johnkane

Went back last week with wife and mother but it was unfortunately closed for the holidays - mid-July to mid-August "fermetures" are not uncommon outside the tourist areas. Also, remembered that our meal there in May was enlivened by watching the exchanges between the local prostitutes opposite and the passing trade. If red-light districts make you nervous then you might prefer to visit at lunchtime rather than in the evening. Although, having said that, it's a mere fifty metres from the main road. John

I can echo CircePlum's comments on this restaurant. I turned up with five friends as they were closing at 3:00 pm but the owner ushered us in. He's Portuguese and very proud of his restaurant but with good reason. He showed us his reservations book to impress on us how lucky we were to get in without notice so it may well be worth booking in advance. He basically chose our meal and wines (offering us the choice of good or excellent! We chose excellent) and his wife coped effortlessly with my own vegetarian diet. Everyone else had his home made pate de foie gras (ptui!), which he supplies to lots of the posher restaurants in Paris, and thick Charolais steaks, washed down with some excellent Burgundies. Desserts, coffees with armagnac (twice each) rounded it off nicely. The bill was uncomplicated - he looked round at our number, wrote six and the multiplication sign (6 x ...), pondered and then wrote in 50. No-one thought the price of 50 Euros per head (all inclusive) was anything less than great value. Very friendly, little English but you can get by in Spanish if your French is too rusty. John