The best bars and cafés New Aquitaine

This is one of the addresses to remember for all those who come to shop in Royan. This tea room is ideally located in the heart of the shopping streets, offering both a small sunny terrace and a cosy room. After lunch or for an afternoon snack, this roaster is a great place to sip hot chocolate and cappuccino while devouring a home-made pastry, including the inevitable lemon meringue tart. Coffees come from all over the world, from New Guinea to Brazil.

N°4 Coffee Station is first and foremost a place for gourmet moments, savoury/sweet nibbles and exceptional coffee. It's also about two people, Basque by adoption, collectors of collector's vinyl and contributors of flavors and tastes. Homemade" is the order of the day here, at breakfast, lunch and brunch, with scrambled eggs, avocado-toast, banana bread and, to satiate the palate, fruit/vegetable juices and the sacrosanct house coffee ground to order in front of you, a specialty from local roasters.

This small address, just a step from Les Halles, is one of those that we exchange between friends to offer ourselves a nice lunch break. You have two choices: order and take away your favorite dish to enjoy it in the sun or take a seat in one of the two rooms to devour it on the spot. Everything here invites you to spend a nice moment from the welcome to the products present which are all fresh and rich in tastes! What a pleasure to taste a poke bowl, a burger, home made fries or a fish and chips... and some delicacies!

A real place to live, this charming little place came into being thanks to the determination of the association's volunteers. Baby-football and an activity table for the kids, a workspace for parents, a resource center for associations... La Petite Populaire is much more than just an association café! Numerous workshops are programmed for children, and concerts are organized to bring this unusual address to life. There's also a dress-down sale, theater and literary cafés! And afterwork evenings on Friday nights.

In the Chateau district, this cocktail bar is a veritable sanctuary for lovers of refined drinks. It's a place where the art of mixology reaches its apogee, where exquisite flavors mingle to create unique taste experiences. Here, each cocktail is meticulously crafted to balance flavors, aromas and textures. From classic martinis to contemporary creations infused with exotic herbs and spices, the menu offers a sensory voyage. The quality of the drinks is complemented by the subdued lighting of the English, Louisiana or tree house-style atmospheres. A setting that helps create an atmosphere conducive to relaxation!

Among the establishments of the rue des Templiers, this café stands out a bit from its neighbors. Open only during the day - except for some very popular afterworks - this place with its new colorful decoration is known for those who want to have a comforting break or to eat. The menu evolves with the seasons with always a large choice of drinks, salads to compose, sandwiches, soups and famous cakes. Home-made and healthy food are privileged, as well as good mood! The team is smiling, the service is fast.

Jennifer has done it! She's opened a tea room where you can sip your favorite drink in the company of little felines. Before you even enter, take the time to observe the window, and you'll no doubt see cats roaming freely. Don't hesitate to enter! You'll be charmed by both the smiling welcome and the cosy, peaceful atmosphere. It's a great opportunity to take a break in the heart of the city with a brunch, a hot drink and a treat in the company of cats.

Fans of beer, metal and the Simpsons will love this place. Tony and May, the owners, distill a rock'n'roll atmosphere! Located on the second floor of Les Pirates restaurant, Chez Moe's serves fish and chips, burgers, poutine... and frigadelle (grandma's recipe). And drinks: a beautiful yellow tapping machine offers 21 pressings for a total of over 200 references of wines and spirits, along with house cocktails. Terrace and stage for concerts complete the setting. We're sure you'll love it!

Fabrice Brignard, the master of the place, has the art of the party and it shows. This place is a bit the place to be... But be careful, nothing trendy or snobbish! We are here on Boulevard de la Plage and the large terrace with its wooden furniture is always full, especially in summer. The reason: the excellent rum-based cocktails, including a mojito to die for, and everything to eat with tapas, oysters, charcuterie or cheese boards, bruschettas, the chef's burgers or gourmet coffees. All served on a musical background of the 80s and 90s.

In the intimate, hushed confines of the Grand Hôtel Français, Le Casa promises an exceptional tasting experience for all, from the visual to the olfactory, gustatory and sensory. Jérémy Lauilhé, barman crowned "meilleur ouvrier de France 2023", signs the menu of these signature cocktails and classics originally revisited (Kumquat Spritz with kumquat liqueur and olive brine, Tonkafé with vodka, tonka, espresso...). If you like to be surprised, ask for your very own customized cocktail or mocktail, for a totally unique and personalized drink!

This former limonaderie boasts original architecture. From the mezzanine, you have a bird's-eye view of the counter and its tempting pastries. Spanning over 200 m², this atypical restaurant-tea room is run by Thierry Baconnais, maître d'hôtel and sommelier. At lunchtime, you'll be offered the dish of the day, presented in a jar! Open until 6pm, you can enjoy a wide range of sweet treats, including crêpes and homemade pastries. All with one of the 25 loose teas on offer. And there's a brunch one Sunday a month.

This wine cellar is a little gem. This establishment has focused on quality and above all organic, biodynamically-produced vintages: the result is that we love this pretty address with its professional yet friendly spirit. 400 French wines are listed, with an emphasis on local estates and regions such as Savoie and Corsica. Here, the selection is tasted and tested by the winemakers, guaranteeing exquisiteness. Craft beers, a variety of spirits and monthly events with featured winemakers enrich the experience. Gustatory pleasures are not forgotten, with marinades of Pyrenean trout, charcuterie and cheeses. Chez Max, an address not to be missed!

This café, run by Edouard and Christophe, couldn't be named after a more famous playwright. Everything here inspires happiness: the warm welcome, the pretty terrace overlooking the square, but also the room in which you love to take refuge. With its jazzy ambience and large bay window, it's with a smile on your face that you order your coffee. In the mornings, you can enjoy breakfast, and at lunchtime, the restaurant offers simple but high-quality food: oysters, homemade mayo shrimps, tartare... and you can take the time to admire the works of the artists exhibited each month.

L'Envers du Bocal claims to be a plural place. And it is! Noé, Aurélien and Hélène, musician, visual artist and social worker, have created a new kind of bar-cannery to offer a convivial space for exchanging and tasting local canned goods. The place is decorated with salvaged furniture and diverted objects for a unique and original rendering with an exhibition room upstairs for the works of local artists. Numerous evenings of concerts, debates, traditional jams, readings, slams or improvisation matches are on the program.

Pushing open the pretty white wrought-iron gate, you'll make your way to the terrace of this den of sweet pleasures, where you'll lose your breath at the selection of sweets to eat and drink. This is Sandrine Lebon's place, her voice as delicate as her welcome. Enjoy teas (iced in summer!), vintage coffees and hot fruit juices, all accompanied by delicious cakes. Saturday is scone day! And don't forget to admire the current exhibition on the walls. A lovely sweet break.

Rustic fruit pie, gluten-free chocolate fondant, carrot cake, banoffee, babka... Notice to the gourmets, it is at SIP Coffee Bar that you can enjoy your breakfast or your afternoon snack! At lunchtime, an affordable formula is proposed with home-made dishes like the grilled cheese with white ham, morbier and truffled shiitake, but also always at least one vegetarian proposal. Regularly, the SIP Coffee Bar plays the prolongation in the end of the week with evenings aperitif with topic, concerts, and other sympathetic events...

A third place open to all. In addition to the café/convenience store and free Wi-Fi, there are several spaces for you to do your own thing. A meeting room, a co-working area, a repair workshop - travellers and cyclists, take note of this good plan, as well as a LabTelier. The latter has the latest digital tools, 3D printer, digital embroidery machine, laser cutter and more: it's up to you! The pro team organizes training sessions all year long. Go to the Facebook page to discover the program.

Behind the blue storefront of this café-library lie little treasures of literature and sweet treats we can't get enough of. Lemon meringue pie, fruit tarts, hazelnut and chocolate cookies... You're in for a treat in this warm, atypical place. For adults and children alike, the establishment offers a fine selection of books focusing on humanism and ecology. Drop in for lunch... Everything is homemade: lasagne, croques, cakes... all accompanied by salads and market vegetables.

Here is a place that beer lovers frequent with happiness. Established for more than 15 years in the Beaulieu commercial area, the Cervoiserie is above all a friendly place, ideal to spend a moment with friends. The staff is smiling, the atmosphere is warm and the choice of beers is really incredible, with some 300 references available! It's impossible not to find the beverage that will make you happy. The place is also perfect for gift ideas.

The most authentic bubble teas in town! The kawaii fans are not mistaken and rush in this small blue store to order their favorite tea drink: milky, fruity, with tapioca pearls or fruit jelly... The menu also proposes some original creations, as well as excellent homemade daifuku (Japanese pastries made with glutinous rice dough filled with various flavors). The sign does rather take away, but you can choose to sit on one of the two big sofas. Attention, no toilets.

Bidart in the tropics! The ideal place in the Basque Country where the sun never sets in salsa mode. Bachata, kizomba, zouk, kompa, merengue or other Latino ambiances, general disco-dance, etc. The Soleil des Antilles rum and discotheque vibrates to the great musical moments of yesteryear, today and the latest trends. It's a rum bar where you can sample the finest exotic cocktails. A festive, convivial atmosphere is guaranteed for these tropical evenings in salsa mode! All musical programs are available on the website.

With its terrace, the Coyote is the HQ for local bikers! But don't let your prejudices get the better of you, because in this bar, it doesn't matter who you are. Whether or not you're a fan of two-wheelers, flocked leather jackets or multiple tattoos, you'll always be made to feel welcome in this rustic venue where the music is loud. There are no longer any concerts or sports broadcasts, but the atmosphere remains excellent and so do the beers, even if they are (as always, and like everything else) to be consumed in moderation.

Constance, a passionate oenophile, will introduce you to one of the 80 wines on offer, exclusively from the winemakers! Tastings are often accompanied by small dishes to share, prepared by Laura and Charlotte, who joined the adventure in 2021 as partners. In addition to their desire to introduce you to exceptional estates by organizing wine-tasting workshops, they offer the same menu for lunch during the week.

With its electro ambience, the W seduced us from A to Z. A trendy downtown bar, it's all about the lounge side of things, with techno and house on the menu... but also an impressive range of shooters, beers and cocktails. And let's not forget the house chupitos, which the bartenders never hesitate to make spectacular by setting on fire. Here, professionalism goes hand in hand with partying! Whether on the terrace or at the bar, the place is a great success, relying on various themed evenings to create an eclectic program that has won over a loyal clientele. Unclassifiable if not for its quality, this address knows no routine!

This small wine bar is a real favorite because of the quality-price ratio of the wines offered, the interior decoration where you can choose your own bottle and the outdoor tables that give it a friendly atmosphere. You just have to enter to be seduced by the warm welcome of smiling waiters who will give you all the advices to choose your wine. While sipping this precious beverage, you will taste a hot Mont d'Or, the inevitable planks of cold cuts but also tapas. Here is a place to discover to spend a beautiful evening.

For breakfast, lunch, dinner or an aperitif, Olatua boasts one of the finest views facing the Rocher de la Vierge and the ocean. Access is via the Jardins de l'Atalaye next to the Aquarium. Hot and cold drinks are available all day long, and the restaurant offers a bistronomic menu featuring fresh local produce. The rooftop, meanwhile, offers a menu of world cuisine revisited with local flavors, fish ceviches, beef tataki, vegetarian dishes, beef and pork ribs... An exceptional location.

This new concept store, near the Hendaye seafront, is worth discovering for several reasons: imported from Australia, the concept is above all a coffee shop where you can come and taste homemade pastries such as cookies, carrot cake, banana bread... and while drinking an herbal tea, also enjoy the small savory pies in a cosmopolitan and relaxed atmosphere on the terrace or inside. And the vintage thrift shop (new and old), surf shop with surfboards, accessories and books, guides and photographs dedicated to this art of living.

Wine bar, bistro-style tasting bar where you'll enjoy a choice of pintxos, tapas and sharing plates for aperitifs, made with local produce and cheese platters just a stone's throw from the Nive river. With friends, La Karafe takes you on an oenological and gustatory voyage, with over 150 carefully selected wine references. Throughout the year, the establishment promotes the work of artisan winemakers and encourages organic and biodynamic winemaking. So, red, white or rosé, with pintxos, tapas and slates to accompany.

Murielle and her associates welcome you in this new bright and relaxed tea room that mixes pastel tones, discreet pop music and Nordic furniture. Moreover, the North also invites itself in the plates which will delight the fans of Millenium or Hygge, this well-being felt, for example, during a good meal between friends! On the counter is the kanelbullar, a Swedish pastry that is almost impossible to find in France and is as soft as can be! The softness is also available in salted and toasted buns filled with gravlax salmon, scarmozza, coppa or old cheddar. The whole thing is matched with grilled vegetables in escalivade, in pickles or - more surprisingly - in iced tea! Do you dare to try the Gascon Spritz?

The Irish Lane is a unique place: the only place to buy Irish beer! Thierry, the founder, chooses himself the micro-breweries that he promotes with passion and offers special beers aged in wine barrels, vintage beers on draught as well as bottled beers. To be consumed on the spot around good boards of artisanal delicatessen, or to take away. The friendly atmosphere that reigns there is the promise to spend a good evening under the symbol of the Irish flag!

Just a stone's throw from Place Pey Berland, the Magnus team has its quarters. This Scandinavian Bordeaux pub, which has opened a second address (Minus) on Cours Victor Hugo, is not short of charm. The varied menu offers a choice of a dozen beers that are rather rare in Scandinavia: Snø (wheat beer), Nordkapp (blond IPA), Oslo Spring (organic ale)... There's also a selection of aquavit, the herb- and spice-flavored brandy traditionally made and consumed in northern countries. Just the thing to warm you up!

The club offers a range of facilities including Jacuzzis, steam rooms, saunas, billiards and glory holes. It also has 11 rooms, some with locks and others open to all. Le Cinquième Élément regularly organizes themed evenings, such as mixed evenings, evenings for couples and taboo-free evenings. Women, transsexuals and transvestites are invited, and admission is free all year round to all evenings. Entrance fees vary according to the day and type of visitor.

A surprising place, to say the least! Located close to the market, this cocktail bar promises to be a real treat. We appreciate the warm welcome from Laura, always smiling and dynamic, and the setting, as atypical as it is magnificent. With friends, we come here to sip cocktails that are as pretty to look at as they are delicious! What's more, you can sit comfortably on the mezzanine. Let yourself be carried away by the friendly atmosphere and vintage decor, and discover cocktails that change with the seasons, while nibbling on a few dishes.

Soft jazzy music, a hushed ambience, a pretty wooden floor - that's L'Instant T. This café is located within the Espace culturel, offering a resolutely refined break. Le Petit Futé invites you to take a seat around one of the small tables, comfortably ensconced in one of the armchairs. Take your time and discover a menu that invites you to savor. If you feel like sipping a hot drink, you can choose between a cappuccino (vanilla, hazelnut, caramel), a café Moka, a Viennese chocolate or a surprising Instant Gourmand chocolate (milk, chocolate, homemade whipped cream and your choice of flavour). Cold drinks also feature coffee: Moka or espresso frappé, but also milkshakes and smoothies (strawberry, banana, mango...). Peacefully seated, you'll be pleasantly served, and no doubt bump into former Stade Rochelais player Étienne Léobet, or one of the equally friendly waitresses. But don't think you come here just for a coffee. For lunch, you can order at the counter and eat in or take away. Pasta or lasagne from Italian caterer Basilic'o, paninis, salads, quiches... And let's not forget the sweet treats: doughnuts, caramelized apple crumble, tiramisu... A few mignardises to accompany your coffee to make it even more... gourmand!

Maison Francis Miot is a boutique located in the center of Pau, on rue Maréchal Joffre. It offers a wide selection of artisanal jams and gourmet products. In addition to takeaway sales, the store also has a tea room where visitors can enjoy a coffee or a meal on the premises. Founded in 1837 by Louis Miot, Maison Miot's sweet history goes back several generations. For more than 180 years, this family-run business has been making artisanal confectionery of exceptional quality, preserving its know-how.

Tito, the owner of the place, names his café : Bar à curiosités. Here is a well found term to evoke this dancing bar where to go out to have a drink between friends but also to hunt for beautiful objects! The festive side of the place invites you to taste a nice aperitif board made of local and very good quality products. It also regularly invites to convivial moments around concert or cinema evenings. The other side is the motorcycle concept store, jewelry and vintage objects! Tito the junk dealer finds unique objects especially from the pop rock culture and the biker universe. In short, you won't have any excuse not to push the door of Tito's!

"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!" confided George Bernard Shaw a hundred years ago! Here's a place that hasn't aged a bit since its creation in 2017. You can come and play with your family, colleagues or friends, while enjoying a bite to eat or a drink. Forget Cluedo or Monopoly! Here you'll find more surprising and subtle games! Our entertainers are always on hand to advise and help. From investigation evenings and life-size games, to open-table evenings and escape games, the agenda is rich and renewed every month. Don't forget to reserve your table!

More than 600 wine references await you in this new wine bar near the Grand Théâtre, already a must in the city! Follow your desires or let us advise you on how to discover wines from the Bordeaux vineyards or from farther afield... Shopping, tastings, afterworks, aperitifs: any excuse is good enough to treat yourself at l'Ampélo. You can accompany your glass with plates of cheese or charcuterie, smoked fish from Cap Ferret, vegetarian spreads... "Allez, Vin, on est bien! Non-alcoholic wines are also available.

Perched on the dune of the Estagnots beach in Seignosse, this beach hut is one of the most famous on the Landes coast. In keeping with the luxury of its hotel, Hortensias du Lac, this oceanfront living space boasts an attractive menu of typical local dishes and tapas to nibble on all day long, from meats to seafood a la plancha. Let yourself be tempted by a cocktail or a South-Western wine for a dreamy aperitif as the sun sets. The season is punctuated by small concerts, events and film screenings.