The best restaurants Hérault

The hotel specialises in mussels and frites, but also serves pizza, tapas, meal salads and other traditional dishes.

Belgian holidaymakers who, as soon as they arrive in the country, or tourists and regional tourists who dream of the country, find themselves in this most typical restaurant. After Brussels and Antwerp, Jean-Paul Dumond was set up six years ago at Cap d'Agde, on the quay with views of water and boats. Here is not the hut-fries, but the best mussels like Belgium, 1,5 kg per person, superb fries and twenty different preparations. For the réfractaires to this almost national dish, wide choice of meat and fish such as the American net as in Brussels (Belgian tartar), the grey shrimp chunks of the North Sea, the Belgian sea pot (fish soup) and even Lebanese dishes arranged to Belgian sauce! Quality is not always at the meeting and that is a pity. Go to Jean Paul, an effort!

It is near the Cellier Saint-Roch and the vats of the Vignerons de Tourbes that this aptly named table officiates. In a friendly atmosphere and sheltered from the noise of the road, one settles down to devour, on the terrace or in a rather simplistic room, a generous kitchen. Although the address offers a rather varied menu, it particularly highlights the meats, especially those cooked on a wood-fired grill. The products are of high quality, fresh and tasty, they are generally accompanied by the inevitable homemade gratin. For dessert, pastries are just as delicious. Good mood guaranteed!

On the right bank of the harbor, the red sail of L'Ambre Marine is rapidly recognizable; The terrace in front of the harbor's hustle and bustle is wide open for us. In the background, a majestic wood-fired oven from which grilled meats and fish come out. It's been two years since Eric Blanc and Dario Pastrana took over this address, breathing energy into it!! On the menu, oysters with leek fondue gratin, skate ring in salad, both fresh and surprising, then cuttlefishes or monkfish leg cooked over a wood fire followed by a croustillant with figs, for sweet note. A delight served with a smile, if you like! The products are fresh and seasonal. Some tables opt for generous pizzas that passes before our greedy eyes. Local wines and well felt suggestions… we just treated ourselves!

The privateer is a stone's throw from the quays of Palavas, with a name like his, it doesn't surprise us. The establishment is oriented towards seafood products, the chef has set himself the mission of celebrating them and passing on his passion. In this establishment, the staff is quite charming and we do not hesitate to start a conversation with the servers present. The address is known for its salads, its fish, but also - and above all - for the quality of its food - for its "all-you-can-eat" formula. The mussels are small and excellent, they go perfectly with each of the sauces offered by the restaurant. Thanks to the unlimited formula, you have enough for your hunger at a price that defies all competition. However, waiting when you book can be important, you should avoid relying on an express meal. The other small defect of the place is its fries, they accompany the mussels but are not very famous.

Just at the seaside, within a well-designed setting but which has managed to keep its simple side to delight everyone, L'Oxalis offers you finely presented yet authentic and simple dishes: have a treat with a gratin mussels with Roquefort, a poultry meat roll stuffed with crayfish, sauce with cognac, tarragon and crushed potato or a sirloin flank steak with shallot. We advise you comfit lamb shank, juice with rosemary caramel and gratin Dauphinois but also the duo of fillet sea bass and red mullet cooked à la plancha and raviolis of the season. And to finish on sweet note (rest assured, no accent of the sea this time), we suggest you a frozen nougat with red fruit coulis or a vanilla ice-cream with pineapple and caramelized with rum. L'Oxalis also serves salads, but all the dishes is based all the same on seafood. If you have allergy to fish, you should refrain from going there!

With your stomach in your heels, you are looking for an address that will satisfy all appetites and the whole family? This small restaurant is there to meet your expectations. Aux 2 Comptoirs is a multifaceted address, once it takes you out of the kitchen of traditional and local dishes such as bullfighting, another it prepares homemade pizzas and island specialities. Reunionese curry is found in Sicilian pizzas, American burgers and Mediterranean salads. It's rich, original and diverse. The only constant is that we enjoy each fork stroke. So we order, we eat and we make it our must-have!