Arles
L'Ecrin

L'Ecrin

77 rue Augustin Tardieu, 13200, Arles, France

Café • Italien • Français • Européen


"during the organization of our trip to provenza and camargue, I marked a few restaurants ad arles, so much so as not to end up in some places for tourists, and the ecrin was one of these. we had dinner early, to avoid any expectations even if it was on Monday, and we definitely did well. very kind and helpful waitress, he knew very well the dishes proposed (and he also spoke a bit 'of Italian), we ordered a second of meat and one of fish (the fish of the day was salmon), two glasses of wine, tap water and two desserts (one to chocolate and a cream cooked strawberry and kiwi), total about fifty euros. the portions, accompanied by hot sandwiches, are just if not abundant (at least for me). I did not taste meat but the appearance was definitely great, like my second fish (a salmon steak with seasonal vegetables, garnished with creams and Provençal herbs), well cooked and with a particular taste. the dishes are also very well presented, the eye also wants its part. other bean: instead of the usual salt, they brought us a camargue fleur de sel jar (I recommend trying it and maybe even buying it in one of the various souvenir shops throughout the provenza and camargue, a really special goto, other than supermarket salt). the tables outside are few and within a few minutes were occupied, so if you pass there during the weekend I recommend you to book or go soon (in the inside cmq there are tables). clean bathroom and friendly staff and available. very nice location, in front of the arena. quick service"

Le Resto Du Paty

Le Resto Du Paty

rte des Saintes Maries de la Mer | Albaron, 13200, Arles, France, 13123

Café • Soupe • Barres • Poisson


"Highly recommended for a simple country restaurant This is the sort of unpretentious but characterful restaurant serving high quality if simple food you expect but increasingly fail to find as you travel through the back roads of France. We were racing to find one of our favourite if simple restaurants in Salin-de-Giraud for lunch and having taken a turning (mistakenly) we passed this restaurant at Albaron just after 1.30pm and quickly applied the brakes as we saw the many cars parked outside what seemed a deserted rustic restaurant. Inside was a warm bustling restaurant decked out in a rich red decor with simple but comfortable seating. We sat in the small first room whilst there was a much larger room beyond and a more intimate room leading off to the side. Note you have to like watching men being chased by bulls in the streets of France as they had two televisions in our dining room continuously showing this. This is a on a minor road that goes nowhere so you only find it if you know about it. We were the only non French in the packed restaurant. I believe I will be the first non-french to review thee restaurant in TripAdvisor. Our Fish soup was amazing in presentation, flavour and taste. It was wonderfully welcome on a cold overcast February lunchtime. My wife went for a Entrecote Steak as it was available medium cooked, but I went for a deliciously juicy Taureau steak cooked saignant (rare) as they only cook this bull steak bleu (raw) or saignant. Both the Entrecote and the Taureau come from local beef and were delicious. I had a nougat ice-cream dessert which nicely rounded off the meal with coffee. It also serves a wide range of pizzas (its speciality) but if you like a good steak go for it.. The local Cote de Rhone wine was very good especially at 18Euro a bottle. The sole waitress seemed for most of the time to be serving the whole restaurant at amazing speed adding to the animated atmosphere. Simple cuisine in a charming restaurant at a very reasonable price."