The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Does anyone know of a nice restaurant in or very close to Niort? It appears I am going to have to open my wallet and give the moths some fresh air and I would prefer to do it somewhere where the food is nice.Suggestions gratefully received! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hi Jon,We had a very nice meal in a restaurent opposite the big carpark as you come into Niorte from the East. I can't remember the name but it's on the new promonade and the front is painted red & gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Wonder if that is the Restaurant de la Breche (I seem to recall that the huge square is the Place de la Breche)?FWIW I did a search for Niort restaurants, and this sounded quite nice, Auberge de la Roussille, overlooking the Sevre. There are a couple of opinions, if you scroll down. Don't know if they were written by the chef's friends, of course!Good luck with finding something.What about La Rochelle, if Niort fails to turn up something?Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogslegs Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 © CityvoxLa Tartine du Pressoir(7 avis)2, Rue de la Boule d'Or79000 NiortTel : 05 49 28 20 15 Fax : 05 49 24 84 87 I would recommend this restaurant, they also have another one beginning with M (can not think of it for the moment) but it is just before the small undercover pedestrian walkway not far from a picture framing shop...tres excellent. The ones opposite the car park are good but I would not say special enough. mariawww.le-tilleul.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Angela, thank you for the link to that restaurant. It would be marvellous for something special, have you seen their site (click on restaurant) and where you can sit outside by the water in Summer, it looks wonderful and the menus are mouthwatering. [:)]http://www.laroussille.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Wow, Christine! Doesn't it look great! That 34E menu has really got the gastric juices flowing...If Jon's going sooner than summer, he may not be sitting at the water's edge, but it looks as if there's a good log fire as well.Perhaps we shall all have to have a "West France rendezvous" there sometime! [:D]Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Yes! That would be great. If in the meantime if you go there Jon, please let us know what you think if it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 La Rousille sounds like just the thing! I love veal sweetbreads... We may go next week if we can fit it in, otherwise it will after the February school holiday: I don't mind taking the baby, but the girls probably wouldn't sit still for six courses and this is definately a self-indulgence session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Can't wait to hear what it's like! Though it will be frustrating if it's good, as I am stuck in London... [:(]Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 If not in Niort, you could go a little south to Beauvoir-sur-Niort at the Auberge des Voyageurs. I loved it when I worked there MANY moons ago! It is still the same people running it so the food should be just as good as then these many moons ago..... Don't know if they have a website, could google it I suppose..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Wowee! La Rousille !... It certainly has changed!.... I remember it for being just a small nothing place which happened to be one of the many schoolbus stops on the way to the CES..... A couple of my friends lived nearby and got on there and that's it ! ... we were gassin' till the return journey... in between lessons that is .... Wonder if they still live around there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cahill12 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Might like to try the Melane, 1 Place du Temple, Niort, just off the street with the dragon. We have eaten there on a number of occasions and found the food to be excellent and the atmospher really good. The telephone number is 05 49 04 00 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogslegs Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Thank you....that is the one beginning with M! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Looks like I may have to make more than one trip...I've heard rumour of a passable curry house (run by native of Birmingham, I understand, which as everyone knows is the true home of British Curry) in Niort - does anyone know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 [quote user="Jon"]Looks like I may have to make more than one trip...I've heard rumour of a passable curry house (run by native of Birmingham, I understand, which as everyone knows is the true home of British Curry) in Niort - does anyone know anything about this?[/quote]I wouldn't tell them that in Manchester; Birmingham may be the UK's balti capital but curry - never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 [quote user="KathyC"][quote user="Jon"]Looks like I may have to make more than one trip...I've heard rumour of a passable curry house (run by native of Birmingham, I understand, which as everyone knows is the true home of British Curry) in Niort - does anyone know anything about this?[/quote]I wouldn't tell them that in Manchester; Birmingham may be the UK's balti capital but curry - never![/quote]I walk a fine line vis-à-vis curry: my Dear Wife is from Bradford, one Mother Outlaw lives in Dewsbury and the other in Manchester. Birmingham is broadly neutral gound. Actually, and don't tell them I said this, I think the best curries come from around the Brick Lane area of East London but if I ever mentioned this when Up North it would probably be discounted on grounds of my so-called Metropolitan bias. I happen to agree that Manchester produces curries of deep excellence (what's the name of that one street where there are about 850 restos?), but I think it best to steer the middle course and make non-commital but appreciative noises when we go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 [quote user="Jon"]I walk a fine line vis-à-vis curry: my Dear Wife is from Bradford, one Mother Outlaw lives in Dewsbury and the other in Manchester. Birmingham is broadly neutral gound. Actually, and don't tell them I said this, I think the best curries come from around the Brick Lane area of East London but if I ever mentioned this when Up North it would probably be discounted on grounds of my so-called Metropolitan bias. I happen to agree that Manchester produces curries of deep excellence (what's the name of that one street where there are about 850 restos?), but I think it best to steer the middle course and make non-commital but appreciative noises when we go out.[/quote] Wilmslow Road, Rusholme (although I believe it's gone downhill since I was a student in Manchester) - (but then, haven't we all?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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