Saint-Raphaël
Le Sud

Le Sud

16 boulevard Darby | Route Des Golfs, 83700, Saint-Raphael, France, Saint-Raphaël

Français • Européen • Provençal • Méditerranéen


"We booked , and looked forward to , our visit to Le Sud on Saturday evening . On entering , I felt immediately a certain distracted lack of warmth in our reception . After a certain amount of body-shuffling round the bookings register , we were duly noted , and shown to a table . Before the waiter escaped , I asked for a gin and tonic , and a Coca Col . The G&T arrived shortly , without ice or lemon , together with the Coke , which had both . In due course we ordered , both choosing a stuffed eggs on a Salsa starter , and the steak , medium . I ordered a glass of Chablis for my wife assuming it would come with her cold starter , but it was delivered very soon , so she was lining up drinks . Eventually the starter arrived , it proved a poor choice as it was of curiously lacking jin flavour. The room itself was quite cold . For some reason , the door had been left open , and it was a cold evening . I was amused to see the diner sitting nearest the door gradually vanishing into the thick sweater and scarf in which he had entered ,while looking increasingly miserable . Our starter plates remained unclear for some time , then we're very rapidly removed , and our main course immediately set before us . This was just sufficiently off-key to make one feel something had not gone right . My meal was just warm (cold plates ) my wife's less so . Not quite bad enough to send back , but enough to mar the pleasure . We ate the incomparable steaks , and their delicious accompaniments , then requested the door be closed , which it was . Puddings were OK , the last time my sponge was slightly burnt , this time perfect , but the deserts are lacklustre , do not excite the palate , and are frankly ordinary .We finished with a double express , and a decaf. The meal cost €110.80 , which my bank has translated as £81.74 . I am relieved we are enjoying a good rate of exchange just now , as otherwise I would have felt quite overcharged for what he had , instead of merely disappointed and a bit let down ."

A La Maree

A La Maree

Port Santa Lucia | 83700, 83700, Saint-Raphael, France, Saint-Raphaël

Café • Français • Restaurants • Fruits De Mer


"Despite being in a lovely location and with one of the largest terraces on the port front, and the fact that it was only 25% full It took us 4 requests to get a jug of water and another 3 to get a second one. The calamari was frozen and pre battered - I can literally buy the same stuff in the supermarket, though they claim 'all their seafood is delivered fresh every day'. Mussels were tiny and not very meaty, we had eaten 10x better the day before. When it came to mains, I ordered one of the house specialities, 39 euros, my friends other stuff. Mine + 2others arrived at the same time. The 4th only after having sent someone to investigate - the kids had by then already finished their meals. I sent my mixed fish back because the scallop was leathery and the fish overcooked - as a chef I knew that it had been kept too long under the warming lamp. I'm not paying 39 euros for overcooked fish. Eventually, when everyone's dinner was finished, mine arrived. The fish was perfectly cooked but the sauce had changed from a delicious shellfish sauce (which was excellent, what little I'd had of it) to a plain cream one. The scallops were missing entirely. What was most alarming was one of the clams was seriously off. I spat it out and didn't become sick but seriously wonder how that cane to be on my plate as it stank too, it was really obviously off . Could it have been deliberately placed there as I sent my dish back? Who knows. At the end we got an apology and 2 tiny glasses of free champagne but there is no way I'd recommend anyone to go there ever."