Really nice place to for dinner to see the sunset!!!! The…read moremain speciality is seafood and it is fresh and tasty. We went there with a friend and we had an "entre 2 mers" wine, shrimps, fish pate, raw vegetables and "accras". The wine was very good and fits well with the food. The best thing is really the place and the atmosphere. The tables are large so you can go with a group. You have some tables indoor and outdoor. It is better to book if you are a group.

Great brewery and restaurant in Bordeaux. Good selection of beer and wine accompanied by some fresh…read moreseafood. The views of Bordeaux from the outside seating area are fabulous as well.

Ok people picture this-…read more One cool evening on the streets of central Bordeaux, walking arm in arm with my better half, heading towards my birthday dinner all of a sudden I hear from behind me "Roz" i carry on walking "Roz" I still carry on walking "Roz" ok fine i turn around and there one of my closest friends and ex-flatmate (she moved to sunny Dubai) stood before me. After screaming and hugging in shock (we had not seen each other for years) we agreed to meet the following evening. She picked this place for our little reunion meal and it was perfect. This is one of the most popular seafood places in Bordeaux and seats fill up super quick. We took the tasting menu a combination of prawns, oysters and other shellfish. This was my first time trying Oysters and I loved them. For main I took Seabass and my friend took Salmon both served on a bed of rice and a side of basic green salad. Again fresh, amazing and a sensation for the taste buds. For dessert we shared the pear tart and again wow!!! The staff are very accommodating and friendly and are eager to take time out to explain the menu to you. The restaurant itself has a very rustic yet nautical feel to it. Needless to say we sat there for a good few hours i recall leaving with a semi empty restaurant behind,yet we were not disturbed while we chatted and caught up on our coincidence.

Recently visited Bordeaux to visit family and retracing my grandfather's roots …read more Met cousins in this seafood place in old town . The seafood platter had offerings that aren't usually seen on ice the US . Snails , clams , tiny prawns in addition to oysters , lobsters . Good way to expand your raw seafood palate. We had boiled mussels . Each order is a large bucket so probably one is good enough to share between two . The price is reasonably less expensive than the same amount of seafood in Southern California restaurants.

It was early evening on a Sunday. The wife and I were feeling seafood for dinner, so we checked…read morethe Yelp app for restaurants. Le Rince-Doigts - Guinguette à Fruits de Mer was nearby and, more importantly, had received very positive reviews from locals. Sold! I'm not sure what a seafood shack at a French beach looks like, but I got the impression that Le Rince-Doigts - Guinguette à Fruits de Mer did its best to successfully capture the feel with its sand floor, boardwalk, picket fence wood interior, and beach umbrellas and like décor. Our meal started off with a humorous exchange with our friendly server. She greeted us in French and the recited the list of the day's specials in rapid-fire fashion. She immediately realized from our puzzled expressions that we weren't native speakers and we all had a laugh. Although, her English was only a little better than our French, we managed to successfully communicate with each other and place our order. We started of with a bottle of the house white wine that was very drinkable and a bargain at 13€. For our food, we had the Fruits de Mer special, which included a bowl of fish soup, salmon tartar, another fish (I don't recall the type) tartar, whelks, peel & eat shrimp, raw oysters on the half shell, and langoustines. We received a very generous portion of seafood. For the most part, it was a big success. The soup was delicious. The two fish tartars were fresh and had good flavor. The wife didn't care for the whelks, an acquired taste to be sure, but I loved them! The oysters were smaller than what I've normally seen back in the States, but they had a nice briny flavor and were good. The only miss was the langoustines, which were overcooked, dry, and mealy and, frankly, didn't taste that good. As if we needed more food, I ordered the fried smelt (or at least I think it was smelt), another item on the list of day's specials. It was fried perfectly, hot, crispy but still leaving the fish moist and flavorful. It was a delicious ending to our meal! For me, Le Rince-Doigts - Guinguette à Fruits de Mer was exactly what I was looking for...good food and good service in a casual setting for a very reasonable price. I can see why the locals love it!

Gregg M was really in the mood for seafood (and I was in search of escargot) so we found this place…read morewhile walking earlier in the day and decided to go here for dinner. They had an all you can eat seafood dish and Gregg and i decided to give that a try. We started off with a bottle of wine (I know a surprise, but hey we got white instead of red for a change). It was a very nice dry white at an incredibly reasonable price. For dinner, we started out with soup de Mer which I have to say was excellent. Secondly we got a very large platter of oysters, shrimp, whelks and langoustine. I am not a fan of whelks - though I will always try them. Its more of a texture issue with me, not taste. The shrimp however was cooked wonderfully. It had that slightly sweet taste you get from the smaller shrimp, but these were a very good size. The oysters had a great briny flavor. The one downside to them was that there was a lot of grit in them with very little oyster juice. Unfortunately the langoustines were not that tasty. I'm not sure what it was that I didn't like, except to say that the flavor just didn't taste right. To round out the meal, we (and I really mean the hubby here) got an order of fried smelts. For me they tasted fine, were not overly salty and were not greasy. All in all it was a good meal. I would go back again, but next time I would probably order the fish. Except for the langoustines, this was definitely a solid 4.

Wow! This restaurant is awesome!! Great food and service. All fresh ingredients and cooked to…read moreserve. The Oysters are fresh and delicious. One batch was a little salty, while the other was savory. Great combination. The shrimp are sweet and full of flavors. The star Anise was a perfect compliment on the shrimp. The escargot was a little different than we were used to. These were chilled and had a unique texture. I prefer them hot and in a butter sauce, but was fun to try something different. The beef Pate was served from a pre-package jar, but flavors were superb. We also had the salmon stuffed zucchini which was a great combination of barley, Roquefort blue cheese and salmon. Great presentation and flavors. For dessert....The Citron merengue and rhubarb pie were awesome.

A cramped space exacerbated by being placed right at front door. Asked to move and was placed at a…read morefar better table. Why did we have to ask. The oysters were strangely fishy and not thoroughly cut from the shell, or at least less severed than usual. The rest of the food was fine and our server was first class. White wine by the glass was unsurprisingly terrific. Just not crazy about the ambience of communality (is that a word?).

I felt like eating an enormous crab, and Le Crab Marteau did not disappoint! Got the whole spider…read morecrab which took an hour to bash apart and eat! You also got potatoes & sauces. Several options of crab and seafood, and some fish dishes too if crab doesn't appeal. Service was a bit slow but our server was great when he did arrive & spoke french and English. Tables come with hammers and you get a bib as it is messy and lots of banging going on at every table!! Great atmosphere though and right by river so good view. They also have happy hour from 4pm to 7pm. Would recommend a visit!

Great place with great seafood. Slower than the other restaurants, which I believe is better as the…read moreservice is better. Loved the oysters.

From the owner: Bar à huîtres, bar à vin, une séléction d'huîtres et de fruits de merread more

Quaint small local restaurant with fantastic fresh seafood. Get the variety of shellfish plates in…read moreaddition to their awesome oysters. Service was friendly and great values in wine. A place to return many times.

Dîner le 14 février. Arrivés en retard mais après avoir prévenu, nous avons été installés dans une…read moresalle annexe en face du restaurant principal. Salle peu soignée (murs et banquette sales, table poussiéreuse) et ambiance froide, chauffée par des radiateurs d'appoint. Coupure d'électricité pendant le service. Maigre à partager (55 €) correct mais portion modeste, accompagnement servi tiède. Dessert très petit au regard du prix. Expérience globalement décevante, rapport qualité/prix discutable.

I enjoyed my meal more than my wife, but I really enjoyed mine. We ended up here on our first…read morenight in Bordeaux because things didn't work out at our first couple of choices - menus weren't as advertised - so we ended up here. Needed a restaurant that had seafood and they had multiple options and its very cute inside. Obviously, didn't have a reservation but the host was kind enough to seat us anyway (that doesn't always happen in Bordeaux). We started with the ceviche appetizer and we each got a seafood entree. It's been a couple of weeks so I don't remember exactly what I got - it was a filet and I think either seabass or monkfish. My wife's, on the other hand, was a whole fish and pulling bones out of her mouth kind of soured her on the meal. However, my fish was cooked perfectly and in a delicious broth. The veggies were perfect as well, and the ceviche was delicious. And, of course, the wine was wonderful. So it was a win for me. I'd probably go 4.5 stars if I could but I think 4 stars is too low. So even though I'm not a big believer in rounding up to 5 stars, I think this is an exception.

After roaming around Bordeaux and seeing all the packed sidewalk restaurants, I went with Lecarreau…read moreas it wasn't packed and didn't require reservations. I figured the prices might be keeping out the regular tourists. We got three plates to share between the two of us. All were excellent but the veal ribeye steak was revelatory. Ribeye is my favorite cut and I've had hundreds of examples. Yet, the beautifully mild and incredibly juicy veal made me reconsider all my past choices. For the first time, I felt like royalty having a steak. Along with a glass of Bordeaux, the meal was only about 100 euros, a bargain for such memories. I spent the next two weeks looking for similar steaks around France, including in Lyon, to no avail. My attempts in the US have so far been abortive. I might have to come back to Bordeaux just for this steak.

If you're in Bordeaux, this restaurant is an absolute must. The cocktails are standout. All of the…read morefood we ordered was cooked perfectly. Plus the views here are gorgeous, especially at sunset. And the prices were incredibly reasonable for everything we got. This was a highlight of our visit in Bordeaux.

We were nervous to come after reading a review where an American received poor service, but we…read moreshouldn't have been. Our service was on par with other nicer restaurants in France. You should make a reservation, though, especially if it's a busier night. We ordered the cuttlefish and foie gras ravioli as starters. The cuttlefish was good; maybe not the best we've had. The ravioli were really good, however. For our mains we ordered a duck breast with gnocchi and scallops with squid ink pasta. The duck was a little over cooked, but not criminally so. Everything else was great. The portions were bigger than we anticipated. Speaking to my American compatriots - come here with a reservation, try to speak some French (even if you can't do it well), treat the servers and the other diners with respect and you'll be just fine here.