Hotel Restaurant Les Cigognes

This 18C sandstone former convent chants a pure-bred Gallic culinary litany based on regional produce (rack of lamb from the Moselle meadows, fillet of Lorraine beef) and seafood (brill, line-caught whiting, scallops). The portions are generous and the desserts are divinely decadent. Charming welcome.

This spruce inn, with its striking colourful façade, is the haunt of a couple of food lovers who met at Villa René Lalique. In a decor of pale-coloured wood, make your pick from a concise seasonal menu, most of whose ingredients are local: crispy knuckle of ham, celeriac and cider vinegar; calf’s sweetbread with verbena berries, aubergine and spinach; raspberries, meadowsweet and ewe’s yoghurt… Bargain priced lunch menu and a bouncy, cheerful front-of-house team!