Saint-Raphaël
A La Maree

A La Maree

Port Santa Lucia | 83700, 83700, Saint-Raphael, France, Saint-Raphaël

Café • Français • Restaurants • Fruit De Mer


"Despite being in a lovely location and with one of the largest terraces on the port front, and the fact that it was only 25% full It took us 4 requests to get a jug of water and another 3 to get a second one. The calamari was frozen and pre battered - I can literally buy the same stuff in the supermarket, though they claim 'all their seafood is delivered fresh every day'. Mussels were tiny and not very meaty, we had eaten 10x better the day before. When it came to mains, I ordered one of the house specialities, 39 euros, my friends other stuff. Mine + 2others arrived at the same time. The 4th only after having sent someone to investigate - the kids had by then already finished their meals. I sent my mixed fish back because the scallop was leathery and the fish overcooked - as a chef I knew that it had been kept too long under the warming lamp. I'm not paying 39 euros for overcooked fish. Eventually, when everyone's dinner was finished, mine arrived. The fish was perfectly cooked but the sauce had changed from a delicious shellfish sauce (which was excellent, what little I'd had of it) to a plain cream one. The scallops were missing entirely. What was most alarming was one of the clams was seriously off. I spat it out and didn't become sick but seriously wonder how that cane to be on my plate as it stank too, it was really obviously off . Could it have been deliberately placed there as I sent my dish back? Who knows. At the end we got an apology and 2 tiny glasses of free champagne but there is no way I'd recommend anyone to go there ever."