Arles
L'autruche

L'autruche

5 rue Dulau, 13200, Arles, France

Vin • Glace • Salade • Français


"L'Autruche est une expression de génie culinaire par un jeune couple qui réinvente chaque soir leur menu, autant pour le rendre plus intéressant pour eux-mêmes, nous l'imaginons, que pour rendre les repas plus intéressants pour leurs clients. Nous sommes arrivés un soir d'été insupportablement chaud, assez tard (20h30), que d'autres petits restaurants nous refusaient l'entrée car ils ne voulaient pas gérer un autre service, mais la propriétaire de l'Autruche nous a dit qu'elle aurait une table pour nous dans une demi-heure. Nous avons erré dans les rues sinueuses de cette partie d'Arles pendant le temps requis, et avons été rapidement installés une fois notre retour. Ma femme a commencé son dîner avec ce que le restaurant a écrit comme gaspacho, moi une salade de tomates multicolores avec mozzarella et basilic (ils ne l'ont pas présenté comme une Caprese ; nous avons tous les deux eu de l'agneau provençal cuit pendant 7 heures en plat principal, servi sur un lit de riz, et nous l'avons trouvé délicieux. Nous avons demandé, et avons été servis, un excellent vin de la région à un prix modeste. Comme tout le monde ce soir-là, nous avons apprécié notre repas à une petite table sur la rue étroite de la Rue Dulau ; ils ne pourraient probablement pas accueillir la moitié des clients qu'ils avaient à l'extérieur à l'intérieur de leur petite salle à manger par temps plus froid. Si nous devions passer une période plus longue à Arles, nous reviendrions sûrement de nombreuses fois."

La Telline

La Telline

Camargue Countryside, rte de Gageron, 13200, Arles, France

Thé • Steak • Français • Desserts


"We dined two nights at the very small (5 tables) La Telline while staying at their hotel, Mas de la Forge (separate review loved it). The menu was the same both nights, and we get the impression that it changes a bit with available fish but otherwise is pretty constant. There are a handful of appetizers, and on the two nights we had the escargots du mer (spiral shell sea snails), the telline (tiny clams, sweet and amazingly good) and a highly priced dish of fish eggs which had been pressed, dried and cut into thin slices undoubtedly a delicacy but not to our taste. They offer meat, and although we didn't have it the steaks looked massive and smelled good. We stuck with fish, which Jean Paul cooks over the fire in the dining room (as he does all the dishes). Be aware that when you order fish it is a whole fish. Because of the style of cooking there's no way to cook a half. So if one person wants fish he/she faces (depending on the sizes of the fish that came in that day) a very large and expensive (priced by weight) meal. Our compromise was in one case to split a fish and in another to have a fish and the eel, which could be done in a smaller portion. The fish was all perfectly cooked, moist and delicious. They leave the scales on the fish to keep moisture in in the cooking and then discard the skin, which is not something I've seen before but the result was great. Desserts are excellent. The riz au lait (rice pudding) was extraordinary, as was the chocolate gateau. Flan was tasty but mild by comparison to the other two. Wine list is good, and Jean Paul happily steers you to a vin du pays from the lower end of the price list, something I always respect. Florence is the bustling heart of the room, taking orders, plating the fish, and generally filling the space with her cheerful conversation and presence. An evening there is warm, comfortable and delicious."

Le Resto Du Paty

Le Resto Du Paty

rte des Saintes Maries de la Mer | Albaron, 13200, Arles, France, 13123

Café • Soupe • Barres • Poisson


"Highly recommended for a simple country restaurant This is the sort of unpretentious but characterful restaurant serving high quality if simple food you expect but increasingly fail to find as you travel through the back roads of France. We were racing to find one of our favourite if simple restaurants in Salin-de-Giraud for lunch and having taken a turning (mistakenly) we passed this restaurant at Albaron just after 1.30pm and quickly applied the brakes as we saw the many cars parked outside what seemed a deserted rustic restaurant. Inside was a warm bustling restaurant decked out in a rich red decor with simple but comfortable seating. We sat in the small first room whilst there was a much larger room beyond and a more intimate room leading off to the side. Note you have to like watching men being chased by bulls in the streets of France as they had two televisions in our dining room continuously showing this. This is a on a minor road that goes nowhere so you only find it if you know about it. We were the only non French in the packed restaurant. I believe I will be the first non-french to review thee restaurant in TripAdvisor. Our Fish soup was amazing in presentation, flavour and taste. It was wonderfully welcome on a cold overcast February lunchtime. My wife went for a Entrecote Steak as it was available medium cooked, but I went for a deliciously juicy Taureau steak cooked saignant (rare) as they only cook this bull steak bleu (raw) or saignant. Both the Entrecote and the Taureau come from local beef and were delicious. I had a nougat ice-cream dessert which nicely rounded off the meal with coffee. It also serves a wide range of pizzas (its speciality) but if you like a good steak go for it.. The local Cote de Rhone wine was very good especially at 18Euro a bottle. The sole waitress seemed for most of the time to be serving the whole restaurant at amazing speed adding to the animated atmosphere. Simple cuisine in a charming restaurant at a very reasonable price."