Restaurants, cafes and bakeries in Zadar

28 Avenue Lazare Carnot, 83300 Draguignan

+33494525342

Le Domino combines a restaurant, guest rooms and private reception spaces on Avenue Lazare Carnot in Draguignan. The restaurant is set in a historic town building with a garden behind it, bringing a sheltered outdoor setting to an address close to the centre. Its cooking follows French traditions with Provençal and Mediterranean influences, using fresh ingredients and a menu that changes with the seasons. Chef Jacques Rolancy leads the kitchen. His career has included restaurants in France and Britain, and he also takes an interest in passing his experience to younger cooks. At Domino, the emphasis is on carefully prepared dishes served in surroundings intended to feel welcoming as well as considered. The choice includes a bistro selection, a restaurant menu and a separate chef's menu. Recent dishes illustrate the range: veal blanquette with vegetables and white rice, followed by a lychee, rose and raspberry parfait, or beef onglet with roasted parsnip and small potatoes. These are examples of a changing kitchen rather than a fixed list of permanent specialities. For private occasions, a reception room with a traditional fireplace can accommodate up to fifty seated guests. The layout can be adapted for family meals, intimate weddings, anniversaries or business gatherings. Menus, seated meals and cocktail receptions are discussed with the team. A private garden adds space for an aperitif or a break outdoors, while the restaurant terrace offers another way to enjoy the setting. Ordinary tables can be requested through the online booking service.

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Rue Liboichant 44, 5550 Alle-sur-Semois

+3261508030

Le Fief de Liboichant is a hotel restaurant in Alle-sur-Semois that also welcomes people staying elsewhere in the valley. Its kitchen combines French cooking with recognisable Ardennes ingredients, making it a useful choice when you want a regional meal rather than a quick snack. Chef Gaby and the team work with the seasons, with fresh trout, game and rabbit cooked with Trappist beer among the examples described by the restaurant. The menu is accompanied by changing suggestions, so the dishes available on a particular evening should be checked when booking. Children have their own menu, and the team invites guests with particular dietary needs to discuss them directly. This is a place to ask about what is being cooked now, rather than arriving with the expectation of a single permanent signature dish. In suitable weather, lunch and dinner can be served on the terrace. The hotel's outdoor page describes views across the valley and a flower garden behind the building. An outside table therefore offers a different setting from the main dining room; mention that preference when making a reservation, with the understanding that the weather determines whether outdoor service is possible. You will find the restaurant at 44 Rue Liboichant in Alle-sur-Semois. Contact the team by telephone or email to confirm the current service times and reserve a table, especially if you are organising a family meal or need to discuss ingredients before visiting.

26 Avenue Général de Gaulle, 34300 Agde

+33467267608

Mon–Sun 06:00–20:00

Le Fournil d'Agde is an artisan bakery at 26 Avenue Général de Gaulle, a few minutes on foot from the old town and the river. Simon Queneau has run it with his team since 2018. The bread is made the slow way: flours from a local miller, older grain varieties among them, a natural sourdough starter, hand kneading. The range covers a crisp baguette de tradition, cereal, rye, corn and whole-wheat loaves, and a soft pain de mie for sandwiches. The pastry counter changes with the seasons and mixes classics (éclairs, millefeuilles, lemon and fruit tarts, chocolate desserts) with the bakery's own creations. Number cakes for birthdays, wedding cakes and petits fours for christenings are made to order; everything, the house states, is made on the premises. For a vacation rental this is above all a supply stop. The shop opens every day, Sunday included, from 6 am to 8 pm, so bread and croissants can be fetched before an early start to the beach, and a picnic put together from the savory counter: bakery pizzas, quiches, sandwiches with crudités, paninis and seasonal salads, plus a dish of the day at lunchtime. There is seating inside and a few tables on the square in front, where a breakfast formula with coffee is served. The bakery also caters private and business events, from starter to dessert, quoted on request. Orders for cakes and catering go through the form on the website or by email to lefournildagde@gmail.com; the phone is +33 4 67 26 76 08, and the day's offer is posted on the bakery's Facebook page. Cap d'Agde and Le Grau-d'Agde are each ten to fifteen minutes away by car, so the bakery suits a rental in Agde itself or a stop on the way out.

9 Rue du Dick, 35400 Saint-Malo

+33299810565

Mon–Fri 12:00–14:00, 19:00–21:30; Sat, Sun 12:00–14:30, 19:00–22:00

Le Globe-Trotter is a small restaurant in the heart of the Cité d'Alet, between the Solidor tower and the Bas-Sablons beach, and its name is the menu: dishes gathered from journeys, cooked with what the Breton markets offer. A Thai curry can follow a Breton fish tartare, a tagine a plate of grilled prawns, and the card changes often enough that regulars find something new each visit. At midday there are set lunch formulas between about €15 and €22, which makes it one of the better-value sit-down lunches on this side of the harbour. The terrace is sheltered and there is room for families; evenings are calmer than in the walled town.

8 rue Jean-Pierre Avron, 62100 Calais

+33321979798

Le Grand Bleu stands on rue Jean-Pierre Avron, beside the Quai de la Colonne and opposite the outer harbour of Calais. Chef Matthieu Colin and his wife Cindy welcome guests to a restaurant whose cooking connects local fishing with a more inventive use of seasonings, textures and accompaniments. Fresh ingredients, seasonal produce and short supply routes are central to the house's stated approach. The kitchen makes its own bread, ice cream and petits fours, extending that attention beyond the main dishes. The published menu shows how the approach works on the plate. Scallops appear with a yuzu and pepper crust, watercress, a parsnip and butternut risotto and finely chopped chanterelles. Turbot comes with a shellfish emulsion and ratte potatoes prepared with sabayon. Starters include beetroot tempura prawns with Timut pepper Parmesan cream and leeks, while foie gras is paired with pear, speculoos and brown sugar French toast. There are substantial alternatives to fish. Confit pork is combined with tartiflette elements, oyster mushrooms and smoked paprika; beef fillet is served with shallots, parsley, bacon preserve and beef cheek ravioli. Regional cheeses give another connection to the surrounding area. Desserts continue the kitchen's interest in reworking familiar forms, with an apple Tatin interpretation of Saint-Honoré and an orange cream macaron dessert among the published examples. The result is a harbour restaurant for guests who enjoy seeing local ingredients taken beyond their simplest preparation, while still being able to recognize the fish, vegetables and French cooking traditions at the centre of the meal.

Le Port, 20222 Brando

+33495332420

Le Pirate stands at the harbour in Erbalunga, among waterfront houses and the rocky shoreline beneath the village's Genoese tower. Its cooking brings together seafood and meat through an à la carte selection and several tasting menus. The setting places the restaurant within the small fishing village itself, with the marine landscape forming part of the experience. On the published menu, langoustine tortellini are paired with hazelnut and shellfish, while John Dory comes with olive oil and cauliflower. Monkfish combines smoked flavours with seasonal vegetables and a sauce involving both shellfish and meat. The meat dishes have equally specific accompaniments: veal with carrots and thyme, pigeon with beetroot and raspberry, and beef fillet with crisp Anna potatoes and nori. These combinations give a useful sense of a kitchen that works across the island's land and sea. The tasting formats include four, six and eight courses, with seasonal inspiration and a progression through savoury dishes to pastry. Cheese can form another part of the meal, with Corsican selections appearing alongside those from mainland France. Desserts explore combinations such as smoked chocolate, lemon, miso caramel and pecans, or pistachio with financier, strawberry and sorbet. Wine pairings offer a choice between Corsican and mainland selections. A children's menu is also available. Tables can be reserved directly by telephone, and the contact form includes a space for allergies. The result is a harbour restaurant with a carefully structured menu and a distinctly ingredient-led approach.

Jalan Nusa Ceningan, 80771 Nusa Ceningan

+6281353773337

Le Pirate Restaurant sits above the channel between Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan, in the beach club known for its small white-and-turquoise beach boxes. The restaurant looks out from a low cliff toward the water. It welcomes outside guests, so you do not need an overnight booking to come for a meal or a drink. The kitchen serves a mix of Western and Asian dishes, with vegetarian and vegan options identified by the operator. Breakfast starts in the morning, and food service continues into the evening. The bar adds cocktails, wine, draught beer and other drinks. It is a useful choice for a group seeking an ocean-view restaurant with more than one style of cooking on the menu. This is a compact beach-club setting rather than a large sandy beach restaurant. The small pool and surrounding deck are part of the experience, but access to the pool is charged separately for day visitors. Tell the team whether you are coming only to eat or would also like to use the pool, and check availability before settling onto the deck. From Nusa Lembongan, cross the Yellow Bridge and continue along the Ceningan coast. Cars cannot cross the bridge, so plan the final part on foot or by local scooter transport. The hotel operates an adults-only overnight policy; families considering a restaurant visit should clarify their plans directly. Contact Le Pirate for current menu choices, table availability and the evening's final kitchen orders.

19 Quai du Commandant Méric, 34300 Le Grau-d'Agde

+33627200903

Le Ponton stands at 19 Quai du Commandant Méric on the left bank of the Hérault at Le Grau-d'Agde, where the river runs out into the Mediterranean. There are three places to sit: a dining room open to the quay, a shaded terrace, and the wooden pontoon that gives the place its name, built out over the river so that you eat with the water under your feet and the boats passing on their way to sea. The beach and the jetty are a few minutes' walk down the quay. The cooking is traditional and Mediterranean, and the house makes its own foie gras, a mi-cuit marinated in Muscat and cooked in a bain-marie, served as a jar for two. The card leans toward the sea: cuttlefish and king prawns on the plancha in Provençal butter, marinated tuna cooked rare, sea bream and sea bass fillets, moules-frites, a plancha mixed grill of fish, Bouzigues oysters and a fry of joël, the tiny local fish, with house aioli. For meat there is roast duck breast and a Black Angus ribeye. The Salade du Ponton stacks foie gras toast, cured ham, smoked salmon and blinis on one plate. A three-course set menu runs every day at lunch and dinner, with orders until 1:30 pm and 9:30 pm, and a children's menu covers children up to age ten. Until the end of June the restaurant is closed on Tuesdays and Sunday evenings; in July and August it opens every day. Reservations go through the mobile number +33 6 27 20 09 03. Access is step-free, restaurant vouchers and French holiday checks are accepted, and groups of up to 150 can be seated on request. From Agde old town it is four kilometers downriver, ten minutes by car.

Frazione Corano 35, 29011 Borgonovo Val Tidone

+390523845503

Mon Closed; Tue Closed; Wed 12:30–14:00, 20:00–23:00; Thu 12:30–14:00, 20:00–23:00; Fri 12:30–14:00, 20:00–23:00; Sat 12:30–14:00, 20:00–23:00; Sun 12:30–14:00, 20:00–22:00

Le Proposte is a family restaurant in the hamlet of Corano, in Borgonovo Val Tidone, in the hills of the province of Piacenza. Its beginning is unusual and the family tells it plainly: twenty-five years ago Danila and Luigi, with their daughter Manuela, bought a farmhouse in a panoramic position meaning it to be a second home. Cooking took over. In the year 2000 the house opened as a restaurant, and it has been run by the family ever since. The kitchen is traditional and the work is done on the premises: cured meats are aged in the restaurant's own cellars, the pasta is made in the house, and the ingredients are handled daily rather than bought prepared. In this part of Emilia that is not a marketing line — salumi and hand-made pasta are what the province is known for, and doing both in-house is the difference between a country restaurant and a country restaurant worth driving to. The dining room seats about forty. In summer lunch and dinner are served on the panoramic terrace, which is the reason the farmhouse was bought in the first place. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday. From Wednesday to Saturday it serves lunch from half past twelve to two and dinner from eight to eleven; on Sunday the evening ends an hour earlier. Booking is sensible in a room of forty seats. You will find Le Proposte at Frazione Corano 35, 29011 Borgonovo Val Tidone, Piacenza.

77 Route de Sainte Roseline, 83460 Les Arcs-sur-Argens

+33494474093

Thu–Mon 12:00–13:30, 19:30–21:30; Tue–Wed Closed

Le Relais des Moines stands on Route de Sainte Roseline in Les Arcs-sur-Argens, in the countryside close to Trans-en-Provence. Chef Sébastien Sanjou discovered the house in February 2002 and developed it with his team into a restaurant shaped by two regions: his native southwest France and the Provençal and Mediterranean landscape around him. Sanjou comes from Bigorre and a family involved in food trades for five generations. That background remains part of his cooking, while the surrounding area's growers and other producers provide its present-day foundation. The result is contemporary food organised around seasonal ingredients and the people who supply them. A terrace sits within wooded grounds containing old oaks and pines. From there, the outlook takes in the medieval village of Les Arcs and the Massif des Maures. It is a setting that places the landscape alongside the cooking, with trees and the wider countryside forming part of the experience. The autumn menu includes roasted fish with violet artichokes and black olives, line-caught hake with cauliflower, samphire and cockles, and roast quail with confit legs and butternut squash. Other preparations bring together beef, ceps and chard, or raw scallops with fennel and citrus. Desserts feature local figs, pears, honey and hazelnuts, and there is a selection of farmhouse cheeses. Guests can choose a menu built as a sequence of courses or explore the individual dishes. Tables can be reserved directly, and enquiries about private events are welcomed through a dedicated form.

17 route de la Maurienne, 73390 Bourgneuf

+33479337405

Le Repère is a small restaurant on route de la Maurienne in Bourgneuf, opened in November 2023. The kitchen follows a traditional French brasserie approach, with food made in house and an emphasis on nearby producers. The team keeps the menu deliberately short and identifies its suppliers on the menu, making the origin of the ingredients part of the meal. Burgers feature in the restaurant's own account of its cooking, while pizza has a separate place in the offer. A changing daily menu provides another way to eat here. The owners describe their aim as serving generous food they enjoy cooking and giving the people already at the table time to enjoy themselves. That preference for a manageable room carries through to the setting: there is an indoor dining space and outdoor seating for meals in suitable weather. The restaurant can also be booked privately for birthdays, baptisms and other gatherings. Anyone organizing a group meal is asked to contact the team directly to discuss the event. The tourism office confirms private hire, lunch and dinner service, and evening entertainment as parts of the restaurant's activity. It also lists English and French as spoken languages and welcomes guests accompanied by pets. Card payments, cash, meal vouchers and contactless payments are accepted according to the same official listing. Reservations are handled directly with the restaurant. For visitors based around Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, the appeal is a compact village brasserie with a clear connection to its suppliers and the possibility of arranging a more personal group occasion.

280 rue de la Mairie, 73250 Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte

+33613158684

Le Saint-Jean is a village bar, restaurant and pizzeria on rue de la Mairie in Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte. The kitchen presents Italian cooking alongside French specialties, with pizza among its named dishes. The local tourism office adds a Savoy dimension, listing regional cooking and cheese specialties as part of the offer. Together, these give the restaurant a broader role than a pizza stop alone. Guests can come for lunch or dinner, sit on the terrace when the weather allows, or order food to take away. Drinks include coffee and tea, beer, wine and other alcoholic and soft drinks. The tourism listing describes one dining room with forty places and another forty seats on the terrace. It also identifies the restaurant as a venue for banquets, birthdays and group meals. Evening entertainment and karaoke are mentioned there, while the restaurant has published a past pop and rock event of its own. These details suggest a social village meeting place as much as somewhere to eat. Practical arrangements are clearly described by the operator. Parking is available without charge, guests with reduced mobility are welcomed, and dogs are allowed. Tables can be requested through the restaurant's reservation form or by telephone. Takeaway and catering are available for people arranging food elsewhere. Payment options include cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard and meal vouchers. Visitors planning a celebration or bringing a group can discuss their requirements directly with the restaurant. The combination of a bar, outdoor tables, French and Italian cooking, and meals to take home gives the address several uses during a stay in the area.

44 Tour de Ville, 12330 Marcillac-Vallon

+33565604413

Le Trublion is a traditional brasserie on Tour de Ville in the centre of Marcillac-Vallon. Owner Rémi puts local produce and straightforward homemade cooking at the heart of the place. Coffee and croissants are part of its identity alongside restaurant meals, and musical events give the brasserie another role as a gathering place in the village. Guests can contact the team about group meals or reserve a table by telephone. The menu changes with market deliveries and gives regional ingredients several different treatments. Salads include seasonal vegetables, breaded chicken with Parmesan, and crisp Pérail cheese with bacon. More substantial dishes include duck with blueberry sauce and lemon potatoes, pork with parsnip purée, and beef tartare cut by knife. Trout comes from the Moulin de Gourjan and is accompanied by vegetables of the moment. An entrecôte can be paired with Roquefort or pepper sauce. The burgers also draw on the surrounding countryside: both the cheddar version and the Aveyronnais use Aubrac beef, while the latter adds Roquefort sauce. A separate children's menu offers minced beef or nuggets with homemade fries and a dessert or ice cream. Homemade sweets include a reworked lemon tart, tiramisu, a soft centred chocolate cake, and brownies with caramelised peanuts. Waffles and hot drinks round out the selection. Between the changing dishes and the familiar brasserie choices, the kitchen leaves room for both a full meal and a simpler café visit.

Erbalunga, 20222 Brando

+33495301030

Les Américains is the restaurant of the Castel Brando, a hotel set in a nineteenth century mansion in Erbalunga, the old fishing village of Brando on the east coast of Cap Corse, about fifteen minutes north of Bastia. The name comes from the house itself. It is one of the 'maisons d'américains' of the cape: built in 1853 by a Corsican doctor who had served in the Napoleonic armies, it was later taken over and embellished by a man from the village who came home from Saint Domingue after decades abroad and planted the exotic park of palms, cedars and other trees that still surrounds it. Joëlle and Jean Paul Pieri bought the ruined family house in 1990 and restored it. The kitchen describes its food as simple and full of flavour, built on a careful choice of the best producers on Cap Corse and inspired by the island's own cooking, between the mountains and the Mediterranean. The idea at the table is to eat together and share local classics at the foot of the old house, with wines from the region alongside. Dinner is served every evening except Wednesday, and in season there is also a lunchtime table d'hôte that does not need a booking; for dinner, online reservation is available. The restaurant is open to people who are not staying at the hotel. Around it are a shaded inner patio with a centuries old olive tree, a vaulted library lounge, two pools and private parking, and the hotel welcomes pets. From a holiday home in Sisco it is a short drive south for an unhurried evening meal.

2882 Route de la Vallée des Douzes, 12330 Muret-le-Château

+33565477157

Les Cocottes en Folie is the restaurant of the Auberge du Château in Muret-le-Château. Its central idea is simple: a generous casserole placed on the table for people to share, recalling meals cooked at home and recipes passed down through families. Slow cooked dishes, fresh ingredients and local produce give the kitchen its direction. Laura and Yannick run the auberge as a family business. They describe discovering the village during a holiday and later leaving their commercial work in Montpellier to build a different life here. Yannick looks after the life of the house and its events, while Laura works both in the kitchen and in the dining room. That connection between cooking and welcoming guests is reflected in the restaurant's informal approach. The kitchen prepares its food on the premises, drawing on seasonal ingredients and nearby producers. Menus evolve with the produce available and the chef's inspiration. The restaurant welcomes people who are not staying at the inn, and its dining arrangements include quieter spaces as well as an emphasis on eating together. A terrace provides an outdoor setting, while the wider auberge includes a cafe and bar area. Birthdays, family meals and gatherings of friends can be arranged directly with the owners. The house also offers tailored menus for events. Vegetarian and gluten free meals can be prepared when dietary needs are explained during the reservation. Booking ahead is central to the way the restaurant works, making this a considered stop for a shared country meal rather than an extensive fixed menu.

Lieu-dit La Bachellerie, 49320 Gennes-Val-de-Loire

+33241455357

Les Fouées de Grézillé offers a meal built around Anjou's small wood baked breads in a renovated underground restaurant at La Bachellerie. The troglodyte setting is part of the experience, pairing a comfortable cave dining space with a style of cooking centred on the wood oven. Fouées arrive as the main thread of the meal, with a range of fillings and accompaniments made using fresh seasonal ingredients and produce from local suppliers. The published menu includes pure pork rillettes, salted butter and rillauds, together with simmered white beans from Vendée and cooked fresh mushrooms. These provide several ways to fill the breads and give the meal a succession of different flavours. A green salad accompanies a cheese gratin prepared in the wood oven with Tomme d'Anjou and Guignolet, keeping the regional theme running through the meal. For dessert, the house lists homemade crémet d'Anjou with red fruit coulis, as well as ice cream or sorbet. The set formula also includes an aperitif, Anjou red or Loire rosé wine, and coffee or a fruit infusion. The restaurant works by reservation and can arrange meals for groups of at least twenty-five people. Online requests ask for the intended arrival time and the number of adults and children, with a return confirmation completing the booking. Its combination of underground surroundings, local wines and bread from the wood oven gives a focused introduction to a distinctive Anjou food tradition.

20 bis rue Foulques Nerra, 49350 Gennes-Val-de-Loire

+33241679564

Les Pieds Bleus is the restaurant within La Cave aux Moines at Préban, where adjoining underground galleries have been adapted into dining rooms. The setting makes the region's relationship with stone and food unusually tangible: these former tuffeau extraction galleries also house a working mushroom farm. The restaurant cooks with mushrooms produced in that same cave complex, bringing cultivation and kitchen into close contact. Paris mushrooms, oyster mushrooms and shiitakes are the three varieties grown on site. Fouées are the other central speciality. Made on the premises and cooked in traditional wood ovens, these small breads puff into hollow pockets that can be opened while warm and filled to taste. The house describes the customary accompaniments as butter, rillettes, white beans, cheese and mushrooms. Stuffed galipettes, another local mushroom preparation, also feature among the regional dishes. Loire wines accompany the menus, and a children's menu follows the same regional theme. The interconnected rooms make the restaurant suitable for family gatherings as well as larger occasions such as birthdays and business dinners. Guests can also explore the cave through a separate guided or independent visit, learning how tuffeau was extracted and how mushroom cultivation developed underground. A wine cellar offers tastings and bottles from the Loire, including Saumur and Anjou appellations. The combination of bread ovens, cave-grown mushrooms and old quarry spaces gives this restaurant a close connection to the practical traditions of Anjou.

Kamenzer Straße 11, 01561 Thiendorf

+49 3524 88420

The Lindenhof in Thiendorf explicitly welcomes restaurant guests who are not staying at its hotel. Its cooking focuses on regional dishes and German home cooking, with a stated range of vegetarian options as well. That makes it a practical address to consider for a mixed group rather than a restaurant reserved for overnight residents. The main dining room seats around ninety people, while the garden terrace has space for about thirty in suitable weather. A smaller breakfast room can also be used for functions. Children are catered for with appropriate food, high chairs and a play corner, so families can ask the restaurant about the seating arrangement that will work best for their visit. Celebrations form another part of the business. The team can discuss menus or buffets and help organise tables and decorations for a birthday, wedding or other gathering. Larger bookings outside normal opening hours are possible by arrangement. A regular dinner and a private function should therefore be planned directly with the restaurant rather than treated as interchangeable reservations. Lindenhof is at 11 Kamenzer Straße, close to Schönfeld Castle. Its dining hours are more limited than the hotel's reception hours: Monday to Thursday service begins at 16:00, while Friday to Sunday is by arrangement. Call or email before setting out, especially for a weekend visit, to confirm the meal, current menu and availability of a garden table.

Zum Großteich 14, 01561 Thiendorf

+49 3524 823954

Lindi's Schlemmerstube is a family restaurant on Zum Großteich in Thiendorf, centred on freshly prepared German home cooking. The kitchen describes hands-on preparation, from peeling potatoes to cutting vegetables, with predominantly regional products. Traditional, substantial recipes are the starting point, while a changing seasonal card adds variation during the year. The main dining room accommodates up to fifty people and is used for both ordinary meals and private celebrations. There is also a planted beer garden for eating and drinking outdoors in suitable weather. These offer two different settings for the same country-restaurant visit: a table inside with family or friends, or an outdoor meal when the season allows. Alongside the seasonal food menu, the restaurant publishes an ice-cream selection for anyone wanting a sweet finish. It also runs a separate catering service during the cooler part of the year. If you are organising a larger gathering, speak to the team about whether you need a restaurant table, a private celebration or off-site food service, since those are different arrangements. Opening varies by day: Wednesday and Thursday are evening service, with earlier starts from Friday to Sunday. Monday and Tuesday are closed, and the restaurant also closes on the second Sunday of the month and during published holiday periods. Telephone ahead to confirm your date and reserve. The direct address is 14 Zum Großteich, rather than the main Kamenzer Straße through the village.

Holly House, Minsterley, SY5 0BA

+441743791827

Little Efes is the takeaway in Minsterley for the evening when nobody wants to cook: Turkish grill and kebabs from the charcoal, doner and shish in bread or on a plate with rice and salad, plus burgers, pizzas and chips for the rest of the table. Portions are generous and the meat is cooked to order rather than kept warm. It is a small place, mostly collection, with a couple of seats while you wait. Cash only - there is no card machine - so bring notes. For a cottage stay in the Hope Valley it is the nearest hot meal after the pubs have stopped serving food.

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Strada Comunale Lupo 101, 29010 Ziano Piacentino

+393917426466

Mon 20:00–23:00; Tue 20:00–23:00; Wed Closed; Thu 20:00–23:00; Fri 20:00–23:00; Sat 20:00–23:00; Sun 20:00–23:00

Locanda San Lupo stands among the hills and vineyards above Ziano Piacentino, and its own line for itself is where taste meets the sunset. That is a fair description of what it sells: the terrace looks out over the vines, and the house treats the evening light as part of the meal rather than as scenery that happens to be there. It is more than a dining room, in its own account — a refuge in the quiet of the hills, where the point is that time slows down. In practice that means it works for two quite different occasions: a family Sunday lunch, and a dinner for two once the lights come on. There is a wine list, which matters here — these slopes are the Colli Piacentini, and Gutturnio, Ortrugo and Malvasia are grown in the fields the terrace looks at. The hours are unusual and worth reading twice: this is an evening restaurant. It serves dinner from eight to eleven every day except Wednesday, when it is closed, and it does not open for lunch at all. Anyone arriving at midday will find the door shut. Ziano Piacentino lies in the Val Tidone, about forty minutes south-west of Piacenza and well inside an hour of Milan, which makes this a plausible evening out from the city as well as a local one. You will find Locanda San Lupo at Strada Comunale Lupo 101, 29010 Ziano Piacentino.

Am Loh 9, 58300 Wetter (Ruhr)

+49 2335 62638

Guesthouse in the Grundschöttel district with an attached restaurant.

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Rua Antonio Jose DAlmeida 8, 9500-053 Ponta Delgada

+351938346886

Mon 11:00–00:00; Tue 11:00–00:00; Wed Closed; Thu 11:00–00:00; Fri 11:00–00:00; Sat 11:00–00:00; Sun 11:00–00:00

Louvre Michaelense stands on the Rua António José d'Almeida in the middle of Ponta Delgada, the capital of São Miguel. The house keeps no website, so nothing here describes what it serves; what can be set down is the address, the hours and the name. The name is worth a sentence. Michaelense is the adjective for São Miguel — a person or a thing of this island — so the house calls itself the island's Louvre, which is a large claim made with a straight face and tells you it is a room that holds things as much as it is a place to sit. The hours describe an all-day room rather than a restaurant with services: eleven in the morning until midnight, without a break, six days a week. It is closed on Wednesday, which is the one thing to plan around. Thirteen hours in a stretch means a coffee at three in the afternoon and something at eleven at night are equally possible, and in a town where most kitchens shut between lunch and dinner that is the point. Ponta Delgada is about half an hour west of Ribeira Chã along the south coast, and this street is in the old centre, a few minutes from the harbour front and the city gates. You will find Louvre Michaelense at Rua António José d'Almeida 8, 9500-053 Ponta Delgada.

1 Douglas Row, Portree, IV51 9DD

+441478613611

Lower Deck Seafood Restaurant stands on Douglas Row beside Portree harbour. Established in 2007 as a family run restaurant, it takes inspiration from the area's maritime past: the decor recalls the passenger ferries that once served these waters. The kitchen sources seafood from local fish merchants and prepares homemade meals with fish and shellfish at their centre. Its sample menu gives a detailed introduction to that approach, although individual dishes change with supplies and demand. Cullen skink combines smoked haddock, potatoes, onions and cream, with bread from MacKenzies in Portree. Mussels appear both as a starter and as a main course, accompanied by the chef's sauce of the day. Other examples include roast salmon with a whisky and honey glaze, smoked haddock and pea risotto, and grilled hake or pollock with a hazelnut and pesto crust. The restaurant's fish and chips comes with its own tartare sauce. Seafood salads offer another direction, with choices such as dressed crab, smoked mackerel or hot smoked salmon. The sample selection also includes beef cooked with Skye ale and a vegetarian dish of the day. Desserts draw on familiar Scottish ingredients, including cranachan with raspberries, cream, honey and toasted oatmeal, alongside cheese and oatcakes. Service operates on a walk-in basis, with tables allocated in arrival order. Neither individual diners nor groups can reserve, so a visit here is arranged by arriving at the restaurant rather than securing a table beforehand.

Untermarkt 22, 02826 Görlitz

+49 3581 410260

Lucie Schulte calls itself 'die neue Essklasse', and it sits right in the middle of the historic old town of Görlitz at Untermarkt 22. The way in is part of the experience: guests pass through the town's famous Flüsterbogen, the whispering arch, into a set of romantic inner courtyards where the restaurant has its home. The house is run by restaurant manager Bernd Schade with Sascha Pröhl as head chef, and their stated aim is that kitchen, service and setting work together so that an evening comes out right. The kitchen describes its cooking as ambitious, seasonal and creative, using fresh produce, and the menu changes with the time of year. The autumn card, introduced with a line about golden light falling through the Görlitz courtyards and the smell of roasted pumpkin and warm spices, lists warm goat cheese in a pumpkin seed crust with nutmeg pear chutney, a Japanese style broth of crayfish with beetroot, chives, rice shoyu and wasabi, grilled sea bass with roasted guanciale and a wild mushroom tarte flambée with Fourme d'Ambert, and grilled fillet of wild hare on a porcini and pear compote with juniper jus and lardo potato dumplings. Besides the main dining room there is a courtyard terrace, a wine cellar, a small bar called the Kostbar and a wine room used for small gatherings, and the house says these spaces suit receptions and celebrations. The same team runs the Genussreich cooking school, catering and wine evenings. It opens in the evenings only and closes on Wednesdays; tables are booked by phone or email with the date, time and number of guests. It suits couples and small groups looking for a considered dinner in the old town.

Gahlenfeldstr. 22, 58313 Herdecke

+49 2330 70705

Bakery in the Ende district of Herdecke.

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3 Place des Marronniers, 16190 Salles-Lavalette

+33620354743

L'Envie Gourmande is a village restaurant and bar on Place des Marronniers in Salles-Lavalette. Stéphane and Carine run a place with a simple, homemade approach to food and an active role in village life. The cooking draws on local products, with French, Italian and Mediterranean influences and vegetarian choices among the restaurant's stated specialities. The setting changes with the season. A fireplace gives the dining room a focal point in colder weather, while the terrace looks out towards the Charente countryside. There are two dining rooms and a total of around 60 indoor covers, together with approximately 30 terrace places. It is a useful address for a meal in the village rather than a roadside stop. Food and social events add variety to the usual menu. The village calendar includes regional food evenings, music gatherings and activities at the bar. Past and announced themes include dishes from Alsace and Auvergne, so check the programme when you are staying nearby. These events have their own dates and should be booked directly where required. Families have practical facilities including a highchair, changing table, play area, board games and table football. Free private parking is available, dogs are welcome and takeaway service is offered. Opening hours change between the main summer period and the rest of the year. Call before travelling for dinner, or to ask what is cooking and whether a music or themed evening is scheduled during your stay.

Route de Sodoleuvre 6, 1882 Gryon

+41244984006

L'Étable is a mountain restaurant in the Les Chaux area above Gryon, near Taveyannes. Its name reflects the building's original use: a former stable has been converted into a dining room for regional Swiss cooking. A broad wooden terrace looks across the surrounding mountain pastures, providing an outdoor option during suitable weather. The food follows that alpine setting. Specialities highlighted by the restaurant and regional tourism office include mushroom cassolette with rösti, roast pork knuckle with honey and half-and-half cheese fondue. Vegetable dishes and a children's selection broaden the choice. The menu changes with the season, so check which preparations are being served when you reserve. Animals are a distinctive part of a visit here. The small educational farm is reserved for restaurant guests and includes donkeys, goats, rabbits and chickens. The tourism office also describes animals in their own space behind glass beside the restaurant. For families, this gives the meal an additional point of interest without turning it into a separate outing to a distant attraction. In summer, the restaurant can be reached via the Route des Chaux from Gryon or as part of a walk from Taveyannes. It also welcomes winter visitors, with a separate terrace hut offering lighter refreshments. Opening times depend on the season and conditions; check access and food-service hours before setting out. Make a direct reservation for your table, particularly if you are organising a group or fitting lunch around a mountain walk.

Mittelstr. 59, 59174 Kamen

+49 2307 41174

Italian pizzeria in central Kamen.

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Dortmunder Str. 119, 45731 Waltrop

+49 2309 3621

MC Döner is a Turkish döner kebab restaurant on Dortmunder Strasse in Waltrop.

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Hauptstraße 115, 57074 Siegen

+49 271 31312016

A Turkish restaurant serving kebab and oriental dishes on Hauptstrasse in the Kaan-Marienborn district of Siegen.

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Via San Carpoforo 7, 20121 Milan

+390238313245

Mon 12:30–22:30; Tue 12:30–22:30; Wed 12:30–22:30; Thu 12:30–22:30; Fri 12:30–22:30; Sat 12:30–22:30; Sun 12:30–22:30

Maccheroni stands on Via San Carpoforo in Brera and calls itself La Carbonara N°1 di Milano — the number one carbonara in Milan. That is a claim rather than a title, and the restaurant is direct about staking it, which is a reasonable thing to know before you walk in: carbonara is the dish it wants to be judged on. The wider idea is domestic cooking taken seriously. The house describes it as the flavours of home, the way they used to be — but better: the dishes a mother and a grandmother would have cooked, rebuilt with the technique of a professional kitchen. In practice that means a short menu of Italian classics rather than a survey of the regions, and it is the difference between a trattoria and a restaurant doing trattoria food. It opens every day from half past twelve until half past ten at night, straight through with no afternoon break. Tables can be booked through the restaurant's own site, by telephone, or by e-mail. Via San Carpoforo is a quiet street in the middle of Brera, the old artists' quarter, a few minutes on foot from the Pinacoteca di Brera and from the Lanza metro stop. It is a part of the city where the streets are narrow enough that a restaurant is found rather than passed, which suits this one. You will find Maccheroni at Via San Carpoforo 7, 20121 Milano.

Branimirova ul. 14, 23232 Nin

+385993147108

Mad Duck combines pizza, burgers and salads at Branimirova 14 in Nin. Its ordering website invites customers to order ahead and collect, making it a practical choice for a meal to bring back to your accommodation. The full menu is also useful for comparing ingredients before setting out with a group. Pizza is the most extensive part of the offer. Alongside Margherita, mushroom and vegetable combinations, the signature selection includes mortadella with pistachio and a Nin-inspired pizza with šokol, goat's cheese, dried tomatoes and truffle sauce. A shrimp combination adds another coastal option. There is room to choose a familiar topping or make a regional cured meat part of the meal. The burger section takes a similarly varied approach, with beef and cheddar, smoky bacon, an Italian combination and a truffle version. Chicken salads and a tuna-and-feta salad provide alternatives. Compare the listed ingredients when ordering, and ask the kitchen directly about allergies or substitutions rather than assuming that a particular combination can be changed. Nin's official visitor information places Mad Duck on Branimirova, making the street address a useful reference when arranging collection. Use the current restaurant website to select your order and agree a collection time. If you are buying for several people, deciding on pizzas, burgers and salads together before ordering helps keep the pickup straightforward. Contact the restaurant directly if you need help with an order.

15 place de l'église, 12330 Marcillac-Vallon

+33672914698

Maison du vin du Marcillac is a wine and tapas bar on the church square in the historic centre of Marcillac-Vallon. Its focus is the wine of the surrounding valley and the independent growers whose different approaches give the local vineyards their variety. Wines are offered by the glass or bottle, making a visit an opportunity to explore individual producers alongside something to eat. The selection names estates including Domaine du Cros, Domaine Laurens, Domaine de Matha, Domaine du Mioula and Domaine Roquevert. The food follows the same local emphasis. Charcuterie boards include cured ham, while cheese boards bring together goat cheeses and Laguiole. Portions of aligot and bread from Marcillac provide other savoury choices. For something sweet, there are waffles, crêpes and ice cream from the Aubrac. Coffee, tea and bubble tea also appear on the menu, giving the bar an appeal beyond its wine selection. Visitors can contact the house directly to reserve a table. Behind the bar is a broader ambition to reconnect the village centre with its winegrowers. The Maison du Vin project centres on bringing four old red sandstone houses back into use, with plans linking wine, local history and the aromas of winemaking. That story gives the church square bar its context: a place to encounter the valley through its producers, its bottles and the regional foods served alongside them.

Via Ospedale 64, 73024 Maglie

+390836312174

Malliè combines a restaurant and pizzeria on Via Ospedale in Maglie. Its kitchen gives equal space to dishes from the sea and the land, while the pizza section offers several kinds of dough. That combination gives a table room to choose between a complete restaurant meal and pizza without committing everyone to the same style of food. Ingredient selection is central to the approach, bringing together Italian products and selected ingredients from further afield. The menu follows the familiar progression of an Italian meal, with separate seafood and meat starters, first courses and main courses. Alongside those sections are substantial salads, small bites and desserts. Pizza has its own broad selection, divided into classics, enduring favorites, special combinations and the pizza maker's recommendations. Filled pizzas and an alternative dough section add further choices. Drinks include bottled and draft beer, red, white and rosé wines, sparkling wines and spirits. The premises accommodate approximately one hundred guests across a spacious indoor room and an outdoor area. Both spaces form part of the restaurant's offer for events, making Malliè an option for a celebration as well as an ordinary meal in town. The team includes pizza maker Paolo Scarlino and chefs Maurizio Civilla and Gianluca Accogli. With a dedicated pizza maker alongside the restaurant chefs, the two sides of the menu are distinct parts of the same establishment. Guests can contact the restaurant directly by telephone or email.

1280 Palm Coast Pkwy SW, Palm Coast

+13863020777

Tue–Sun 16:30–21:00; Mon Closed

Mamaling brings an Asian street-food approach to Palm Coast Parkway Southwest. Its menu moves between Vietnamese pho, Japanese ramen, Thai curries and small plates, making the restaurant a useful choice for diners who enjoy exploring several styles within one meal. Start with pork dumplings, edamame or sticky ribs, or try a Szechuan mini taco built on a crisp wonton shell. The larger dishes offer noodles, rice and curry in several combinations. Pho uses rice noodles in beef broth, while roast pork ramen comes with mushroom broth, egg, bamboo and shiitake. Zen ramen provides a mushroom-based alternative. Green curry and lemongrass coconut curry sit beside pad Thai, fried rice and shaken beef. Several preparations offer tofu alongside chicken or shrimp, and the menu identifies gluten-free dishes and options. Drinks extend from beer, wine and sake to tea and sake sangria. Reservations are suggested for parties of six or more. For a first visit, consider choosing a small plate before deciding between a noodle bowl and a curry. That approach leaves room to compare crisp textures with broth or sauce, rather than ordering several similar dishes. Companions with different tastes could each choose a distinct main course and use the starters as a shared introduction. The attraction here is the opportunity to move across familiar Asian comfort dishes and less familiar combinations without committing the whole table to a single type of meal.