Famous the world over, from Alain Ducasse to the traditional family-run bistro on the corner, French restaurants have a special place in everyone’s heart. Here in this section of our Blog features, you’ll find the grand chefs of France and their Michelin starred-restaurants, regional menus, restaurant reviews and some lesser-known restaurants or bistros or cafés that we have stumbled upon during our travels. Bon Appetit!
France, mainly known as the country of Gastronomy.
You are on vacation in France and you want to have lunch or dinner in a unique restaurant. You will not miss traditional restaurants, but also original and unique restaurants.
We have prepared a list of the most unusual restaurants in France.
Located in the heart of Toulouse, discover a unique restaurant: a restaurant in the dark...
For an extraordinary moment of tasting, it's in Toulouse that it's happening!
Since 2004, the restaurant "Dans le Noir?" offers to taste tasty and creative cuisine in total darkness in order to develop one of our very important senses: taste.
Located in the Val de Dagne in Occitania, the Vin de Dagne is an authentic restaurant with good products selected from an excellent wine list. You will find pieces of meat, charcuterie, cheese, tapas to share, perfect for a meal with family, couple, or friends.
Where to eat well in Perpignan? Direction Babines.
Babines is a gourmet tapas restaurant. The atmosphere is very pleasant, on the street side or inside.
From market products, the Direction Babines's tapas are a delightful to taste
Bistronomic restaurant Le Balthaz'Art in Lyon.
During a stay in Lyon, don't hesitate to book Le Balthaz'Art.
Tasty restaurant, the Pure France team warmly recommends!
The restaurant itself is very pleasant, the decoration neat. The staff are happy.
Pure France recommends "Le Bastion"!
Located in the heart of the Corbières, Lagrasse is famous for its mineral beauty, with its rivers, its abbey, its medieval city but also its charming restaurant: "Le Bastion".
Le Bastion offers a moment of sharing and conviviality around a delicious meal.
While passing through the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region, and more specifically in Marseille, enjoy a moment on the terrace with a breathtaking view of the city or the sea.
Bars, restaurants, for a frenzied evening, or for a quieter meal with the family or as a couple, you will find the bar/restaurant with a view of your dreams in Marseille.
Food, cocktails, and parties all facing the sea!
A breathtaking panorama and location, this is the unmissable event in Marseille.
To satisfy small or big appetites, toast, have a drink with friends or party until the end of the night.
Are you spending your holidays on the Côte d'Azur? Discover the Mediterranean coastal city of Nice and its rooftops. Ideal for enjoying a splendid view of the sea or the city and having lunch, dinner or simply having a drink and some tapas.
L'ambrosia is a restaurant located in Pezens where friendliness and finesse reign. The owners Valérie & Sébastien Aliprandi will know how to welcome you and make you discover their universe!
The Chef, Sebastien Aliprandi, with 20 years of experience in gastronomy, will offer you inspired cuisine that respects seasonality and short circuits.
Pure France recommends the restaurant l'Ancienne Ecole. Located 20 minutes from Collioure, in Palau-del-Vidre, the Old School is a fabulous restaurant. Chef Baptiste Gaillard master restaurateur and his team invite you to discover a refined cuisine made with local products.
On vacation in Paris, the Pure France team has selected 5 roof tops for you to live an extra ordinary experience. Have a drink or have lunch/dinner with a breathtaking view of the city or simply enjoy the atmosphere. Simply magical.
In the heart of the City of Carcassonne, the Wine Bar is a place where you can eat, drink and dance.
A charming place with a view of the Basilica.
You can drink good wine, enjoy tapas while listening to music, all in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The fabulous citadel of Carcassonne - a city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We have prepared a list of restaurants for you for lunch or dinner with family or friends.
In the heart of the City of Carcassonne, or outside Carcassonne, you will find everything you need for a memorable meal.
Holidaying in the Pyrénées Orientales? Pure France recommends this wonderful restaurant Le Poisson Rouge in Port Vendres. A waterside restaurant, suspended time where you will lose your geographic and temporal bearings to simply appreciate the here and now !
Les Grands Buffets restaurant in Narbonne;
A unique formula in France with all the specialties of our gastronomic heritage: Duck au sang, Hare à la Royale, foie gras in all its forms, grilled or American-style lobster, simmered tripe, gribiche calf's head, cassoulet, blood sausage with apples, old-fashioned veal blanquette, bone marrow with fleur de sel, dried fruits à la sétoise.
Summer is fast approaching, sunny days too. We present a selection of restaurants by the beach. For a lunch in the sun punctuated by the sound of the waves.
The Paparazzo is a restaurant not to be missed in Gruissan. The Paparazzo is a popular summer canteen where friends and family from all walks of life meet in a welcoming atmosphere.
"Chez Biquet" is a beachside restaurant located in Leucate Plage.
Summer is comming! Dinners on the terrace by the beach are on the agenda!
We present to you the restaurant in Leucate, "Chez Biquet". Whether it's for lunch at noon, or a lively evening on a summer evening, you can eat there at any time.
"L'imprévue" a beautiful waterside restaurant in the Pyrenees Orientales. An enchanting setting facing the Mediterranean Sea serving fresh, local produce.
Open every day from April to September from 12 noon to 11pm. Come and discover for yourself.
Passing through Gruissan in Occitania with the arrival of sunny days? If you are looking for a nice place to drink, eat and have a good time. Mamamouchi is where you have to go! A restaurant/bar on the edge of the Mateille pond in Gruissan, an idyllic setting for lunch or dinner with your partner, family or friends.
Le Clos des Lys is a typically Mediterranean gourmet restaurant.
Chef Franck SÉGURET (toque blanche du Roussillon) combines simplicity, delicacy and generosity in the dishes in order to combine and reveal each local product.
If you are passing through Perpignan, this is one of the essential restaurants in Perpignan.
Discover the taste of the best French cuisine when on holiday in France. Choose from a wide range of Pure France holiday rental homes situated walking distance to restaurants. Treat family or friends to an evening at a French restaurant. Bonne appetite.
Looking for an original idea to celebrate New Year's Eve? You don't know what to do and where to spend the first of the year to celebrate the new year. You don't feel like preparing the meal. Let yourself be tempted by an evening at the restaurant.
Discover the restaurant La Mamma in Collioure. The gourmet restaurant is located in the hotel Les Roches Brunes, above the water. The view over Collioure is breathtaking and the service perfect. The menu is excellent. We highly recommend.
You will recognize them among all the other restaurants, you will see wooden tables, with red checkered tablecloths, in which we taste traditional dishes often made from pork. Like any other specialty, the Lyon cork has an origin, which we are going to discover.