The best French cuisine restaurants Poitou-Charentes

This restaurant enjoys a very nice location in the heart of one of the most charming ports on the island of Ré. Welcome to the reception by friendly staff, pleasant atmosphere and attentive service. At lunch, you will be offered the bistro menu which offers good value for money, including: soup of fish, steak of blue skin sauce virgin piquillos and green lemon and charlotte to apricots. In the evening, direction the floor with a room that offers breathtaking views of the harbour and a menu with a relatively large choice. In entry, a mood tartar, house accras or a fricassee of white cuttlefish were mood. Dishes highlight fish: bar net, tuna steak. The desserts are classic: Chocolate sweetness, brioche façon bread.

The Mercure Hotel is committed to a high standard of accommodation and a smooth reputation. The Boizé, the hotel's restaurant, is up to the task. As far as the decor is concerned, the alliance between the authentic and the modern is successful. On the plate, the flavours are there. They evolve with the seasons, but always gratify our taste buds. The establishment welcomes business meals as well as romantic dinners. When the weather is fine, don't hesitate to reserve a table near the swimming pool. Le Boizé, La Véranda's big brother, welcomes banquets, seminars and other festive evenings. It can accommodate up to 120 guests.

The very name of this establishment invites you to choose from a wide choice. Pizza, grill, salty and sweet pancakes, ice cuts, pasta to all sauces, mussels, seafood dishes and salads of all kinds, you will find your happiness! The pizzas are the speciality of the house, the dough is made on the spot and they are cooked in wood fire… In high season, eat on the terrace is not very pleasant, bring your pizza to enjoy it peacefully.

Since March 2012, the niortaise franchise of this famous grill restaurant offers a varied menu adapted to all budgets. Laurent and Maité Tondusson welcome you in a pleasant and spacious setting. Children have a games room with TV at the bottom of the hotel. The buffet formula of will, in addition to a dish à la carte, at 5 € (or 9,90 € in single flat) is very interesting. From a general point of view, the quality is not exceptional, but the good value for money is undeniable.

Let Pascal Corvisier, the chef said Coco, discover his local cuisine: stuffed poitevin, eels, Marais pan, snails, frogs'legs, fish plancha, goose rillettes… A good quality kitchen served in generous plates. The hotel's strong location is located on the water side, in the heart of Coulon. Two minor it, reception and service are not always at the top. And for a restaurant that specialises in fish and seafood, we expect to find an important choice of seafood, which is not the case.

In a warm setting, Aline and Christophe Sol let you taste, the eyes closed, the homemade specialities, like these snails, the ris of the calf truffé or a thousand sheet with pineapple accompanied by coconut cream.

This bar-restaurant is really typical. Don't look for it on the Old Port, but rather on a small square, a little out of the crowd. La Solette is a real neighbourhood bistro that charms the visitor with its slightly old-fashioned setting and an always friendly welcome. When you arrive, you will only have one desire, to settle down on the terrace and enjoy the place. Under a majestic paulownia or indoors in winter in an atypical setting, you never forget the time, you remake the world. If the restaurant has changed chef, the menu always features fresh, seasonal products. If you prefer meats, opt instead for the entrecote de la Solette served with homemade fries. We'll end up with some sweet flavours: brioche lost and then found again. Be careful, the address is well known in the Rochelais and you have to book better to get a place!

Catherine Adamy, "Cathy" for the regulars - supported by her husband Sebastien - receives with the smile and all the sympathy that characterises her in his restaurant at the Minimal (close to the marina). Attended by local workers (Chamber of trades, fishermen, academics and many recreational boaters) The Sextant offers home-made pizzas with fresh products but also fresh lasagna and salads, without forgetting the popular home burgers. For the most pressed formula of the day (10,50 €) you are waiting with its buffet of starters and desserts and its dish of the day. Cathy also hosts groups on reservation (up to 60 people). At the Grand Pavois and the festive evenings (14 July, for example) the restaurant is open until late in the evening.

This is the benchmark of the bitumen avaleurs, which, as everyone knows, has a serious knock-on. Here you are not afraid of nothing, no timetables, or a starving rugby team, the boss's smile is always put. Sometimes a little extra to find a place is the price to pay for the large buffet of starters. For the dish of the day, you have less choice. On the other hand, the cheese platter is most generous, and the wine of the jug is fine. Desserts often share between the home and the lending, and it allows you to always finish the meal on a fresh note. Little more for the long-haul road drivers, the Bar des Ailes offers health facilities where it is possible to take a good shower.

The Grand Café offers a varied menu of copious salads, starters, dishes "on the thumb" (like a fetish or omelet) and more fine foods such as veal ris, lamb jarret or fatty liver steak. Prices are affordable: 10,80 € la mudflap and 14,50 € les flambées in whisky. The desserts are very good (especially the chocolate moelleux!). The service is smiling and fast at noon. The outdoor terrace is really pleasant in the beautiful days to take a meal or simply drink a drink among friends.

Situated in the centre of this small town Tipsy welcomes you all week, in the room or terrace, in a friendly and family atmosphere. With a very affordable midi formula and traditional cuisine, it is the ideal place to dine during the lunch break at work or on holiday. The dishes of the formula change every day according to fresh products because here everything is home. If you just have a small trough, you can prepare snacks that will allow you to wait before the next meal. Note, all the first Friday months is organised a craft market where all the merchants are English! Original and friendly, this bar-restaurant is to try for those who have never been there.