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Saline Ceviche Bar

➤ 62 Rue Gambetta, 64200 Biarritz, France

Carta • Hawaïen • Poisson • Caribéen • Desserts

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"I love the céviche bars and I might expect too much of it....We have taken the peru céviche: lack of flavors, not enough liquid (the tiger'sche, etc., a céviche normally bathes in the liquid...coriandre to the count drop.Café gourmand pas mal....Sinon personnel très sympa, place très prisé beaucoup de monde, assez bruy. So my opinion is a little bit mixed!"

Auberge 22

➤ 22 Rue Harispe | Quartier Beaurivage / Côte des Basques, 64200 Biarritz, France

Carta • Café • Steak • Poisson • Français

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"were very disappointed with the cooking of the meat that was served us blue while we asked it to be bleeding. They took it back, but without great success. hot. but blue. the waiter, sympathetic to the rest but a little familiar, gratified us with a "ah you love him bleeding? I prefer it blue"!. how to tell you?. yes, we prefer it bleeding. as when the ordering of the next table that wanted a rib of beef to the point, the boss replied "yes la, I'm going to get groned by the kitchen"!. No, but we're dreaming here, we can still choose the cooking of his red meat, right? Otherwise, we open a butcher shop and not a restaurant. In short, we will not return and encourage this restaurant to be more attentive to their guests in cooking."

Le Bistrot Du Haou

➤ 43 Rue Gambetta, 64200 Biarritz, France, French Republic

Carta • Bars • Café • Français • Restaurants

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"je me suis régalé avec le pavé de thon et ses petits légumes (je suis plus viande que poisson d'habitude !).l'ami avec qui je suis venu a apprecié sa cotelette d'agneau, mais il est resté sur sa faim car, bien que le plat soit très bon, il était peu fourni (moins que mon plat).l'etablissement propose également des vins de qualité.il faut reconnaitre que le service a été un peu long - nous occupions une table un peu exentrée en terasse mais le personnel est aimable, souriant et de bon conseil."

California Kitchen

➤ 66 rue Gambetta, 64200 Biarritz, France

Carta • Pizza • Français • Mexicain • Américain

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"This place is an amazing concept and a beautiful idea- home made sauces, fresh produce with customised tacos, burgers and salads. My boyfriend and I were so excited to try the menu, aware our French is limited but doing our best with it, we met...a frosty reception where the guy taking our order (an owner) began sighing and rolling his eyes despite us politely asking for a table and making our order which was done by filling out a form. No problem really, we understand adjusting to limited French/English can be irritating. He brings our tacos out, slams them on the table and again, we kind of thought “amazing tacos, bad customer service, we’ll take it.” Midway through eating, mine were veggie steak (which were amazing to be fair) and he had ceviche however turns out his tacos didn’t have any ceviche in them. Again, no problem, this happens BUT when we are the only two customers ordering at that time, filling out a form personally, it’s a bit strange. A big mistake such as leaving out the main ingredient and having someone scowling at you the whole time somehow becomes less forgiving. I told the owner and he comes out to investigate, looking at the taco and then asking my boyfriend if he knew what ceviche was (patronising anyway when he’s ordered, but he’s a career chef who has prepared ceviche tacos himself...even then a lot of people know what it is). The chef forgot we were told, the tacos were free and no replacement offered or any apology. I think the main thing is personally, my food was delicious and as ordered but I felt so uncomfortable as a paying customer that in the middle of the meal I couldn’t enjoy it for what it was. So if you don’t want customers in your restaurant for whatever reason maybe don’t seat them passive aggressively and let them move on, I would have preferred so. And if you pride yourself on how everything is home made and fresh, that’s great but put the main ingredient in the taco also because, that’s pretty essential."

Les Rosiers

➤ 32 av. Beau-Soleil, 64200 Biarritz, France

Carta • Vin • Café • Poisson • Français

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"The dishes tasted good and cooking degree perfect, the Chef does have good skills. My observations are:1. Starter "half a Brittany lobster" - if that is a real half lobster, it had to be a baby lobster, indeed there is no size regulation in France in catching lobster!2. We had main courses of John Dory with chick peas and Beef filet with fried potato mash, that's it, you could imagine the dull colours. It is summer and there is not a piece of fresh colourful vegetable or herbs being served. The Chef was very economical with her effort. 3. When the head waiter asked how we feel of the meal, I said gently that there is not a green thing on the plates. That's not his fault, and he could said that he will pass the comment to the Chef, a polite and professional way to handle customer. Instead he shrug his shoulders and said " That's it here !".We have not been so disappointed in a one star restaurant for a long time."