Beautiful setting and broad menu of crepes and other dishes. Not overly expensive…read more Milkshakes are amazing and not too sweet. Breton beer is flavorful and goes great with the crepes.

We stayed at this charming hotel when visiting Pont Aven, during what was perhaps the last sunny…read moreweekend of the year, and frequented the restaurant no fewer than three times during our two-night visit--not counting breakfast. This wasn't for a lack of restaurants in the city of painters--it was because Les Mimosas was so damn delicious! I tried my first bigourneaux (periwinkles) here, lightly boiled in salt and pepper to exquisite tenderness and amusing to fish out with the tiny pin. For lunch one day I had clam pasta--they were sadly out of the pink clams, but the pasta tasted delicious all the same--and another the moules frites in curry sauce. It was copious and stained my fingers yellow, but so worth it. I even managed to finish the fries (chunky, crispy, and home-cooked). My family and I shared a stuffed clam appetizer, the memory of which still makes me salivate. Garlicky, lightly breaded, chewy but not too firm, these clams went down easily. And I even used the freshly-cut bread to mop up their oily sauce. We also "shared" an oyster platter, though I had trouble getting the others to enjoy more than just one. They'll like them one day, I'm sure of it. I wasn't always such a fan of shellfish myself! The patron served us himself, and both he and the bartender added to our enjoyment with their friendly banter (by the way, they make a mean gin and tonic!). At lunch on the third day, we hit the sweet spot and they had trouble keeping up with all the orders. No matter: we were content to wait longer with our drinks since we knew what was coming. It seemed that everyone else was happy to wait as well! Try to get a seat next to the windows if you can, or on the terrace if it's warm enough. A shellfish tower is best enjoyed with a premium view of the port. Maybe one day I'll get my in-laws interested in all the shellfish. Just maybe.

From the owner: Une carte réduite des produits frais et de saison grâce à l'aide de nos producteurs et partenaires…read morelocaux. Aussi, le restaurant "La Promenade" vous propose une cuisine simple et raffinée avec une carte qui peut changer du jour au lendemain...

In for a late lunch we tried the Pasta side of the menu. Everything came soon and delicious but…read moretrying to get the attention of service forced me to get up and find our server. All good, just wanted a second coffee. Very nice ambiance.

Belon oysters, plats and creuses, are the very soul of Bretonne cuisine. The plats, while less…read morepopulous, have survived multiple fishing catastrophes on the river. The creuses, imported from Portugal in response to an earlier disaster, have been struggling of late. The plats are the variety that seduced Louis XIV and put France on the oyster-munching map. We came to Brittany strictly for the oysters and did not find much else to crow about food-wise. We started on the North coast and worked our way around to the sleepy Belon River in the south. By then, a bitterly cold Sunday in January found us wandering around the closed port with empty stomachs. Finally, we knocked on the door of an oyster house to ask the woman where the best oysters were. She sent us to Ty Ru and told us to order the plats with a white wine from the Loire Valley. The oysterwoman did not lead us wrong. The oysters were crisp and fresh and tender, and tasted like nothing we have ever eaten before or since. The service was friendly and the crowd local. It was the perfect end to our search.