We came here for the last meal of a 10 day land and river cruise odessey through southwest France…read more You know what they say about saving the best for last? I had my usual scotch, which was a very nice pour and my wife had a white wine. Both very nice. Our waiter, Teophane, was very friendly and casual. My attempts at French amused him. He suggested both calamari and razor clams as appetizers. Both were fantastic! Then for dinner, my wife had an amazing burger with fries -- just what she had been missing after a week in France! I had hake-- fish-- just great. After dinner, the owner treated us to a local brandy infused in-house with vanilla and caramel. Our waiter shared a glass with us. An absolutely wonderful touch! Loved this place. If you go to Bordeaux, you MUST eat here!!

We were passing this place after our church mass on Sunday morning. We had roast chicken with…read morevegetables and local Bordeaux red wine and nice desserts. The restaurant staff are very friendly and took care of us, tourists from Australia and China. Many local people here and you can do take way lunch f no time to sit down. A very pleasant time at La petite Brasserie!

I can't say that I loved this place. I popped in here to have their beef tartare as I was looking…read morefor a quick and easy casual place for lunch. I really think this place focus is burgers. The beef tartare's portion was huge, but the flavor was not that tasty. Additionally, the meat wasn't chopped well and there were several times I picked up huge chunks of meat strung together which made it pretty unappetizing. Everything is cooked here on a grill top so the place smelled like a cookout. The space is small and cute with pictures of animals blowing bubblegum on the walls. Service was super friendly as well. The surrounding burgers looked really really tasty and the fries were superb.

Teeny place! No big parties so be prepared for that. They didn't have outside seating. The waiter…read moretold us the Le Chef burger was the best. He was not lying! Eating a burger with a knife and fork was an amazing experience. Burger was cooked to perfection, and the cheese was not thick. Didn't over power the burger. Fries were cooked perfectly. When we left we got free apple shots. I would eat here 3 times a day if I could!

Food is get it done passable. Great ambiance…read more Bad service, not French service, bad service.

Pretty good food and very charming atmosphere. I had the pork loins which were perfectly cooked and…read moreaccompanied by onions and potatoes. My colleague had the fish and was very happy with his choice as well. I recommend this restaurant for a casual lunch and also conveniently located near the Novotel and local court.

The eclectic atmosphere excellent service and amazingly delicious tartines make this a perfect spot…read morefor lunch. We had a table on the first floor (2nd flr for us in the US) by the window over looking the place. A great find in Bordeaux.

It's on the square but the exact location is not correct in yelp. Delightful for a lunch stop and…read moreour waiter spoke no less than 4 languages. The TARTINES are open face sandwiches and the Cassoulets are mini baked casseroles. My Parmentier with duck confit was delightfully indulgent but appropriately small with a salad. Sleeper was the drink of the day a minty lemonade.

My #1 brasserie here in Bordeaux. The food is consistently good. I had Gillardeau oysters to start…read moreand veal's head as the main course. All were delicious. Can't wait to come back next year!

So far, the overall best food we've had in France. I started with the goat cheese salad which had…read moreabout a 2 1/2 inch diameter of creamy goat cheese topped with a crunchy exterior and a bread bottom. I don't know if that's how it's typically served in France, but it was delicious. The endive, argula and tomatoes balanced it perfectly. Husband had the escargot with sausage and he pronounced it scrumptious. No, I did not take a bite! For my entree I had the French onion soup which I've been anticipating since arriving to France a week ago. It was worth the wait. It was hot and cozy and the broth was heavenly. Husband had the scallops and mushrooms. We shared a strawberry pastry for dessert, even though we were stuffed to the max. Overeating in France is easy to do. Nice service, nice atmosphere.

Opens for dinner early, which is great for foreigners who are accustomed to eating before 7:30pm…read more They offer lots of seating, and we were able to get a table without a reservation. The food was enjoyable but not memorable. I started with a BAKED CAMBERBET CHEESE. This was good but a little bland. The bread they served with it was not the right type of bread to me. I needed a white baguette I stead of the multigrain loaf. For my entree, I enjoyed the PORK BELLY. The meat was the highlight of the dinner. It was tender and flavorful. The mashed cauliflower was just OK and had too much cauliflower funk. I was excited to try the BUTTERNUT SQUASH TARTE for desert. It sounded very creative. I didn't like it. It is in the same category as pumpkin pie, which is not a personal favorite of mine. I normally wish for less sugar, but in this case, the tarte was not seet enough.

Le bistrot d'Aurélie is a cute bistro right in the middle of Bordeaux's tourism and culinary…read moredistrict. Great intimate atmosphere with a fair wine and cocktail selection, but not the best food at all. -- Food -- I ordered a plate that translated roughly to "Chicken with Fermented Rice" and my boyfriend ordered the duck. He described the duck as "good, but nothing special" (+1 Food Star). The chicken was dry with almost no flavor, the rice was undercooked and somehow lacking even more flavor than the chicken itself. I won't be coming back here for food. -- Drinks -- The cocktail selection is decent, about 10 options, however, they are all traditional/common cocktails, nothing special, creative, or original. The wine selection was a little better, I tried a glass of local Bordeaux and it was fantastic (+1 Drink Star). Though there are far better wine-spots in Bordeaux, so I'd hardly consider the bar a reason to eat here. -- Service -- Our waiter was helpful and willing to speak English and translate things for us. There is also an English menu. We visited fairly late at night on a week day in the off-season and did not need a reservation. -- Atmosphere -- The main draw of this restaurant appears to be the atmosphere. It's well decorated with local art, dimly lit, and intimate. The restaurant is fairly small, seating about 20 people. -- Stars -- Food: 1/3 Stars Drinks: 1/2 Stars Total: 2/5 Stars

(Last visited 7/8/2021.) Working in Bordeaux for a couple of weeks and it's been a dream of mine to…read moreeat at a Michelin Star restaurant. If you don't know what a Michelin Star restaurant is... it's a restaurant that has achieved one of the highest ratings in the world. So much has to happen in order to be awarded a star. Imagine if there were an illuminati and they gave out awards to the best restaurants in the world. That's how it works. Lol. There are 3 levels to the Michelin Star... 1 star, 2 stars and 3 stars which are the best of the best. These stars also have to be won EVERY year. You don't just get the star and keep it. You gotta maintain that status. So, being in Europe, this place is FLOODED with them because this is where the Michelin Star game started. So, I did some research and found this relatively affordable place (for lunch) and decided to pull the trigger. Here's what happened... Atmosphere/Appearance: Set right off of 62 Rue Abbé de l'Epée is this masterpiece. There's no parking lot or anything like that, so good luck finding a garage nearby or risking it all with street parking in France. Lol. Once inside you're greeted by lots of natural light, shelves of wine and just a homey feel. It makes you feel like you walked into someone's home and that's very comforting. Once past the wine area you walk right in front of the kitchen where you can see the wizards of Garopapilles performing their spells to get things to taste like they did. Then you're greeted by about 4 to 6 tables, depending on the reservations that were made that day. By the way, YOU NEED TO MAKE RESERVATIONS for here or else there simply won't be a table for you. To the right of the dining area is the outdoor area where you can dine on warmer days and it's also the garden where the chef's pick their herbs and greens to perform magic with! Service: Service was exquisite of course. We did the lunchtime pairing and included the wine addition. There were 2 servers running food and taking incredible care of us. They both made sure to explain the dishes we were served and why the wine that was served with it was chosen. It was awesome. Food: Here's the complicated part. Lol. I may not be able to explain all of the dishes to you so I'm going to direct you to the pictures that are posted along with this review. So as I mentioned I did the lunchtime pairing and the dishes are chosen at random. I think that is the coolest thing. Literally, we had NO IDEA what we were going to get served AND, my date was served something different from what I got! So if we cooperated together we had the chance to taste 10 different dishes (if we wanted to share). Lol. It was such an amazing experience. We started with an amuse bouche that was shared between us that consisted of seaweed chips, some other sort of nacho-salsa something-or-other and what looked like wontons. Course 1 was a very light seabass served with a delectable cream sauce. Course 2 was a lobster with artichoke and orange sauce. Such good and light flavors that are balances so well. Course 3 (that didn't really count as a course) was a salmon roe soup that was designed to cleanse the palate. It was deliciously salty and the roe has ZERO fishy taste. I couldn't believe it. They just exploded in your mouth when you bit into them and were incredible. Course 4 was an octopus gnocci that was SO DIFFERENT, but very delicious. The octopus cut like freaking steak. Course 5 started the desserts! We had some sort of ice cream, but I can't remember the flavor, just know it was good! Then finally, some chocolates to round out the lunch. The food here is OUT OF THIS WORLD and it's easy to see understand why this place holds that Michelin Star so proudly. Value: So to do the lunch course with as many as we had that would be €65.00. If you want one less plate it'll only be €45.00. This is a lot of money for lunch. Oh, by the way all those prices were per person. Again, it's a lot for lunch, but it's cheaper than the dinner portion. Lol. You wouldn't do this everyday... but maybe if you're a baller you would, but I wouldn't. It's a good treat and it's worth treating yourself to experience what the upper echelon of food is like. In conclusion... I'm sad. I was visiting the website to gather information for this review and the front page of the restaurant is an open letter to us saying this place is closing and a podcast to listen to explaining it. This stinks, but I wish them the best in their next endeavor. You will forever be in my heart as my first Michelin Star restaurant. Be sure to check out my YouTube channel, "The Hungry Road" for more restaurant and car-related content! You can copy and paste the following link into your browser to be taken directly to the channel! Be sure to subscribe, like, comment and turn on notifications! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEZJPcprSoq00kgDLUb57yA

During our vacation time in Bordeaux we visted Garopapilles for lunch and had an exceptional…read moreexperience! While the venue has an informal, laid back feel, the menu has a very broad cross-section of delicious cuisine, and everything we tried was not only delicious, but beautifully presented as well :-) After a spot-on consultation with our server we chose the tasting menu and were delighted with all the chef's choices. To compliment the menu, the sommelier offered (and we accepted) some perfect pairing recommendations. Dining outdoors (right be the herb garden) we enjoyed a leisurely meal, with each course more delicious than the next and the wines perfectly complimenting the flavors of our food. Service was flawless and woneerfully paced; I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants to enjoy a five-star experience!

I found the food to be delicious and the prices ok for the area…read more I chose off the fixed menu having the meat-cake starter and a delicious fresh seafood on leeks, followed by a nice dessert served in a cream sauce. Combined with 2 glasses of white wine and the tab came to 30€. Hard to do better in the area for the quality of food you get here and the presentation.

Great lunch with locals, not tourists. We wanted something light for lunch, knowing we'd be…read moreexploring the city and having a mid-afternoon snack with wine. We found Le Scopitone by accident as we strolled down a tiny side street with great window shopping. Service was lovely, as our French is only good for ordering wine and food. Our server quickly grabbed someone to help translate to make a recommendation for a better dish to share. Her wine recommendations were excellent. Delicious food, welcoming staff, and very reasonable prices! Try the monkfish in crispy pastry with Italian Parmesan salad!