Must-see restaurants in Anjou

  • Le Boeuf Noisette

    Anjou

    Since opening in 2016, talented young chef Delphine Rémy has been earning enthusiastic reviews for cuisine she describes as française, locale et fraîche …

  • Le Gambetta

    Anjou

    This is one to write home about: a truly outstanding restaurant that combines refined elegance with knock-your-socks-off creative French cuisine. Some…

  • Le Pot de Lapin

    Anjou

    Mellow music wafts from the cheery dining room, decorated with winemaking tools, through the wine bar and onto the street-side terrace as chef Olivier…

  • Le Favre d’Anne

    Angers

    Chef Pascal Favre d'Anne shut a Michelin-starred restaurant in order to travel around Asia for a year – he's a Lonely Planet fan, by the way – and then…

  • L’Escargot

    Anjou

    A Saumur fixture for more than half a century, this family-run place is all about traditional recipes done really well, such as escargots with ‘three…

  • La Route du Sel

    Anjou

    Chef Marie, from an old Saumur winegrowing family, and London-born Daniel (in the dining room) serve up traditional French home cooking made with fresh…

  • L’Hélianthe

    Anjou

    Carved into a cliff behind Turquant's mairie (town hall), this atmospheric restaurant has a hearty menu firmly based on local products and classic French…

  • Chez Teresa

    Anjou

    English expats Teresa and Tony offer a welcome as cosy-warm as tea at this frilly little tearoom, half a block from the abbey, which is stuffed with bric…

  • Le Saut aux Loups

    Anjou

    A great place to tour mushroom caves (adult/child €7/5.50), whose informative exhibits – a great intro to 'shroom farming – were redone in 2018, and tuck…

  • Au Goût du Jour

    Angers

    This intimate restaurant is notable for its red ceiling and old-time French cuisine, prepared with the freshest organic ingredients and served with…

  • L’Alchimiste

    Anjou

    Simple, refined flavours are the hallmark of this family-run bistro, where crystal wine glasses sparkle atop white tablecloths and fresh seasonal…

  • L’Aromate

    Anjou

    L’Aromate is classy, modern and bright, with changing menus – on chalkboards – that focus on traditional French cuisine but occasionally draw on Asian…

  • Bistroglo

    Anjou

    At this bistro-style restaurant, situated en troglo (troglodyte, ie built into the cliff face) – thus the name – artisanal beers and local wines are an…

  • La Cave aux Moines

    Anjou

    Besides offering tours of its extensive, underground champignonnière (mushroom beds; adult/child €6/3), La Cave has a restaurant with all manner of…

  • Le 30 Février

    Anjou

    An utterly unpretentious vegan restaurant whose pizza, pasta and mains (€8) – a cooked cereal (quinoa, rice or buckwheat) accompanied by raw seasonal…

  • Villa Toussaint

    Angers

    Combining pan-Asian flavours with classic French ingredients, this highly regarded restaurant serves fusion food in a chic, glass-roofed dining room and…

  • Food Market

    Angers

    This huge weekly market sells edibles and, at nearby place Louis Imbach, flea-market goods.

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