The best bars and cafés Midi-Pyrénées

Avenue des Vacances: the address is already a good omen. In its pretty little modern and cosy room, L'Aviateur offers tapas, pizzas, wine and cocktails. The welcome is warm, the atmosphere pleasant to come for two, with friends or family, you feel good. We start with some patatas bravas, pan con tomate, some mussels with escabeche and a bottle of wine while waiting for the pizza. The dough is thin, the toppings tasty, the whole thing is generous, cooked on a wood fire. Vegetarian options are also on the menu.

A new venue for epicurean pleasures, a "place of artistic and culinary emotions" according to founders Laurent Cieutat and Magali Casier. There's no à la carte menu, and dishes change every week according to the workshops taking place in the dining room. At lunchtime, there's an all-you-can-eat buffet. The huge room is decorated in a chic, cosy style, and the atmosphere changes according to the evening's theme. Thursdays from 5pm, it's after-work, with music and delicious tapas. On Fridays and Saturdays, there's food and soft music until the evening starts at 10pm.

On the flea market square, the front of this bar - which also serves as a wine cellar for bulk and bottled wines - immediately announces the color: a large photograph with Brel, Ferré and Brassens is pasted, with the words "Les copains d'abord" (Friends first). In this neighborhood bistro, one comes to find a very friendly atmosphere, which immerses us in the Sète bath. Whether it's market day, a concert or the return from a pétanque competition, you can share a drink here almost like at home. The regulars meet again, the meetings are joyful.

At the entrance of the city, on the quai des Moulins, the Bamboo is both a lunchtime brasserie with a large terrace where the gourmet suggestions change regularly, but it is also a musical restaurant-bar where one comes to enjoy a festive atmosphere on the weekend. We go there with friends to share tapas, sip cocktails, toast together while enjoying an evening animated by singers during the meal, leaving then place to DJ to continue the evening on the dance floor. You can also privatize the place if you wish.

If you're a fan of authentic tapas bars and intimate settings, here's a new address created recently by a guy who wants to set himself apart from "slaughterhouse restaurants". It's the only place in Argelès where you can discover original, revisited tapas and delicious charcuterie and cheese boards. Everything here is homemade, using local produce whose geographical proximity is even mentioned as a caption to accompany each dish. Gourmets know that they've come to La Fine Mousse to taste, not eat!

Not far from the Criée, here is a young promising address, like an urban straw hut, which offers lively evenings. One comes to L'Aïoli to share tapas while sipping cocktails, craft beers or local wines. The menu is concocted from local products, from the earth, from the sea, with also vegetarian recipes. Pélardon des Cévennes, cod accras, gravlax of red tuna, feta and spinach samoussas, fish ceviche... On Sundays it's brunch and brasucade. DJ evenings also animate the summer season.

In this shady alleyway leading to the cathedral, this small tea room is quite discreet. However, it is very popular, especially for the lunchtime menus with their beautiful, copious and colourful dishes. Soups, pies and homemade breads make your mouth water. And of course, you can't go into Christine's without tasting one of her desserts: from cheesecake to chocolate raspberry crunch, not forgetting the lemon meringue pie, everything is appetising. Very nice decoration and cosy atmosphere with a friendly welcome.

Close to the train station, this neighborhood address is a den for music lovers who don't take themselves seriously. When you enter the room, you discover a ceiling covered with panties and bras of all colors. At the back, a small stage hosts concerts of swing, rock, jazz, blues, reggae... Karaoke evenings are also proposed by the house as well as open stage sessions. One comes to work a little its dehanché in all relaxation with the regulars who give themselves appointment there for convivial moments.

We climb a little to reach the famous Quartier Haut, one of the most picturesque districts of the singular Island, which contains in one of its streets this charming address that we like to share. On its pretty terrace, you can come to sip a bottle of wine, a pitcher of homemade sangria, a small cocktail or a cold beer accompanied by shellfish. We come to enjoy a concert, an animation or to see friends. One returns especially for the cordial environment which emanates from the place and the conviviality which reigns there.

Le Rafiot is "the place to be" on the port, a bar with the look of an old rigging, where the wood has acquired a patina over time. During the day, it's a quiet place, ideal for breakfast in the morning, followed by a drink, ice cream or tapas. In the late afternoon, as the chill begins to set in, the temperature rises at Le Rafiot... Numerous house cocktails and DJ concerts in July and August. On the terrace, on the mezzanine overlooking the bar, you can dance and have fun, and that's what we love about Le Rafiot.

This wine and tapas bar is an ideal place to share good times with friends over a drink and a board of cold cuts and cheeses. In a beautiful modern decoration, one comes for the inspired and unique cuisine. At noon, a menu entirely made in house with local and seasonal products is assured with a dish of the day but also grilled meats and big salads. In the evening, a nice selection of original tapas will delight you! Warm welcome, good atmosphere, affordable menu and homemade creations; not to be missed during your stay in Auch!

With a good glass of Minervois, Cabardès or Malepère wine, you can indulge in this truffle bar and enjoy surprising and bewitching tapas made with truffles, a real black diamond. Summer truffle or winter truffle, both varieties are produced in the Aude and the suppliers are local producers. For an aperitif that is out of the ordinary, go to Philippe Barrière's small intimate room for a gustatory journey into the delicate world of truffles.

At Brigitte and Sam, gender merges. A arty, côté side - this is the HQ of the photographers of Frozen Lake, the gallery - or workshops of paintings, furniture and knitting… A little gourmet, with fast dining and Moroccan chef specialities (hello, tajine, moussaka, soups, salads or dishes of the day) + good oriental pastries. The fruit bar with an impressive map of smoothies attracts small and large (2,50 € to 4 €). The coffee, tea or coffee + cake also (3 €). At the Amalgam Café, there is even a library with a free book exchange system.

From the outside, it is the electric daisy along the wall that attracts the gaze of passers-by. A closer look, the decoration of this bar to something quite unusual. On a bright blue background and yellow balloon, the furniture comes straight from an establishment of the 1970 s. Accoudés at the counter all along, customers - certainly from the neighbourhood - tchatchent around a coffee. The relaxed atmosphere and a little kitsch are worth a visit.

Set in one of the charming streets of the city centre, this cosy and minimalist bar welcomes you both in the day and in the evening. The atmosphere is relaxed and there are regular animations on the weekend. Side sounds, it's more electro-pop-rock oriented. It is the ideal place to start the evening before going to a disco. A good before.

Combining contemporary and cosy design, this lovely bar is located on the floor of the Antalya II restaurant. Besides the classics this Turkish bar serves the arak. At the bottom of the room you can dance or cause a pleasant ride in very comfortable red chairs. A few themed evenings follow in this welcoming area in the privileged location in the middle of the aisles.

Rendez-vous des Biterrois for lunch or afternoon coffee, Petit Moka offers a pleasant calm. The open stone room, its stairs and its vault are worth a visit. At the entrance, the cake window attracts the eye, and it is hard to resist it. Coffees, teas, chocolates are on all summer and winter tables. We love to see you as soon as the sun points out its nose, because its extensive terrace overlooks the town hall and allows you to watch Béziers.

These two bars have come together to offer their customers, every evening from June to September, variety animations. A nice initiative.

Close to the theatre of the sea, facing the beach, this restaurant restaurant-restaurant serves the entire shellfish and shellfish year, on a large protected terrace in winter to enjoy the view and the beach and, in summer, the great musical concerts that take place right across the way.

Held by a very nice young couple, this bar is the archetype of the village bar as it stands, with its cohort of used people: teenagers who came to kill the time, the belote players, the rabid rabid, three babushkas souls who go back to the world by drinking the drink at the counter, the accidenté on the roulant on the level of Muscat in the glass… That's this life.

Les Arcades, it's a village bar as it exists, with its clientele of high school students spend time on course exit, play billiards and baby. In the week, it serves as a canteen, with its small, affordable-hour economic menu, where you can recover from a kitchen and home. It's also the headquarters of the rugby team!

A tiny, unmistakable bar when you go on the main avenue of Lignan. Despite the time, it has kept its outdated aspect of the service stations of the 1970 s. It's a friendly place where the fuel customers stop. Young and younger people come to drink and talk.

A village bar as you love them, place of appointment for young people, clubs, sports teams. Huge TV for evenings or afternoons of games, billiards, Baby football.

Facing the monumental Conference room, you can't miss this typical village bar. At any time of the day, there is someone at the counter or sitting in a corner. This is where the whole village finds itself, and we advise you to go around 1 in the afternoon: folklore and total change. There you come to drink a coffee or a drink and play cards, especially at 81, which, we said, is a game that holds both the belote and the coinche. Understand who can!

A village café in a pleasant setting welcomes you every day for a drink or a small coffee, or a tiercé.

Animated by the dynamic Frédéric Serra, who abounds in projects, the Bar des Amis has a true Spirit of village bar: small restoration, belote tournaments, appointment of young people and associations - see restaurants.

This tearoom is perfectly situated in the shadow of the cathedral. The delicious pastries are home-made by Marion, as are the crêpes, waffles, syrups and artisanal ice creams offered in summer. Accompanied by a 100% arabica coffee, Le Caramelo, their salted butter caramel and pecan cookie, is a big hit. For lunch, you can choose from daily specials, quiches, hot dogs and sandwiches. In the boutique, you'll find organic tea, roasted coffee and many other delicacies from carefully selected local producers.

Le Cosy nestles in the heart of the old Patus Crémat district. This wonderful address bears all the hallmarks of its owner, Malik: it's relaxed, festive, family-friendly and warm. In the two brick-walled dining rooms, or on the huge terrace backing onto the fountain, you can relax in total tranquillity. Here, sweetness reigns supreme, accompanied by beverages both soft and alcoholic. It's a place off the beaten track, a little corner of relaxation, so come and enjoy it, if there's still room...

A café behind the Lycée Daudet is a good idea! A high-school bar with its adherents for a few years. It should be said that here coffee or coke is not expensive, that fast food is served at any time and, above all, it can be quiet to surf the Internet, check your mails or play online. You can also just sip a drink by potassant his homework with his buddies! In this small space, there are not too many monitors in place, which means not too much heat generated. This is an important detail in the summer, even if there is the clim! Young and casual home. 

The smell of patisserie fills the air as you pass by Marine's cookie and tea room between Jean-Jaurès and Comédie. Two tables in front, two tables inside and a pastry workshop. Financiers, white chocolate cookies or hot chocolate heart sablé for fans. The "passionnément", a cookie with milk chocolate, dark chocolate and walnuts, is a great success. Sachets of homemade aperitif cookies. Fabien Laurino's jams and Pédone's artisanal ice creams complete the range.

Last year, the advent of 34 on Gambetta gave new energy to this portion of the boulevard. New owners, young and dynamic, have reviewed everything: the garden and lighting "dancefloor", the drinks card with more regional wines, more cocktails and fewer beers. Restoration, lunch and evening is not neglected: 8 €, large choice of salads from 8 €, pizza to 9,50 €, poissons fish, DEMO ANDOUILLETTE, delicacies (tiramisu, chocolate and Bourbon vanilla ice…) and ice cream at any time, this neighborhood brewery is an eclectic, as for its evenings. The terrace and the deep room lend itself to the group meeting. The management likes the musical atmosphere, the concerts live, the theme evenings (Latin salsa, dinner dinner…). Finally, the 34 is also football fan, especially Marseille (all the games of the OM are retransmitted on a large screen!).

Doriane runs this great Mendois coffee-shop opposite the Post Office. Above all, she likes to please with old-fashioned music, immersing you in the Marvel universe. In a setting worthy of the USA, this energetic ex-gendarme serves coffees and other gourmet beverages, including bubble tea and chai spice latte. Doriane also sets the table, with a menu of bagels, hot dogs, desserts and snacks, including the highly original Bubble Waffle (sweet or savoury), as well as a takeaway or eat-in menu.

At Kinito, you'll find the typical atmosphere of these English pubs, with branded sponge sets on the counter and dark wood decor. Lovers of the "little froth" will be able to sample the top brands of Irish and Scottish beers, from lager to dark, accompanied by a few tapas. Whisky also has its place, with nearly 60 references to be enjoyed in moderation. It's the place to be if there's a major sporting event, as soccer or rugby matches are broadcast on two giant screens.

In "la rue des senteurs", whatever the weather, the season or the time of day, what a pleasure to sit at a table or to lean against the counter! Early in the morning, stopping to sip a little black or hazelnut is a very pleasant way to start the day. And at the end of the day, we love to find an excuse to spend some time there and enjoy some tapas. The evenings at the Bar de la Marée are popular with amateurs and 25-45 year olds, with musical entertainment with DJ on Thursdays and Fridays. "Sharing, good mood and atmosphere"!

The brewery's curtain rises at the aurores, six days a week. At lunchtime, the house serves salads and plain dishes and in the evening the brewery only opens for groups, on reservation, except on Thursday and Friday evenings where relaxation with musical animation sometimes extend until late. The Fond Fond love the fiesta, and student evenings regularly take place on Thursday evening.

Successful conversion for this bar, which was long the historic seat of the Nîmes-Olympic. After an attempt to play karaoke evenings, the News Industry, in the spring of 2009, was able to find a new way. Saved by rock, could we say the News Indus'as appellaient colloquially his new friends. It must be said that Bernard, the boss, did not mégoté! He went there Franco in his offensive by trusting the organizers, in this case the association called Me to stop. But in 2010, DMDM searched for other bars and concert halls to program its groups. Often artists from the independent saxon scene, whom you need to treat… level sound… what has not always been the case at News Industry. So, desertification of the place again, looking for a third way. A return to local fundamentals?

Gay music bar that organizes theme evenings regularly. On Sunday evening, the Jessigaet offers a fairly popular show.

The Folles Saisons Cultural café organizes exhibitions of artists (painters, sculptors, photographers…), concerts of the classics, DJ evenings, conferences, debates and various workshops! The hotel has a nice restaurant with a shady garden and terrace under the trees. And even if the place is intended for women, men are very welcome!

A place that has a magical charm, a terrace located at one of the pedestrian junctions of the most frequented Escutcheon in the day, the Clock Bistro is no one to envy question location. A bistro with a glacier soul, where it is good to take tea - even if the selection is not so amazing as some other salons tea salons. The best moments? Lunch for a quick quick restoration without surprise: salad day pies or complete salads around € 6, hot and cold sandwiches (4 €) and desserts for ice since this is the speciality of the house. The ice is good but not artisanales (from 3,80 € to 7 €). During the day, in the shadow of the famous clock, time runs smoothly, it's time for snack, non-alcoholic drinks, fresh fresh fruit juice, Viennese chocolate, cakes, pancakes or banana banana split. Then comes the hour of the aperitif, fruit juice pressed, bières beer, wine from country to glass. A good bistro that beats the convivial moments of day, where children are not bored: The floor fountain always! them!

A bar renowned for its exclusisvement terrace, which necessarily will be closed part of the year, is well in the south! By investing in the beautiful pedestrian place of the Calade, just opposite the Teatro de Nîmes, Claude Coulet, the boss of the Annaba knew that he could count on the aisles and the recluse side of Escutcheon. As soon as it's nice, it's here that you can find the hype for lunch or evening aperitif. It's time for simple and authentic tapas (olives, serrano ham, country sausage, goat cheese). Trendy bar but not too much…

Café Ginette is a party place. Underneath its post-war bistro air, the place is attractive and charming, with its large room and wood-burning stove, Formica tables and schoolboy chairs, tree-lined courtyard and sunny terrace. Concerts, a good beer and a bite to eat... that's all it took to make Ginette the trendy bar of Toulouse's suburbs. Located just beyond the Canal du Midi, in the ever-changing Minimes district, it serves mackerel, pork belly and rice pudding.

Le Cosy du Plo is the address for gourmet taste buds, with two separate boutiques-tea rooms: one in the heart of the city, the other in town. To reconcile indulgence and well-being, we go for natural, local, carefully selected products. The star products: artisanal ice creams and pastries. But we also go for fresh salads at lunchtime, homemade soups, fruit juices and detox smoothies, dishes and drinks that match the seasons... Relax in this cocoon, take your time and enjoy!

No, you're not seeing double, the pair at the head of this establishment are linked by more than a passion: they're twin brothers. Benjamin and Nicolas set up this business together, in the discreet Rue Castelmoutou, a stone's throw from the Musée Jean Jaurès. On the premises, the duo serve gourmet dishes in which homemade ingredients take pride of place. In the evening, they focus on a tempting tapas menu. Conviviality and sharing are at the heart of this business. An extensive wine and spirits list from the region and the four corners of France (and the world) completes the picture.

At V and B, you'll find over 400 references of beers, wines, champagnes and spirits (with a fine selection of rums and whiskies). Perfect for after-work parties (closes at 9pm). There's always something going on: tasting evenings, wine courses, tapas evenings on Thursdays or sports broadcasts. Depending on the season, there are also themed evenings, such as St. Patrick's Day in March or Oktoberfest in October. Come and discover new beers in a friendly atmosphere!

Pablo and Safirs, the owners of this tapas bar-restaurant, wanted to make their establishment an ideal place to have a drink and share good times with friends and it is successful! Patatas bravas, tempura shrimps with Mosquito sauce, homemade chicken tenders with luxury sauce, tuna tataki... perfect to accompany your aperitif. For dessert, the tiramisu with Kinder Bueno will seduce the most greedy. Others will prefer to start the evening with a cocktail or a good glass of rum. It's hard to resist the atmosphere of the Repaire, from the afterwork, animated by a DJ.

The Dudu installed on the new "street of the thirst" of Perpignan, is a concept of restaurant where one tastes on the go: tapas, sandwiches, wraps, platitos... there is for all the tastes and all the appetites. A sort of tapas bistro-bar where a relaxed and festive atmosphere reigns. One craves for the vast terrace, the cocktails and the evenings with topic. The reception is very friendly and we also like the large and nicely decorated room. An unpretentious place where the credo is good mood and party in a beautiful atmosphere.