Telefon: +33468643535
Adresse: Avenue de la Salanque66600 RivesaltesFrance
Stadt: Rivesaltes
Gerichte: 3
Bewertungen: 900
"We only found this place by recommendation from another (the other?) top-class restaurant/wine cellar in Rivesaltes, which was full. It is very much larger than Cazes' establishment and could easily find us a table, although it filled up later. (For warmer weather, there is also a great shaded terrace.)Indoors, the restaurant is in an impressive former wine vault, with stained glass windows at the ends.The ambience is quite jolly, with attentive staff. Our waitress was quite keen to try out her English skills, although not necessary in our case.We took the €35 menu and enjoyed it immensely. They didn't provide any amuse-bouche but instead the menu included a glass of 'apéro' wine. (Muscat, in a choice of dry or sweet. We love the dry Muscat, so the decision was easy.) Our starters were the gratinéed mussels and the (cold) marinated grilled veg. served with delicate anchovy fillets The mussels are served in the half-shells with a super garlic sauce on each one. For mains, I had the (enormous) 'Pig Chop' with a 'Rancio' sauce. (Rancio is an old-fashioned wine style typical of the region, and found on both sides of the Pyrenees.) My wife had the 'Grillade de Rombeau', essentially a mixed grill. Neither of us is a small eater, but we both struggled a bit as the portions were so large, but beautifully cooked. It was all we could do to toy with the 'Vacherin Catalan' which is the Catalan flag stripes made in sorbets with genuinely iced cream.A massive plus for this place is that the wines in the restaurant are priced at list. At €14.50, the Cuvée Elise is a fantastic bargain. As other commentators have said, you can also buy their wines at a 15% discount to take away, and we didn't hold back on this one! The Cuvée Elise really has to be experienced and we're looking forward to tasting ours in the months to come."
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