Visiting Aix as an American tourist. Friendly staff that spoke English. We ordered the assorted…read moreseafood plate, duck skewers, and sangria. Everything was delicious. They gave us a free aperitif of some Spanish liquor that topped off the night.

I'd been meaning to check out La Cita, a new tapas place, ever since it opened on Valentines day…read more2011, decorating its chalk menu board with kitchy hearts offering special priced couples menus (cue single woman gag reflex). I finally got around to eating here a few days ago with my best friends in town from the U.S. in tow, and it was love at first sight and bite. You'll be charmed by the authentic feel of a cozy Spanish tapas joint, and if the weather agrees you can sit outside at one of the giant wooden barrel 'tables.' Inside, massive legs of jamon hang from the bar, earthy wall tones and Spanish themed décor add to the ambiance. Our server came over with the menu, hand delivered on a chalk board from table to table. It turns out that La Cita is a family affair, our waitress the aunt of the young couple that quit their corporate day jobs to open the joint. The menu was divided into three sections, ascending by price. From column A, we sampled the Pan Tomate (bruschetta), Pan Jambon (ham and bread), Patatas Bravas (fried potatoes in spicy, creamy tomato sauce) and Omelette Espagnole (egg and potato fritatta). All were excellent, and reasonably priced at €2-4 each. From the sea, there were mussels and calamari, and an Iberian cheese plate to finish the meal. The seafood and cheese were slightly more expensive at around €6-8 per plate, but made up for the extra price in quality and larger portion sizes. And what Tapas meal would be complete without a pitcher of Sangria? We ordered a liter of the red stuff, full of juicy alcoholic fruit, not too sweet, and at €8, a steal to get the three of us happily buzzed. When the bill came, we had our attentive server split it in three, and my jaw nearly dropped that the total bill for 8 tapas plates, a liter of booze, and 2 hours of enjoyable dining came out to €15.80 per person, the price one could expect to pay for an entrée at most of the "restos" in Aix. Before leaving out server came by to wish us a great rest of our vacation and a safe return for my visiting friends, sealing in my 5 star review for La Cita, and guaranteeing that I will be visiting again.

The best Moroccan Restaurant that I've ever been in the South of France. The food is always fresh…read moreand has the real Moroccan traditional taste. The Chicken Pastila in particular, is excellent!

Wonderful food and extremely friendly staff! I ordered the couscous with fish and one of the four…read morewaiters helping me showed me exactly how to eat it. The flavor was great and the fish was cooked perfectly! I asked for a zalabia for dessert (it is my favorite), which made the older gentleman helping me very happy, but much to our dismay they were out! I tried a rolled baklava and mint tea instead which were very good. Then when I was paying the older gentleman brought me a fresh zalabia that he had the kitchen make! It was so sweet! It felt like I was at a family member's house. The restaurant was packed and it seemed the staff knew almost everyone who came through the door. Just FYI, very little English is spoken at the restaurant (and my French is pretty bad), the one younger waiter explained everything to me, which was very nice of him. I was dining by myself and the older gentleman sat with me even though we had a language barrier. I highly recommend this restaurant! Merci beaucoup!

Our favorite restaurant in Marseille, where we have lived for the past 4 months. Great food,…read moreaffordable prices, super nice wait staff (who I say look like Casey Affleck and a young, handsomer James Woods). We will be sad to return to the USA because of places like this. But we'll be back!

Stumbled upon this Lebanese restaurant in a square amongst many other restaurants. This one had…read morehigher ratings on Google, so we came in, not knowing what to expect. It was chilly outside so we ate indoors, in a cute little "cave" area. The service was friendly, but they spoke minimal English. We had the lunch special for 18€. It comes with 2 kabob skewers with 3 sides, and dessert. We picked one chicken and one lamb skewer, which were excellent. The chicken was arguably the best chicken kabob I've had. It was breast meat that was juicy and tender. The baklava was tasty.

What a wonderful find on Yelp!…read more The area is surrounded by many restaurants and this location with its Lebanese dishes was the spot for us. There were many options including 3-5 course selections, but we opted for four separate side dishes to share. The owner offers personal attention during our entire visit and was very accommodating I have not had Lebanese beer, but it was very goos and he served it very cold. Overall our visit was outstanding ASN ended with a glass of mint tea. I highly recommend this restaurant and would easily return on our next stay. Enjoy!

We dined as a party of 5 and enjoyed several different varieties of tagine: lamb, chicken, beef…read more All were very pleased. The portions were large. The assorted appetizers were average, somewhat nondescript fried items, which all tasted similar and of rose water flavoring or something similar. The house red wine was adequate. It was quiet when we dined but the place was nearly empty. The smell of incense was strong so we sat close to the open door. The restrooms were clean. The price was average, about €130 for 5 diners. Prices did not includes the usual panoply of French taxes.