Thursday night, mid December, looking for a quick bite, not many places were open in Biarritz…read more Luckily le bar basque delivered. The bar has only a couple of tables inside and most of the patrons are outside. Plenty of wines by the glass to choose from and quite a few tapas options. All the dishes we ordered were quite good: pulpo à la plancha, grilled calamars, beef merguez taco. Overall, a good bar to have a drink and a bite in downtown Biarritz.

We were struggling hard to find a decent place for a drink and snack in Biarritz. My expectations…read morewere quite high when I saw all the good reviews for Bar Basque. What we experienced was quite underwhelming, though I'm sure it's better when there's live music. The bartender was a little curt with us. We got a couple of wines that we didn't really care for, and a ham and cheese plate consisting of the most underwhelming and most expensive ham and cheese of our entire trip. We got out of there as fast as we could. I definitely would not go back.

This restaurant is located in the lovely little village of Fourcés. Our group of 9 came in without…read morea reservation, but our server accommodated us and set up a nice table on the front porch of the auberge. Most of us ordered salads for our entrées. A few of us just ordered a simple green salad, but my sister ordered one with thin slices of beef and it was fabulous! I should have ordered that! My sister's bf ordered the charcuterie and his was nicely presented and very good too! As for beverages, a bottle of white wine and water sufficed. For our mains, our group ordered the following: Duck Confit, Baked Zander in a Pouch, Steak Frites, Pork Chops, Lamb, and Lobster. Everyone was pretty happy with their dishes. The duck confit was tender and tasty. The steak had a bit more fat than my sister wanted, but it was good. I had the lobster which came in a cassolette with vegetables and a really delicious broth with puff pastry on top and it was delicious! My husband's pork chop was good, but not as tender and tasty as the one he had at Chateau Léognan. He finished it and gave my sister and I a taste. We managed to save room for dessert. We ordered the Moelleux au Chocolat (molten chocolate cake), ice cream, and cheese. All were excellent and nicely presented. People skipped the espresso as it was about 10:30 when we finished our meal. Service was good. The restaurant had three large parties like ours and two servers serving all those parties, but they managed to attend to our needs. Everything came out hot and mostly at the same time. And when our server came by with our check (you have to ask for it in France), our total was 232€, about $58 per couple which includes service charge and taxes. So much more inexpensive to eat out in France! As we were settling our bill, a band started playing rock music (in English) inside the restaurant. Fourcés is a small village, so I am sure the whole town can hear the music. I'm so glad we decided to stop by Fourcés on our last night in SW France. Dinner was great at l'Auberge and this little town is so charming!

This may be more of the issue with Yelp. Still, it needs to be corrected. The app show the…read morerestaurant open. However when we arrived with a large group for lunch, they said the kitchen has closed and can't serve us. As in France the restaurant maybe open but kitchen will close after 3 pm. Hmmm. Long way to come out of the way for nothing. However restaurant next to it, le carrousel gourmand was will to take us in. Nice people.

Probably not such a bad pick in this area, but in general it is hard to find good spots. Burgers…read morewere decent, dry wine was sweet, beer weak.