Antibes
Le Vauban

Le Vauban

7 bis r.Thuret06600 AntibesFrance

Café • Français • Provençal • Méditerranéen


"We had booked online the same day and the table was later confirmed. We had read good things and were not disappointed. Service was not at all slow, as another reviewer mentioned. We were given lots of help with our choice of a white wine aperitif and the white wine to accompany the meal. Both very good and reasonably priced. While making our choices from the Vauban menu (39 euros) an amuse bouche arrived to tempt us, which it did! We chose foie gras pate and a tomato dish with basil sorbet, both dishes having excellent flavours. Before these starters arrived there was another amuse bouche of seafood in a red pepper dip, again very tasty. Also lovely bread rolls with a lime infused butter, which was really nice. More rolls arrived during the starter.. We were unaware of any delay between courses, certainly only enough to enjoy one another's company. For main course I had the sea bass which was perfectly cooked and served with clams and some diced vegetables, very good flavour. John had the duck which he had pink and enjoyed very much. Then we had a pre dessert dessert, which was a rich cherry, cream and chocolate combination leaving me with a black forest gateaux flavour, excellent. We had both chosen the lime souffle with margarita sorbet, it was fantastic! Loved it, want to know how to make it:-). We did not have coffee, but saw others who did received petit fours with the drinks. We were very full from 2 desserts already. We also had a bottle of sparkling water. The Maitre'd was very helpful with wine and menu choices and translation, merci Madame. The waiters were friendly and very efficient! Total cost 126 euros, well worth it for a superb meal and wine, including pre dinner drinks."

Felix Cafe

Felix Cafe

50 boulevard D Aguillon, 06600, Antibes, France

Cafés • Italien • Européen • Français


"So we were walking down the streets of old town in Antibes around lunch time and saw this cafe serving Italian cuisine with a 4 and a half star rating on trip advisor. With a hungry 8 year old and considering the good rating, we decided to take a table. The server, a young man, noticing we were sitting on the cafe/bar side told us to take a table on the other side and we did as we were told. When he came to put the mats on the table, my 8 year old excitedly asked him the wifi password and the man rudely replied to the little boy "I'll come back with it". My son was still ok, as long as he was getting the wifi password. He then came back with the menu and that's when my husband asked him another "offending" question. My husband wanted to know which pizza he had served to the table next to us as he liked it and wanted the same pizza. For some strange reason, the server was really offended this time and his exact response verbatim was : "I can tell you what pizza it is just by seeing! We have so many pizzas!. You look at the menu and tell me which one you want." By this time, we realized the guy was either not happy with his job or he just had some personal problem going on in his life and it was definitely affecting his work. Within the next two minutes, we got off the table and started to leave and the Paterson of course didn't seem to be bothered and he goes on to say: "ok, you don't want? Ok, bye!" So neither did we get lunch nor did we get our wifi password and the idea of a service worthy of a four star rating seemed to be far fetched. I would definitely never go back to this place ever again. After this "ordeal", we went to La Galerie, where we were greeted by happy smiling faces with excellent service and good food of course!"

Les Vieux Murs

Les Vieux Murs

25 promenade Amiral-de-Grasse, 06600 Antibes, France

Poisson • Européen • Français • Asiatique


"On arrival I was greated by a grumpy looking waiter who said he only had a table for 2 inside. I was left standing for 5 mins then was shown to a table outside so I thought that 's good We sat at the table for over 15mins before being asked if we wanted a drink or given a menu. I asked for 2 aperol spritz and was given a look of disgust and was told no. I then asked if they served any spirits and was told they only served wine even though I could see some spirits in the bar I didn 't want to get into an argument the waiter was not helpful. I was left for about 20mins to look at the menu before he came back to take my food order with no apology or explanation as to why he took so long. I ordered the surprise menu for myself and my daughter and was surprised I wasn 't asked if we had any allergies as it is very dangerous when offering a menu that does not display ingredients. It is also a basic question that I have been asked in every restaurant I have eaten in here in Antibes and any other country I have been in.It took another 25mins to bring the food. The waiter did not explain what the dish was, no introduction to the ingredients or the concept of the dish. I overheard him saying it was fish tartar. The fish however was not tartar it was cooked and had an overpowering taste and smell of bad fish fresh fish shld never smell fishy. I am a big fan of fish and I know bad fish when I taste it The second course of risotto was ok.The main fish dish however was the worst, absolutely terrible the fish was over cooked and again tasted off. The sauce was over seasoned and tainted and as per the previous courses there was no explanation of the dish so i have no idea what else was on the plate. I decided not to eat any of the dish and sat for about 10 mins before the waiter noticed we were not eating the dish. When I was asked why I had not eaten it I advised the waiter of my thoughts he just shook his head and said not good. I asked him what was in the dish and he said risotto. When i said no that was previous dish his reply was eh! I was immediately given desert which was equally poor 2 hot apricots and some melted ice cream. Which I didn 't eat. I was then astounded to be handed a full bill and no apology. I complained to the waiter again about the quality of the food and the service for him to look at me and disagree. I do not understand why I was expected to pay for a full meal the i hardly ate. I should have refused to pay the full bill but i was too angry and didn 't want to make a scene. I have written to the manager to give someone in tge restaurant the opportunity to explain how this could happen. I have paid 128 euros for the worst experience I have ever had in a restaurant. I have had no reply through all of the social media channels."