic surrounds.
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Villa Vanille
No plastic chairs (sweet mercy!) at this perennial fave, but teak furnishings and an agreeable terrace. Choose from frondy salads, meat and fish dishes – the thon mi-cuit et son médaillon de foie gras (semicooked tuna served with a medallion-shaped serving of duck liver) was delicious – and ice creams. Lounge on the beach across the road once you've finished your meal – this is the life!
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Ti Fred
No culinary acrobatics in this few-frills haunt near the Temple du Colosse, just keep-the-faith Creole staples and pizzas at puny prices. Eat in or take away.
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Ti Boucan
Ti Boucan, which has a brilliant-value formule (lunch set menu).
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Terranga
This upscale eatery prepares delectable French-inspired dishes with a tropical twist served in verdant surrounds. The canard à la mangue (duck in a mango sauce) will certainly win your heart.
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Snack Chez Racine
Another casual hang-out with a light satisfying menu, next door to Chez Herbert.
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Snack Chez Louiso
Chez Louiso is a casual open-air eatery overlooking the harbour. The menu is limited to a couple of daily specials, but they're well prepared and sizzling-hot value.
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Snack Chez Herbert
This popular joint is worth visiting for its good, cheap and wholesome Creole staples. Snacks, salads, sandwiches and other nibbles are also available. Take your plunder to the beach or grab a (plastic) table on the shaded pavement.
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Salon de Thé de l'hôtel Tsilaosa
This delightfully peaceful venue in the hotel's tea room will torment the sweet-toothed and weak-willed with homemade cakes and pies, including a tarte à la confiture de pêche (tart with peach jam), and about 15 varieties of tea. Enough said, we're drooling on the keyboard!
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Rondavelle Les Filaos – Chez Jean-Paul
A very popular beach shack.
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Restaurant des Cascades
A local and tourist favourite, this ramshackle beach restaurant in a lovely coconut grove bursts to the seams on weekends. It serves fresh fish and Creole dishes as well as sandwiches and a lovely palm-hearts salad. The lunch buffet (€12) served on weekdays is brilliant value. Nab a seat if it's not too busy, otherwise take your order to go and enjoy it in a quieter spot near the beach.
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Restaurant de l'Étang
North of the centre, this haven of peace is blessed with a lush garden that's a perfect spot for a relaxed feed or tipple. There's nothing unorthodox on the menu, just the usual Creole suspects cooked to perfection: cabri massalé (goat carri) and canard combava (duck with a variety of aromatic citrus), among others.
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