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22/01/2009, 23:23 val douest Joined on 28/08/2004 Hautes Pyrénées (65) Posts 392 Re: Bargain places to eat If you are in the area where the Gers (32) and Hautes Pyrenees (65) meet the Landes(40) and Pyrenees Atlantiques (64) then the following may be of interest:  Restaurant d'Application, Lycée Professional Jean D'ARCET, 05 58 71 63 50 (8h00 - 18h00)  1 place St Quitterie 40801  Aire sur l'Adour. It's a training restaurant - good 3-course meals from €8 depending on the menu.  Open for weekday lunch in termtime (12h10 prompt) except Wednesdays, and for dinner (19h10 prompt) on Tuesdays and Thursdays - must book.  There are similar training establishments in Pau and Tarbes but we haven't tried them. Bar des Autobus (PMU) Tel: 05 62 96 38 78,  87 place Libèration 65700 Maubourguet. Well known for big servings of good wholesome food at low prices at lunch and dinner times - popular with truckers. L'Auberge    05 62 70 91 15  rue Nationale,  32320  Montesquiou.    Opens lunchtimes only Monday-Friday. Soup/Starter/Main/choice of Dessert/Wine €12, but little or no choice.  Everything is homemade by the owner’s wife. Le Resto    05 59 92 05 31   ave Charles de Gaulle,   64140  Lons (Pau)  Take the main road from Lescar (Shopping Area on outskirts of Pau) and drive towards Pau Centre - this restaurant is about half way along on the right. Arrive between 11.50 and 12.10 as it is very busy. Lunch menu comprises large help yourself buffet table of approx 25 starters then a choice of 2plat du jour, plus a very substantial buffet table of desserts and cheese plus 75cl of wine - all for €10 ! Bon appetit! Val    Report

23/01/2009, 5:57 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: Bargain places to eat Le restaurant du chateau in Chalais ( south charente ) , in the castle itself, reasonably priced for the standard , ( 60 euros for two ), lovely setting, perfect service, and a very good meal.     Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

23/01/2009, 8:34 Quillan Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 6,132 Re: Bargain places to eat It makes you wonder how they can turn out meals at such a low price (4 Euros ish), plenty of 'sauce' and loads of veg I suppose. I have found that for good French food in a 95% French environment that if you look for something that appears a bit 'rough' on the outside can often be the best. There's an Auberge at a place called  Cournanel called, strangely enough the Auberge de Cournanel, just on the south side of Limoux by a small bridge. Three course meal for 19,99 excluding wine and its very good, the lamb or steak are by far the best I have had, unless the one at Cepie has them on the menu but then you don't know till you get there. It does not look too grand from the outside so the Brits don't visit so much hence its mainly French clientele and its always busy. Sometimes its nice to enjoy your meal without hearing English being spoken in the background. There's also an Auberge at Axat just off the D117 on the south side of the Pierre-Lys Gorge next to the bank. Again not much to look at, has a limited menu but it is regional. You can have a good meal for around 20 Euros. The seating arrangement although of reasonable size is the lounge of the guys house that's been extended. So whilst you eat you have the wife in the corner knitting on their three piece watching the TV. Sometimes shes doing her ironing. It sort of gives the ambiance of eating in somebodies house. Decor's not great, plastic table cloths etc but its clean and the food is good. Least the wife kills me there is a certain B&B near Quillan that does an excellent meal with good wine for just 20 Euros all in. I just hope I get that birthday present I asked for (creep, creep, grovel, grovel) . http://www.chambresdhote.com    Report

23/01/2009, 8:37 betoulle Joined on 22/05/2006 Posts 145 Re: Bargain places to eat One of the best value restaurants in our region (dept 16) is the Auberge du Cheval Blanc at Luxe near Mansle - Wednesday to Friday they do a five course set lunch including all the trimmings & a bottle of wine between 2 people for 17euros/head.  Their cheese trolley has to be one of the best in France, there is no limit as to how many you may have.....the presentation is as good as their full price menu & it is incredibly popular especially during the summer months, when we need to book up to 3 weeks in advance.  It is mentioned in the Michelin guide so definitely worth a mention in this article, though with increasing popularity I may have just shot myself (& our guests) in the foot..    Report

23/01/2009, 9:57 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: Bargain places to eat Oh thanks for that ! Meet you there Betoulle ! Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

23/01/2009, 10:02 5-element Joined on 28/10/2006 Languedoc Posts 1,495 Re: Bargain places to eat From the title of this thread "Bargain" places to eat, I took it that it was very cheap but good value restaurants that were meant. For me, but I may be alone in this, a "bargain" menu is probably one which is not more than 15€, and it might be less. At that price, possibly the best restaurant in my area is Les Marronniers in Lamalou-les-Bains,8 avenue de Capus. Tel. 04 67 95 76 00. It is run by its owner, Gilles Aubert, the 13.50€,  3-course menu is often superb and changes regularly. He uses produits du terroir as possible, even gives cookery classes. The desserts are particularly wonderful.   Quillan, the one restaurant that both Maricopa and I referred to, which showed the 3.50€ menu (one lunchtime a week) for Plat and Dessert, had for main dish, turkey in a white cream sauce and mushrooms, with rice. Pudding was fromage frais with a raspberry coulis. The young couple running it were doing absolutely everything themselves: shopping, cleaning, cooking, serving, everything - they are just starting in business, and very keen to make a go of it. That is the only way they can do it, serving 115 couverts (can you imagine?) for that lunchtime. The rest of the week, their meals are just....normal. One restaurant in the same street, was complaining that it took customers away from them, and that they might have to do something special too.      Report

23/01/2009, 10:37 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 990 Re: Bargain places to eat betoulle wrote the following post at 23/01/2009 8:37: "One of the best value restaurants in our region (dept 16) is the Auberge du Cheval Blanc at Luxe near Mansle - Wednesday to Friday they do a five course set lunch including all the trimmings & a bottle of wine between 2 people for 17euros/head.  Their cheese trolley has to be one of the best in France, there is no limit as to how many you may have.....the presentation is as good as their full price menu & it is incredibly popular especially during the summer months, when we need to book up to 3 weeks in advance.  It is mentioned in the Michelin guide so definitely worth a mention in this article, though with increasing popularity I may have just shot myself (& our guests) in the foot.." I went there a few years ago, it was very good value and food excellent. For me the only downside on that day was that there were hardly any French diners, the clientele being mostly British expats. Cendrillon    Report

23/01/2009, 14:48 Pat76 Joined on 14/10/2007 Holmfirth/Charente 16 Posts 33 Re: Bargain places to eat I'm not sure if this counts as "bargain", but for the quality and quantity of food it is very good value for money. Les Grandes Aulnais, Cressac, south of Angouleme, between Blanzac and Chalais, Dept 16. Choice of menu 17 to 25 euros. They are rather heavy on duck, but we are vegetarian and they always make us something wonderful. We have never had a less than excellent meal there, although we only go when we are on holiday. The wine is not included, but the set menu we have is aperatif & nibbles, soup, crudites, vegetables, main course, cheese, pud. The only criticism I have is that the menu does not change, although the ingredients do, depending on seasonal availability. Most of the vegetables are home grown, and the ducks are home reared, they are often wandering about while we eat. There is always a mixture of French and English people there. Pat    Report

23/01/2009, 15:31 Fay Joined on 23/08/2004 Northamptonshire/Picardie Posts 374 Re: Bargain places to eat Mmm, Quillan, the sample menus look great - but does one have to be staying with you to eat there? Fay Sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind    Report

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