La Bodega - Carta

La Cuisine

➤ 15 Bd Louis Blanc, 30100 Alès, Gard, France

Carta • Vin • Bière • Desserts • Asiatique

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"Come and taste the different dishes of this restaurant, it really is worth a visit! A lot of research, refinement, originality, all with fresh products in a charming setting. The star is not far! We will not come back when we arrive in ALES! Muriel and Patrick"

Le Ricochet

➤ 12 boulevard Louis Blanc, 30100 Ales, France, Alès

Carta • Thé • Glace • Indien • Salade

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"The restaurant looked full of happy diners always a good sign, so we were expecting a reasonable lunch. Maybe we arrived too late (12.45), maybe the chef was having an off day, maybe dealing with a couple of large groups proved too much for the kitchen, maybe we should have avoided the basic 3 course lunch for 15 Euro who knows, but for all the good trip adviser reviews, the lunch was disappointing. It started off well, with a salad for starter, either with goats cheese or quiche, although I 'm not convinced that slices of passion fruit and orange actually added much to it. Then the 2 large groups decided to leave and each individual paid separately. This took up the attention of the 2 people serving for a considerable time, and our second course appeared to have been forgotten. When it did arrive, the beef brochette, which actually was a tender piece of meat and tasty was served with burnt cubes of fried potato and a 'gloup ' of courgette. After this we gave up the will to live and just had ice cream as the dessert. I have now had so many poor experiences of eating in (basic) restaurants in France, that I 'm not going to bother anymore. I would rather go and get a decent bit of bread in the boulangerie and some pate in the boucherie than suffer the offerings of another poor restaurant meal. Long gone are the days when you could go in to an unassuming restaurant with formica tables and be served the quality of food that Elizabeth David described. Next time I think I will try the sushi chains that now seem to be opening over France."

Chinatown

➤ 21 rue Albert 1er, 30100 Ales, France, Alès

Carta • Chinois • Dim Sum • Asiatique • Vietnienne

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"I'm an American and have enjoyed Chinese-American food for many decades. Been in south of France the past year and the Asian restaurants .... well, boring and not good, perhaps because the French don't like spicy. But this is the first Chinese place I've really...liked. For France, especially for Ales, fantastic. If I go a couple of times to a Chinese restaurant and like it and feel comfortable I'll order Sweet and Sour Pork. This dish is a good way to judge. If they use cheap or poorly cut pork you get too much fat or gristle and the dish sucks. Here it was wonderful, with with crispy fried pork slices stir-fried in the sauce so this is now my go-to Chinese restaurant. As a plus the owners are nice. He's Vietnamese and has family in Texas and Baton Rouge but does not speak English. No matter, we communicated. Btw I am calling this a Chinese restaurant based on the menu. In the US Vietnamese restaurants seem to serve pho but here in France the term Vietnamese seems to indicate some sort of Asian restaurant. Anyway this is good Chinese food that all should enjoy, even Americans."

Le Duo

➤ 10 avenue du General de Gaulle, 30100 Ales, France, Alès

Carta • Café • Steak • Poisson • Français

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"Honestly nothing to say. One time for us, a feast from beginning to end, no false note. An excellent cuisine, flavors present at each bite, the staff is in small care. Tested and more than approved"

Le Mandarin

➤ 373 Route D'Uzes, 30560 Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas, France

Carta • Cafés • Sushi • Chinois • Mexicain

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"Nous venons très souvent dans cet excellent restaurant au moins une fois tous les 3 mois depuis deux ans chaque fois que nous descendons sur Ales,nous nous y sommes toujours régalés.Les plats sont excellents cuisinés avec des produits frais cela se sent tout de suite.Un pur régal!!!je n'ai jamais mangé de nems, de samosas et de crevette à l'ail aussi bonnes.Tout y est excellent de l'entrée au dessert et l'accueil y est vraiment très sympathique.J'adore ce restaurant pour moi c'est le meilleur que j'ai pu trouver en matière de cuisine asiatique et pourtant j'en ai fait beaucoup dans le sud mais aussi en Région Parisienne et c'est mon number one.Essayer c'est l'adopter !!! ;-)"