Diego Plage,
Front de Mer,
Arcachon,
0556542820,
Local restaurant,Fish,100

This is the archetypical French seafood restaurant with piles of seafood outside and a man ready to open shells and build fantastic seafood platters.
Located on the sea front, with a promenade area between the tables and the Arcachon basin, this is not only a place serving great seafood, but also a place serving great views. On a sunny day sit outside and enjoy that atmosphere!

When I lunched there the seafood platter was a vast offering with langoustine, oysters, prawns, mussels and a whole crab; as usual this vast offering was bulked out by bulots (snails). This was my one, and standard, complaint. I do not particularly like raw snails. And just to make matters worse I am allergic to snails. For that I can blame the Trust House at Manchester airport: but that is an awfully long time ago! However we did our worst and not much was left by the end. We did reflect that one platter between the two of us would have sufficed! I then made a decision based on indecision. I could not decide what pud to have: we had decided to forgo a main course. So I had the dessert gourmand - 'the greedy plate' as it was dubbed in English. It was indeed that: I was expecting a tiny portion of all deserts: instead I got a full portion of most deserts. For once I happily let others feed from my plate!

One item had caught our attention among the main courses: it was a large Dover sole. We had set our hearts on that: the surfeit of seafood had rather knocked us back. So there was only one thing to do: go back for dinner and have the sole. This we did and it was delicious!

The inside restaurant is well appointed and fun. The staff was first rate and worked hard despite the rush. And the food was almost faultless. Judging by the attendance here, as opposed to nearby restaurants, also on the promenade, this is the number one in that area.

Diego Plage,
Front de Mer,
Arcachon,
0556542820,
Local restaurant,Fish,100

This is the archetypical French seafood restaurant with piles of seafood outside and a man ready to open shells and build fantastic seafood platters.
Located on the sea front, with a promenade area between the tables and the Arcachon basin, this is not only a place serving great seafood, but also a place serving great views. On a sunny day sit outside and enjoy that atmosphere!

When I lunched there the seafood platter was a vast offering with langoustine, oysters, prawns, mussels and a whole crab; as usual this vast offering was bulked out by bulots (snails). This was my one, and standard, complaint. I do not particularly like raw snails. And just to make matters worse I am allergic to snails. For that I can blame the Trust House at Manchester airport: but that is an awfully long time ago! However we did our worst and not much was left by the end. We did reflect that one platter between the two of us would have sufficed! I then made a decision based on indecision. I could not decide what pud to have: we had decided to forgo a main course. So I had the dessert gourmand - 'the greedy plate' as it was dubbed in English. It was indeed that: I was expecting a tiny portion of all deserts: instead I got a full portion of most deserts. For once I happily let others feed from my plate!

One item had caught our attention among the main courses: it was a large Dover sole. We had set our hearts on that: the surfeit of seafood had rather knocked us back. So there was only one thing to do: go back for dinner and have the sole. This we did and it was delicious!

The inside restaurant is well appointed and fun. The staff was first rate and worked hard despite the rush. And the food was almost faultless. Judging by the attendance here, as opposed to nearby restaurants, also on the promenade, this is the number one in that area.