Buvette des Halles - Carta

We happened upon this restaurant which serves fantastic fish dishes it’s right next to the fish market. Packed full of local people which is a good sign. Food is simple such as mussels, crab and sardines, but well prepared. Friendly service, a great authentic...atmosphere. Highly recommended.

To start, this place was very busy. We were fortunate to get a table under the awning as it was raining. The waitress was a little brusque but she was also very busy. We had mussels, frites, tomato salad and 1/2 carafe of rose. Prices...were very reasonable. The atmosphere was that of an outdoor cafe at a market. Everything was cooked to perfection and the ingredients very fresh.

We stopped at this restaurant because it was full of French people having lunch and thats a great recommendation. We found a table for two and immediately were asked what we wanted to drink. A carafe of white wine was the best to order with...our sardines, freshly grilled Basque style. They were delicious and with fries, some salad and crunchy fresh bread it was perfect. We loved it there. Ver carta

The smell of their grilled Sardines is too much to resist but unfortunately our meal there was a massive disappointment. The food took forever to come, the sardines were undercooked and quite unpleasant and the waitress quite the rudest waitress we have ever met. We...were so appalled we called by the next day to complain to the owner. He didn't seem surprised that the food was poor but he was upset by the behaviour of the waitress. An apology would have helped!

This little café backing onto the market was packed at lunchtime. The grilled sardines and prawns were fabulous just wreaking of the sea (so fresh). It is cheap and the food is simple and plentiful. Service is abysmal. The waiter on the day we...were there played some sort of game, delaying taking orders, serving food and settling bills as long as he could get away with it. When pressed he became most indignant and he bothered many people not just us. If you do not speak French he will delay even longer so be very assertive with chasing ordering and paying or you will face a long, long wait.

I thought this would be a bit of local experience, so hope it is not indicative of the city's dignity to love to evaluate the food, but after 25 minutes wait just to have recognized us, we caught Madame's eye and were rudely told to wait, there was...other before us. I wouldn't make it out, but the place just sits about 25 people max. I thought she could at least take our order and give us a chance to order a glass of wine with, but no, we were expected to just sit there and wait until it matched her to make our order Rude, rude, rude and abysmal customer focus. There are much better places to eat in town, I doubt it's worse! Ver carta

If you want sophisticated gourmet dining in elegant surroundings, go elsewhere. However, if you want simple fresh fish in an authentic environment, you cannot be better. Seated in an aging terrace set, I joined my nephew with some excellent oysters, while my niece hurled a sturdy fish soup. After that we had fish and chips! My sardines were fresh.plentiful and grilled to perfection while the others in the freshest tuna you ever get. A few chips didn't get hungry! while a 1 litre carafe by Rosé stopped the thieves. The staff lived around the increasingly busy tables, but remained attentive when occasionally forgotten. Lived, loud, real and fresh local ingredients at reasonable prices. What el...

On a recent trip to the area we wanted to visit St Jean de Luz and we are so glad we did. Lovely town and very civilized environment in the outdoor cafe. In fact, they did not even open the indoor dining room. Even though...it was late afternoon during the middle of the week, we had to wait for a table but not too long. We were seated at a 2 top table and the small waitstaff worked hard to manage all the tables which were filled to capacity. We ordered beer, wine and snacks and, of course, bread. We ordered the tomato salad and fish chowder before choosing the charcuterie for a main course. Lovely meal served in a delightful outdoor setting. The perfect weather added to the ambiance and we t...

Late in St. Jean de Luz (thanks to SNCF TER) and after a short drink we wanted a fast meal relatively late in the evening (830 a.m.) so the Buvette as it was just around the corner of our accommodation. Sitting on old terrace furniture, we have ordered (as much from memory as from the chalkboard we could hardly see in the dark) from the waitress of the unforgettable character that has been there for some time. My oysters were quite good, surprisingly so for the time of the year and the weather. The following tuna was as excellent as I remember. The Rosè was local and the quirky refusal, more than 1 glass per diner remembered the Paris of my youth, meant that wine and water needed to alternat... Ver carta