restaurants

going to Antibe for a week in June, sick of %26#39;Tourist Restaurants%26#39; selling usual beach resort meals, chips with everything, want good, authentic, reasonably priced french food, any ideas!!

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There aren%26#39;t any %26#39;beach resort chips with everything %26#39; restaurants in Antibes so you are quite safe.

here are a few to get you started

la Famiglia -italian/french

34 avenue Thiers 06600 Antibes

Tél:04 93 34 60 82

le JARDIN

5, rue sade 06600 Antibes

Tél:04.93.34.64.74

http://www.restaurant-lejardin.fr

le brulot and le brulot pasta

http://www.brulot.com/

Crêperie Le Clémenceau - sweet and savoury crepes

24, Rue Georges Clemenceau

le veil Antibes bressrerie - next door to creperie le clemenceau by the fountain , staff can be a bit sullen in summer but good for lunch - omelettes etc

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Ditto what Selkie has said about the restaurants, you will be quite safe.

Le Brulot looks interesting, thanks.

We have also tried quite a few times %26#39;Tire Bouchon%26#39; right in the corner of Place Nationale which we liked and a restaurant with a name something like Cote d%26#39;os? it is in the street off to the right just before you get to Place Nationale, it is good for meat dishes, steaks, lamb and kebabs (not the kind you get in the Bigg Market with Pitta bread!)

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I recommend Le Clafoutis, 18, Rue Thuret, in the old town.

This is a small restaurant, 4-5 tables inside, 3-4 outside serving wonderful authentic food at a reasonable price. I think we paid 28 euros each for 4 courses. They do not take credit cards.

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Top 5 for me are:

The terrace garden in Le Cafe Jardin on Rue James Close. Superb trio of steak tartare and not expensive.

Le Village also on Rue James Close. Great fixed price menu.

Le Brulot on Rue Isnard. Massive portion of moules frites.

The Yacht Clubbers on Ave November 11th. Snails and frogs legs super fish and friendly waitress, terrace overlooking the harbour and fort

La Taille de Gueppe on Rue Fersen. The best of them all just go their and try anything it is superb.

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De Bacon was recommended to me for seafood...any comments from the experts? Looks quite pricey to me so wondering if it%26#39;s worth it?

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Obviously some contributors do not live, as I have for the past 20 years, in Antibes!!! Chips with everything, lousy so-called Salade Niçois etc., etc.- look no further than Antibes!! However, light has glimmered on the horizon in the shapes of L%26#39;Aubergine, rue Sade, Chamlika, also rue Sade, Brasserie 44, bvd Albert 1er, and L%26#39;Auberge Provençal, Place Nationale and last but not least La Daurade. We Antibois(e)also love the Tabac at the Marché and the Vieil Antibes - so stop knocking it!!!!! And forget the restaurants actually on Place Nationale, as well as some of the pretentious ones mentioned in reviews - better not name them in print!! So, fellow Geordie, trust my choices and you will love every morsel And don%26#39;t ( ever) start off asking if the staff speak English - try French first and you are halfway to their hearts.

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Restaurants that I regularly go to are Auberge Provencal, Michaelangelos, Mamalus, Brulot and Duplex.

In the summer months all the restaurants in Place National are probably not a good choice, they are there to serve the tourists.

Le Bacon is a lovely calm, posh oasis of a restaurant...as you walk in it feels %26#39;expensive%26#39; and is..very, but it must be up there in the list of restaurants with the best view. The service is brilliant.Last time we were there a table behind us had a small dog with them and instead of the waiter bringing over a tupperware bowl of water for it he bought a porcelain plate with a white doiley and silver bowl for it...only in France !

Another restaurant that can compete with Le Bacon is le Figiuer de St. Esprit in the Ramparts, or for service and views the hotel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins.

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Mention of Michelangelos reminds me that none other that Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Quentin Tarantino broke bread together there only two weeks or so ago. Of course this and Bacon are on the expensive side. Selkie%26#39;s Le Brulot and its sister Le Brulot Pasta in the same street are a great find though - and more patrolised by locals than tourists.

Ed

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We will only be in Antibe for lunch, and since it will not be our main meal, we look for a light lunch fare restaurant. We are active 65 year olds, and do not eat heavy. Any recommendations, please?

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selkieNice%26#39;s list ( No.1 reply) is still a valid one. I particularly like Le Jardin - appropriately from its name it has a nice shady garden for lunch. Le Brulot and le Brulot Pasta are more nighttime spots. Le Clemenceau is closed. La Famiglia is a very good lunch spot - favoured especially by locals - but possibly may be bit off the tourist trail ( that%26#39;s why it%26#39;s good!) for you if you are in the Old Town - but still only about 15 minutes walk.

Edine.