Bordeaux

Cassolette Cafe
20 Place de la Victoire
05 56 92 94 96

Well priced and hearty food. Tick your items off on the menu placemat. If you're hungry, consider trying "la menu goutatout" - a choice of any 5 small dishes "cassolettes" including desserts.

Cafe du Port
1, quail Deschamps
05 56 77 81 18
A la carte 35€

It's dining with the ultimate view, the Left Bank on one side and the Pont de Pierre on the other. But it's not just the views that draw customers here in droves, the food's pretty good too. Especially consideing that the chef is the famed Phillipe Techoire. Under his command, you'll feast on beef rib roast, glass eye, and in the winter, roast pig's feet with mustard. Enjoy!

Couleurs Cafe
28, rue Pere-Louis-de-Jabrun
05 56 48 28 58

It's the perfect little French bistro where you can take a well earned pause from the days activities and graze on some tasty light fare. The salads with the homemade bread rolls are a great choice, or you can indulge in some of the decadent cakes on offer.

FERNAND
7, quai de la Douane
05 56 81 23 40
every day for lunch and dinner

An authentic bistro next to the "Place de la Bourse", on the waterfront in the old Bordeaux : an old wooden decor and a very pleasant terrace in front of the Garonne and the "Miroir d'eau"; you can enjoy a french cooking who follows seasons with beautiful products like seafood, oysters, wild fishes from Arcachon, "Blond d'Aquitaine" beef etc., all of those, served by a warm and pleasant welcome.

La Tupina
6, rue Pas-de-la-Monnaine
05 56 91 56 37
Fixed price 45 €, A la carte 46€

Regional cuisine at its best. Fresh local produce served generously and heartily. Meals are served in a Basque ambiance, with country tablecloths and wood chairs. Try the corn fed Landes fowl, and you'll understand why this earned La Tupina the Second Best Bistro in the world by the International Herald Tribune.

L'estaquade
Quai de Dueyries
05 57 54 02 50

Situated on the Right Bank of the river it is the building that just out over the water on stilts you will get a great view of the Bordeaux waterfront at the same time as a delicious meal. Starters, Main Courses and Desserts start from 13,23,6 € respectively.

Chez Greg
30-31, quail de la Monnaine
05 56 31 30 30

Serving tasty dishes such as a tartine of red mullet, the ambiance of this restaurant puts customers at ease with its Philippe Starck chairs and walls lined with wine bottles. Speaking of wine, the wine bar upstairs is great for pre and post dinner tastings.

Gastronomy has a very important place in the city, which is full of restaurants of all kinds. French restaurants provide dishes from almost every part of the country, and there are a lot of Asian, African or Arabian restaurants.