There are many restaurants and cafe's offering plat du jour of a lunch-time in this town. My advice is start looking for somewhere to eat just after 12pm as everywhere gets busy, especially in August.
We found Chez Peio by default as everywhere we looked, seemed to be busy the day were were there. However we noticed a couple leaving some seats outside this cafe and immediately took their place. I'm rarely dissapointed when eating out in France. Be patient if its August! It took a while to get served but we were not dissapointed by the food.
Favorite Dish: we ordered the lamb chops, which arrived with an enormous salad, a jug of the local Rosè wine and basket of bread. The lamb was divine.
Written Aug 27, 2010
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There are many restaurants and cafe's offering plat du jour of a lunch-time in this town. My advice is start looking for somewhere to eat just after 12pm as...
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