After our trip to Paris in September, we are heading down to Toulouse to spend a week on bikes riding to Bordeaux, where we will spend three nights. So this is all helpful information. However, I don’t think we will have a car so we may miss Le Lion d’Or.
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I’ll be interested in your Toulouse reports. I expect well go there on our next European trip.
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In Toulouse, do try L’Impériale, in the upstairs part of the Marché Victor-Hugo. It’s the last in a row of other restaurants, which also look quite good.
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Thank you - we have no ideas yet for Toulouse. We are only there two nights, arriving from Paris on a Friday and leaving on the bike ride Sunday morning. And it appears that L’Impériale is only a 7 minute walk from the hotel. So this is helpful!
Here are the Michelin bib gourmand places – https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/occitanie/toulouse/restaurants/bib-gourmand?sort=distance
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Thank you! I will see what I can find out about these places.
Bordeaux is a city where I had better meals picking random restaurants than relying on well known places. To give an idea: I went to Le Petit Commerce and felt rushed and treated like a generic tourist, meaning little explanation given regarding the fish on offer. Brasserie Bordelaise I didn’t find remarkable.
Unfortunately, I don’t know the places where I went as they were written down on chowhound. Below I’ll give some places which are saved by me in my google maps. I would take it easy in Bordeaux, just walk around and see where many French people are having a good time. I didn’t make reservations for these places. Here I also liked the ‘simple’ food, eg a steak with foie gras, fries and a green salad. Once you venture out in the country side, it’s imho more rewarding to seek out specific restaurants and make reservations beforehand. For example at Le Caffe Cuisine in Branne.
- For afternoon outside drinks, I loved Place Saint Pierre. Many students. In the evening this area is also buzzing.
- la boite a huitres - very good simple oyster place in a beautiful part of the city
- L’entrecote
- le bar a vin
- La toque cuivree - bakery
- Les halles de bacalan - food court
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