"We were driving from lyon to narbonne, and stopping at nîmes for lunch was the most logical, given the logistics of our day. we didn't want to face chaos and try to park in the center, so we stopped at pantel, that we found in a pleasant street lined with trees. When you think of a relaxing lunch in the south of france, the atmosphere at pantel is certainly not the image you had in mind. the guy at the bottom of the bathroom playing video poker, and the two-sided table with the two guys who had clearly started the day drinking didn't fit into the Toulouse-Laurence table that you wanted to be the representation of your trip. That said, you might be doing much worse than going through pantel. We ordered the steak tartare that was incredibly fresh (n.b. - freshly chopped steak with fresh cups of egg yolk, onions, oil and pickles) and, frankly, delicious, with carpaccio, again superb. a carafe of wine and some beers completed what was a nice surprise victory while we were just trying to find a quick lunch on the way. It is worth stopping if it matches your schedule."
