From the owner: Gourmandises de Méditerranée Deuxième restaurant de L'Hostellerie la Farandole, Le Panoramic offre…read moreaux habitués et visiteurs un cadre idyllique rythmé par les saveurs réunies dans les assiettes. Un décor lumineux faisant la part belle au raffinement et à l'esthétique. Pour vos papilles, le chef revisite les classiques provençaux : salade niçoise, soupe de poissons des " Pescadous ", le tout vitaminé par des épices ensoleillées. On aime : en été la dégustation les pieds dans l'eau de l'Assiette de Charcuteries Espagnoles et Italiennes.

Don't be intimidated by the lack of English on the menu - the Chef's aunt was married to an…read moreAmerican GI in World War II and her sister lives in Tampa. This place is a find and will most certainly be the highlight of any day trip to Bandol, France. For fun I ordered off the 39 euro prix fixe menu and my wife ordered of the 29 euro prix fixe menu, but a la carte is always available. Our meal started with a glass of red wine local to the Bandol area, a true delight to those who are discriminating vinophiles like me. Next they brought out a starter that was a seafood pate. My wife's first courses was scallops cooked to perfection in a leek sauce with puff pastries on the side, and mine was an incredible fresh salad with small tasty Mediterranean fish on the side. Maine courses were fish - my wife's a whole broiled fish and mine a dorade fillet. We finished of the meal with the most memorable creme brulee and molten chocolate cake with pistachio ice cream. We told them we were stuffed, but they insisted on sending us off with a round of limoncello anyway! It was the highlight of our trip

I ordered the meal deal here: appetizer, entree, and dessert for €25. The fish soup for the…read moreappetizer was... interesting and not really to my taste. The entree was an octopus/ squid dish of some kind; I'm not quite sure what it was because my knowledge of French is nonexistent and there's only so much google translating/ dictionary-ing before you give up and guess your order. It was a little bit of a disappointment that the food was so, "meh".. was also a little odd that when it got dark, the strobe lights came on. (Is this a European thing?) Anyhow, the service was good and the server very attentive. The location was also nice as it was close to the harbor, but not so close that I was eating overlooking the ocean. I will say, however, that the creme brulee was amazing and I cleaned off my ramekin. Noms.

The food is AMAZING. Every single thing. Seriously. And the service is great, too! Even the chef…read morecame out to make sure we enjoyed our meals. It was a perfect experience for 4 adults and 2 teens who were starving at 8:30 on a Friday night - especially when many places turned us away. Oh - and there's also a huge screen for watching sports - and a covered terrace with heat lamps. Chouette !