Venetian was one of my favourite restaurants I had the opportunity to eat at while in Clermont. I…read morehad the real pleasure to dine here on two separate occasions and both times were amazing. Firstly the location is pretty awesome on the main promenade road coming up to the cathedral on the side that connects to Centre de Jaude. If it's a nice evening, sit outside as there is usually lots of action coming and going up and down the street. On both occasions my meals were really flavorful, tasty, plentiful and very filling. Meal one I had the house salad. It was fresh and delish. Then the linguine Carbonara with lardons. Meal two I had exactly the same things (minus the salad) as it was decadently amazing! See here folks, in North America Linguine Carbonara is the creamy/gluey variety. In Europe, great Carbonara is lightly creamy with salted lardons and 100X better than versions I've had on my side of the pond. To top it all off there was a egg yolk in the middle. Seriously heavenly. On the second visit I was with a lively group and we drank 4 bottles of Valadas cotes de Provence rose wine. Delicious! Overall a solid meal and I look forward to returning again one day!

Looked on Yelp to find a lunch spot in the old part of town. This place was great. Like other…read moreplaces in Clermont Ferrand they offer a set meal (no choices) for 18 euros. The meal is posted outside. They day we went it was warm coat cheese on toast and salad for the starter. The main was a beautiful--a large, thick grilled steak (cooked perfectly) and potatoes. Dessert was fromage blanc with homemade apricot preserves. The merlot was very nice and reasonably priced. The service was awesome. After we finished our half bottle of wine the owner refilled our glasses (no charge--just a kind gesture). Highly recommend.