Restaurants in Le Touquet

[Ludwig]

Does any have any recomendations for good, but not mega expensive, restuarants in le touquet for lunch for a dozen or so people please.:p

[englishal]

Careful with the one at the airport.....3 coffee's, and 3 sort of cakey type things cost me 25 euros.....Didn't think about it at the time, but later on it hit me, thats about £18 !!!

Cheers
EA:)

PS they were nice cakes, but not that nice ;)

[Keef]

Depends on your definition of "mega expensive". For a good celebration, L'Harlequin in town. Not "cheap".

But there are plenty, and apart from the ones near the beach, none are "bad".

[Irv]

I had a good steak with shallottes last Saturday at the 'Paris-Plage' opposite the Casino on the main street about 100m up from the beach - I usually eat there, and if you like seafood, try a Plateau Touquetois - half a crab, lots of prawns and whelks. Less than a tenner. (Whelks? well, I never knew I liked them til I tried, either.) They have ribs there too but were a bit 'dry' when I last ordered them.
For a smaller 'gingham curtain' place with home cooking and a good set menu, try the Blue Cottage just on the corner under the arch form the market. It's also a small hotel if you want to stay.

[Cusco]

Gotta be Restaurant Perard in the grid bit of LeTouq.

Can't tell you the street but a taxi from the airport will get you there for a fiver: Get the taximan's card and take your mobile phone with you and you can get him to pick you up after the meal.

Its a very popular with the locals so you need to book by phone (especially at weekends)
00 33 3 21 05 13 33 and follow it up with a fax 00 33 3 21 05 62 32

Oh forgot to mention it's a fish restaurant and their fish soup in a jar is an excellent buy to bring home.

Bon appetit

[Wycombe]

I'd vote for the Perard aswell. Yep, the soup in a jar is excellent.

Taxi, pah! After a good feed, a gentle stroll back to LFAT (past all those big houses that always seem to be empty) will make you feel more comfy for the flight home!

Another Le2K experience I can recommend is a night-stop at "The Westminster" (the big hotel on the right as you come into town from the airfield) - not cheap, but very nice.

[2Donkeys]

Lots of pleasant restaurants at LFAT, and some have had a mention already.

L'Harlequin really is a very pleasant restaurant and could not seriously be described as "expensive" Keef. In common with most French restaurants, it has a number of fixed price menus, and these are all at reasonable prices.

Another one, slightly cheaper than the Harlequin is the Diamant Rose, not a million miles away from L'Harlequin. This is a family-run place and the food is pleasant and good value, although the menu is a little restricted.

The Cafe des Arts is perhaps the next leg up the ladder. This is also just along from L'Harlequin and boasts a more up-market menu and atmosphere, complete with leather-bound menus, a large wine list, and heavy white table-cloths. The menu is somewhat more varied than the usual entrecote-frites and since the wine-list is good, an overnight stay might be a good plan. The Westminster really is a nice option there, although the Hotel du Park (on the estuary) boasts a swimming pool and Thalassotherapy centre for the significant others.

The biggie restaurant in town though is Flavio. This can be found down at the Casino end of town on the edge the woods. The food is expensive, but very well executed, and the place comes alive in the evenings with well-heeled diners. It is a very brief stroll back to the Westminster from Flavio, and the combination of the two make for a very pleasant overnighter.

For a real laugh though, go to the Flavio Website (www.flavio.fr) and select the English Version. I never thought that anybody running a commercial venture would rely on Babel Fish for all of their translation needs.... :)

[Circuit Basher]

2 Donkeys - great link :D :D !!

Classics like: 'It is there that it started to play of the piano, in the Fifties, our national Gainsbar. It knew the good places.'

I would post the whole lot there, but it has to be seen in the flesh to really appreciate the true awfulness of the translation!!

[long final]

And the music :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :D

[Julian]

The food is expensive, but very well executed, and the place comes alive in the evenings with well-heeled diners.

WOW, I would pay just to see my food executed!!! :D :D :D

[2Donkeys]

WOW, I would pay just to see my food executed

Choose the oysters and do the job yourself. Much more fun! :D

[distaff_beancounter]

WOW, I would pay just to see my food executed I love seafood, especially lobster, but in LeT, most restaurants require the customer to select, from a large aquarium, which unfortunate crustacean, is to be dropped into the pot of boiling water. I just cannot bring myself to do that :(

By the way, for those who are too idle to walk to/from the airport, but don't want to use the taxis, then there are usually bicycles available for hire, in the terminal.

[Ace Rimmer]

While not at all flash Mrs R and I are partial to le pub StJean which is at the end of an arcade off the Rue St Jean ( the main drag) good food nice variety on the menu. Walk to the airport? It's a bit of a hike, last year during our annual "torture in le tooks" (aka the Le Touquet Classic Amatuer - recommend that any golfing ppruners enter this week long event HUGE fun) we got too pissed to drive back to the Manoir and walked instead seemed to be miles (or was that the erratic course we took?)

[BRL]

Ace Rimmer we got too pissed to drive back to the Manoir and walked instead seemed to be miles (or was that the erratic course we took?)

One step forward, two steps back...... Great. :D :D :D

[stiknruda]

Ludwig.

is this an Advanced category bash then or can less mortals join the fly-out?

Stik

[Julian]

Beancounter,

Normally get said lobster and crayfish myself from a rather large pot - excellent shellfish to be had off the coast of Wales when I have been there. Ok, so you have to drop down to about 30m below the surface but at least you know they are fresh! Also best way is put em in the freezer for an hour or two, shuts them down then you can boil them without them feeling anything (or so I am told...).

[long final]

I am planning a few days in Le Touquet later this month, and, not having a word of French, wondered how the British are accommodated re. the language barrier.

Regards,

LF

[Wycombe]

LF,

Don't think you need to worry....the waiters/shopkeepers/cabbies/hoteliers of LeTouq are very used to having a large no. of Brits present on a daily basis...the majority of which are people in cars having a stop-off on their way to/from the Chunnel/Ferries.

I've always found English pretty widely spoken.

[long final]

Thanks for that. I'm really looking forward to the trip - first time over that bit of water.

Regards
LF

[Wycombe]

....and that piece of water will seem very wide the first time you do it. Fact is that, if you take the shortest sea crossing (Folkestone harbour to Cap Griz Nez), you'll be over the wet bit in 10-15 mins, even at PA28/C172 speeds.

[long final]

That is something I was going to ask. I wasn't sure which was the most preferred route - but I have to say that I am used more to 60nm from BPL to IOM, so the actual water bit should be quite short. ;)

We do have some rigs somewhere near the middle though, might just be psychological, but it helps :D

Regards
LF

[pistongone]

Cant remember the name but the restaurant is in Rue de Metz just to the west of the main street,fixed menu's from 12 euro's, the 16 euro jobby is the one i usually go for,nice fammily atmosphere and next door is the best wine shop in LeT!
Try the LeTouquetois beer@6% proof and a little bit of sedement on the bottle ,very trendy!!

[A and C]

I have found the best way across the channel to Le Touquet is from LYD as this is will put you on the ILS for RWY 14 with hardly a heading change.

As far as eating Perard gets my vote.