The best restaurants Montpellier

A true institution in the heart of the city, 1789 is a small culinary revolution. The restaurant seduces gourmets thanks to its three distinct areas: the sheltered terrace, the main room and the lounge bar in the basement. Gourmands particularly enjoy dining under the beautiful vaults of the house, very typical of the Ecusson area. Above all, they are delighted to discover a modern seasonal cuisine orchestrated by Chef Nicolas. His recipes are based on local recipes and are offered with or without truffles, the house specialty. It is available raw, cooked, in mousse, cream, juice or puree, for your greatest pleasure.

You have to slip into a small street in the St. Roch district to find the entrance to this Ali Baba's cave. In this astonishing establishment, devoted to the cuisine of the Maghreb, you'll experience a change of scenery. In addition to the food, the owners have invested in the decor, the atmosphere and the show to allow a total escape. The room seems to be straight out of the tales of a Thousand and One Nights: furniture, mirrors, earthenware, red and gold decoration… Everything comes from Morocco. In the middle of this setting, the specialties of the country parade at a high speed rhythm, it must be said that the reputation of the restaurant precedes it. Finally, on Saturdays, an oriental dancer comes to entertain already charmed guests.

In this small restaurant at the rue de l'Université, Didier is in the kitchen and Gilles in the service. The local specialty is the bull, as its name indicates. As it is in Camargue, we find white walls, photos of the arenas' lord. There are also Spanish specialities such as the delicious Iberian abanico (Iberian black pig, fed in full nature with acorns). Eleven different burgers. Bull burger with goat cheese and chorizo accompanied by homemade French fries. In the prefecture district, the address offers very very low prices.

Enter this dangerous looking den, a crew member of the pirates will lead you to your table, at the foot of the tower, in the den of the boat or the gaols of the ship. In addition to the imposing decorated surroundings of death's-heads, the storm and the cannons echo by surprise in the middle of the meal, and three times in an hour, the lights display. A long list of eclectic cocktails brings the highlight of to this festive atmosphere. On the menu, there is something for everyone: salad-meal, pasta, pizzas, meat or fish. For dessert, the house opted for very classic: chocolate, crème brûlée or a scoop of frozen Bounty, composed of ice cream and chocolate, a sorbet and chips with coconut, and whipped cream. Children love this.

If this pretty smart canteen is a little far from the center, it undoubtedly deserves a small detour. Cordial, the lovely dining area raises the Catalan colors and has a corner fireplace, quite appreciable in winter. For the summer one will choose without hesitating the patio, refreshed by the bamboos and the pines, very calm and really resting where the tables of coloured mosaics bring jollity to the place. The cuisine is of inspiration Catalan and more largely Mediterranean. As starter, one will be able for example to taste mussels cooked au gratin with the garlic and parsley butter or carpaccio of Scallops has the lemon grass, ginger and lime. For the dish, small cuttlefish roasted with their aïoli or paves mature rumpsteak, compotée of shallots to the red wine. The à la carte of the desserts is very full and will not disappoint, with inter alia a macaroon with cream raspberries light with the litchis freezes limoncello, a flash with lemon-yellow basil, sorbet citrus fruits ginger or mid--cooks with the black chocolate, foams mascarpone and dress pink. The place is worth really the effort to move away from the historic center.

Meat eaters, be ready to draw your forks because here, the specialty is beef! This chain of grill restaurants, created in 1968, is located in Odysseum and in the center of Montpellier. Open every day, the brasserie in the shopping center has a varied menu of dishes that are always very copious. Essentials include entrecote, ground steak, brochettes and sirloin, roast beef and sirloin heart, tartare, etc. It is also possible to enjoy large salads, burgers, codfish and chips or salmon steak. Kids and adults alike will be catered and generally come out of the address fully satiated!