Hi,
I would appreciate any restaurant recommendations for the following cities:
Bayeux
Amboise
Beaune
Colmar
It will be for my wife, son (7 years old) and I. We are looking for good quality food as long as it's not an overly fancy restaurant (no jacket and tie).
Thanks in advance for your help.
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In Bayeux, dine at La Rapiere. One of my favorite restaurants in all of France.
In Amboise:
-- Restaurant in the hotel La Breche -- warm, friendly, family feel to the restaurant and hotel. We did the tasting menu and the food was very good - a bit more fine dining than the 2nd restaurant but not at all formal, and I think you'd be fine there with a 7 y/o. Lots of hotel guests there so I'm sure they're used to families. On the opposite side of the river from the chateau, so parking is easier.
-- Chez Bruno -- classic French bistro food (escargots, duck confit, steak frites, foie gras terrine) with a very local vibe. Nearer the chateau so parking was a little trickier but not impossible.
In Bayeaux I just wandered around. Everywhere looked kind of the same, geared toward tourists but not bad.
In Amboise, there is a line of restaurant/cafes on Place Michel Debre under the wall of the Chateau. It's a good selection and two of them are my favorites in the area. Sadly I couldn't tell you which two unless I was looking at them. There's another group of cafes in the small town center too but those didn't attract me, I can't remember why (prices? menus in English?)?
My impression in Beune was any decent restaurants will need a reservation. When you get to lodging have them reserve dinner at their favorite place. The restaurants that don't require reservations are truly terrible. I'm not really a reservation person but Beaune is one place I often wished I'd picked up a sandwich rather than paying for a bad dinner.
I've had one dinner in Colmar. It was close to the Schwendi fountain. I believe it was recommended in the Rick Steves guidebook. Unfortunately, I can't recall the name only the area. It was good, very German.
Just wanted to add a great restaurant suggestion for Beaune. Like others have said Beaune is a small town and you really should make reservations for any place you go to for dinner. I do recommend a place called ma cuisine in Beaune. Very very good Burgundian food.
We stayed right beside the Schwendi Bier Und Wiestub last Christmas and ate there twice. Amazing! Not fancy, and perfect for our 10 and 13 year old. We enjoyed it thoroughly. (I do remember that portions at this and other restaurants were very large. I ordered a salad, and let our youngest child order what he wished; then I ate some of his too. We found this to be true in Colmar and Strausbourg.) I believe this restaurant was a RS recommendation, but can't remember for sure. It sure was packed anyway.
So jealous of your trip! We loved Comar. Esp at Christmas.
In Amboise we went to L'Alliance. It was very good! It was a nicer restaurant but no tie/jacket required. And we took our 2 and 5 year olds and it was fine, they even had a fancy kid's menu. Definitely make a reservation! :-)
In Amboise we ate at La Fourchette twice while we were there ,traditional French Bistro with excellent food,reservations a must,located off of the main pedestrian street.
Mike
Ryan,
In Bayeux I would recommend Le Pommier - http://www.restaurantlepommier.com/en/welcoming-atmosphere .
In Colmar have a look at La Maison Rouge - https://restaurant-maisonrouge.com/#body .
