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Best French food near Royat, Clermont-Ferrand,
Find out what French restaurants to try in Royat including La fee maison, Hotel Radio, La Belle Meuniere, Le Comptoir, Avenue, Lard Et la Maniere, Pavillon Lamartine, Apicius, Le Pre, Restaurant Divin
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10. Restaurant Divin
Overall Ratings
4 based on 282 reviews
Reviewed By Wisernow61
This is the kind of review I probably shouldn't write as ... i don't want to find myself unable to book a table here!The food is always excellent, changes every day ... there is a fine wine collection and the very genial Claude who owns this restaurant always greets his customers with kindness and appreciation. Julien the waiter and sommelier is excellent too and speaks English.If you are looking for a superb French bistrot experience, then this is it.
9. Le Pre
Overall Ratings
4 based on 400 reviews
Reviewed By Somerset811
Honestly, I have convinced myself to lower my expectation on Michelin 1 star over the years because of how it could turn out to be a overcharged dining experience in fancy places with average food. Le Pre, however, totally caught me by surprise from the start with its very delicate amuse bouche with local produce (the St Nectar cheese was totally unforgettable). There were two menu (one 60ish and one 90ish) and because of how full we were that day we only went for the former. It was good enough with its six courses meal. It was creative and rich. We had this escargot with special foam and the texture of escargot was hence amazing with different layers of ingredients. We also have this egg with a tasty green sauce on the base and one was just so amazed when we reached to the bottom of this tempting appetiser. The two main (fish and pork) were equally good. Especially for the fish, it was soooo tender ( to the extent that it felt like a half raw and half rightly steamed Chinese/Japanese style fish).The dessert was also very good we had this amazing and refreshing citrus dessert.Really don't miss this restaurant. Everything was amazing, service was impeccable. What a nice visit and what justice it did to the hometown of Michelin.
8. Apicius
Overall Ratings
4 based on 273 reviews
Reviewed By Gl0be_Tr0tter_14
Pricy, a bit depressing atmosphere, but good !Being in Clermont-Ferrand I wanted to try one of the âstarredâ restaurants.Having tried some others before, I went for a new one : Apicius.The website was very nice.First I realized it was closed on weekends. This is bad.Then I managed to go on a Monday.The atmosphere is rather depressing. It was only elderly people, not very crowded, no music and the atmosphere even if topped by some red sofas is cold.The service is much average, not worth as starred restaurant.The food is creative (but not too much) and real good.The wine list is not very good and too pricy for what it is.Overall a good experience thanks to the very innovative and good food.I would still recommend the place if you are not depressed and not on your own and rather numerous to create the atmosphere yourselves.
7. Pavillon Lamartine
Overall Ratings
4 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By DyerMaker
I've walked past this location dozens of times and until I was asked to join a group here for lunch, I had no idea there was a restaurant here. That makes me sad for all the times that I could have dined here -- but didn't. If only I had been wiser....I'm never quite sure what to make of the often brutal French reviews for restaurants on TripAdvisor. Sometimes they amplify points I agree. Sometimes they make a bigger issue than I might make over a minor transgression. In this case, I am simply baffled.The service, from the moment the doors were opened, was impeccable. The dining room is, indeed small and, yes, a reservation is advisable -- but the small room adds to the atmosphere. It doesn't detract from it. If you have a reservation, you'll appreciate the ambiance.The wine menu has a broad selection. For our varied lunchtime meal choices, we were thinking a red Sancerre would work and we were pleasantly surprised to see this uncommon wine on the menu...for a terrific price, too. (Beware: Loire wines are listed in the same section as Auvergne wines, so don't skip past the Loire offerings when skipping past the Auvergnat wines, as I almost did.)The fixed menu offerings are reasonably priced and allow for ample flexibility. If, however, you stray into the a la carte section of the menu, the prices skyrocket. If money is an important consideration, there's no need to depart from fixed menu options -- even for vegetarians.As for criticisms regarding portion size, perhaps it was the fact that we were dining at LaMartne for lunch, but I had no sense that anyone in our group would leave with hunger pangs. This holds true whether ordering price fixe or a la carte.All in all, as lunches go, this was one of the best experiences I've had. Once you find Pavilion Lamartine, you'll be glad you did.
6. Lard Et la Maniere
Overall Ratings
4 based on 941 reviews
Reviewed By Toni13
Clearly a very popular eatery in Clermont-Ferrand and rightly so. The layout is simple, friendly and unpretentious and so is the service and the food. This is the kind of place where you can drink beer with your hamburger without feeling guilty for not having ordered wine, and you will leave the place smiling after eating their clearly well made food and even after paying the very reasonable bill.
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5. Avenue
Overall Ratings
4 based on 767 reviews
Reviewed By RomanoinTX
Small restaurant. Great service, AWESOME food. By main cathedral.In town for business and definitely coming back to this little gem!
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4. Le Comptoir
Overall Ratings
4 based on 151 reviews
Reviewed By Jackinbama
I like this area. The restaurant seemed pretty good. We had a preset menu and I chose the duck breast. It was very good but served with no accompaniment. I think that most of the dishes were good. I would try the restaurant again.
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3. La Belle Meuniere
Overall Ratings
4 based on 340 reviews
Reviewed By SaintPaulDeVence
I cannot recommend highly enough for the high quality gastronomic experience at this establishment.
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2. Hotel Radio
Overall Ratings
4 based on 433 reviews
Reviewed By AJCG
Expected great things from Hotel Radio restaurant but was badly disappointed. The dining room is very pleasant; well lit; comfortable and noise levels were OK even on a busy Monday evening. Staff were helpful, friendly and efficient. Took the 6 course tasting menu which ends up as 8 or so with the amuses bouches. These were very nice.... The first starter of foie gras pressé with lots of "citricy" gels/purées was very nice. The next course, scallops with beetroot only tasted of beetroot of different textures and tastes - some just cooked; some highly acidic...overall it ruined the scallops which disappeared into the background. The next course - fish, St Pierre was not nice either. The fish was overcooked and had a rather anaemic colour - tasted as though it had been kept warm on the pass for too long. The accompanying sauce and the tartare of seaweed were over-flavoured (lemon) and very salty. Overall, not a nice dish although the accompanying little tart of quinoa cooked in squid ink was very tasty. The meat course was slow cooked veal - sous-vide I would guess with some crispy veal sweetbreads. The veal was OK but the taste again spoiled by a thickened gloopy sauce and celery everywhere - confit with the sweetbreads and a puree with the veal.... The desserts were nice... and very pretty. Excellent cheese board.Sad. Having eaten in hundreds of Michelin starred restaurants around the world, this one just doesn't add up on the food front.
1. La fee maison
Overall Ratings
4 based on 207 reviews
Reviewed By Dancing_Badger
We had one night in Clermont-Ferrand and chanced upon this restaurant - a lucky chance! We were attracted in because She Who Must Be Obeyed is a vegetarian (actually pescetarian but let's not get hung up) and the menu promised a plat du jour végétarien, which is helpful in France. I'm properly carnivorous so easier to please. The restaurant is tiny, there were a couple of groups of 6 or more already in and a couple of tables for 2 available - we were seated at one of those. The place is modern, and I suspect trendy, but I'm of an age where I'm not sure what trendy is, and certainly not French trendy. The staff were young, (30 something) at any rate, as were most of the customers. The waiter didn't seem to have any English and my French is not great but we got by. He was very pleasant. I had a vegetable risotto, a millefous of aubergine and beef and a chocolate fondant with a cherry sorbet, SWMBO had a starter of cold soup which we don't know the name of, a risotto like my starter (she said the rice was cheesey - I'd have said creamy but what do I know?) and something which I translated as strawberry soup - it was like a liquidised intense strawberry delicious something, she tells me. It was all delicious - my pudding was gorgeous, proper tasty as I informed the waiter - not that he knew what I was on about! The bill, with beer, wine and a coffee, came to â¬60 and some change. Money well spent. We would certainly return.
