海滩酒店 Le Relais des Plages

If you like eating by the water, this old mill is the stuff of dreams! The chef prepares fresh ingredients and cooks up traditional cuisine with plenty of appealing regional flair: sole meunière, braised calf sweetbreads with morel sauce, fillet of beef, and chips cooked in goose fat. In fine weather, sit on the terrace overlooking the lake. Bucolic atmosphere guaranteed.

An eye for detail and a passion for precision set the scene for fresh, no-nonsense cuisine rustled up by the duo formed by Hugo and Sophie, respectively in charge of savoury dishes and desserts. This couple of well-travelled chefs, who honed their skills in starred establishments, creates dishes that revolve around local seasonal produce, sometimes enhanced by exotic seasonings. A few examples: duck foie gras with smoked eel and a yuzu ponzu sauce, or black Bigorre pork paired with turnip-rooted chervil, tamarind gel, coffee and citron. The feast continues with Sophie's delicious, on-point des

You may well miss this former sheepfold tucked away in verdant greenery with its exposed timberwork on the beach road. It is however well worth keeping your eyes open! Chef Yannick Duc treats diners to spontaneous, vibrant recipes that are tailored to modern tastebuds, displaying a strong predilection for first-class seasonal produce, in particular the catch of the day. The chef also enjoys mixing seasonings, spices and peppers, jazzing up his carpaccio of Banka trout with horseradish and black lemon cream and wasabi ice cream or pairing ravioles of lobster with green curry, bisque of fish hea

Authenticity is the name of the game in this Landes "inn" that specialises in hearty, wholesome food, far removed from fads and fashions. The menu shines a light on the local terroir – beef from the Fermes de Chalosse network of farms, fattened free-range duck, milk-fed veal, sheep's milk cheese from a village shepherd and additive-free house-made sourdough bread. An open sandwich with pork shank terrine and confit pig's ears, with an orange and endive salad, or their iconic veal sweetbreads in Jurançon wine served in a skillet: the generous portions are a throwback to a bygone era. Warm welco