Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac
Cafe De L'univers

Cafe De L'univers

12 Grand rue Francois Mitterrand, 30700 Arpaillargues, Uzes, France, Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac

Café • Français • Européen • Fruits De Mer


"The best meal I have had in a very long time. Located in a small picturesque village not far from Uzes. From the outside, it looks like a run-down bar-cafe, but the food is incredible! I had the daily special of seiche (cuttlefish) and steamed...potatoes w aioli sauce. The seiche was as tender as salmon steak. The sauce gave a wonderful flavor. Paradise. Served cold (i.e. more or less room temperature) with a nice side salad (and scrumptious tasty bread). Apx euros and worth every centime. The other dishes were euros. My wife and daughter-in-law and her daughter all ordered shrimp in saffron sauce and loved it, Served with great pommes frites (they let me taste). My son ordered veal milanaise( served with an excellent tomato-based sauce and accompanied with al dente pasta. The veal itself was very tasty, which is not always the case these days. After this meal, no room for dessert, but my wife and I could not resist the creme caramel which is unbelievably onctuous and smooth. The others ordered a chocolate fondu cake of some sort, but the creme was so good that I didn't want to dilute the flavor by tasting the cake which they said was intensely chocolaty. In sum, very highly recommended. Food as good as anything I have had in the very elegant St Germain, my previous home. BTW, it was a lovely, cool August evening so we ate outside on a little tree-shaded square surrounded by lovely old stone architecture. If you like that sort of thing, leave time for a stroll around the village. PS -One of the rare occasions to order Jupiler on tap [beer] at a restaurant in this area. Served nice and cold."

Chateau d'Arpaillargues - Le Marie d'Agoult

Chateau d'Arpaillargues - Le Marie d'Agoult

rue du Chateau, 30700 Arpaillargues, Uzes, France, Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac

Pizza • Salade • Poisson • Français


"We really enjoyed our stay in this rather shabby chic chateau in a charming small village very near the lovely town of Uzès. Our room was adequate although the bathroom needed some attention. There was no shower glass or curtain so every time one had a shower (in the bath) the whole bathroom was a wet zone – a wet room which this wasn’t intended to be! The shady outdoor dining area (weather permitting) is most attractive, although the only views are of the chateau. We were lucky enough to be able to have breakfast and dinner outside – almost too hot in fact. The highlight of our stay here was the food (dinner) which was superb. I loved the fact that the portions were on the small side so one got up feeling just satisfied not over fed. Breakfast was fine – in fact above average for French continental.The big disappointment was the pool. The situation and surrounding areas were lovely, although some of the loungers have seen better days. The little restaurant near the pool serves an excellent luncheon. The pool itself was cloudy and there was a lot of algae around the bottom edges which wasn’t removed the whole three days we used it. There were a lot of children using the pool so the water should be tested and adjusted accordingly each day which it wasn’t. The third day the algae was floating in lumps on the surface together with an enormous amount of dead wasps! Such a shame as this could easily be put right.As I said despite the pool and the bathroom we enjoyed our stay but for the price - which was not insignificant - it needs a bit of an overhaul."