A La Maree - Saint-Raphaël

Both had a 12 euro two course lunch menu. These were fantastic, great value for money. Only restaurant with customers on the port. Staff efficient and friendly. Will be back tomorrow.

Ate dinner here on our first night in San Raphael. We're met with a warm welcome from Front of House. We chose the set menu as several of the items we fancied were included in this. My goats cheese starter arrived with both pieces of toast burnt. However, I did enjoy the swordfish. Overall the food was nothing special for the cost.

Friends who live in the area took us to this restaurant saying they had been before and really liked it. Good setting on the boat dock, nice looking restaurant. Had a drink. OK. Then it went downhill. Started with oysters and whitebait, OK, then we all had "loup" ... small whole sea bass which was dry. Big issue was service, it was terrible. Had to ask at least twice for everything, water, bread, condiments, and they got every order wrong. We were served by at least five different waiters / maitre' d. It was lunch time and very quiet, all restaurants on the dock, strange for August. Fortunately we were not in a hurry because it was real slow, Must be better options. Our friends totally agree with this.

The setting is fantastic, the food was superb, the portions huge. With hindsight we shouldn't have had starters but we did and they were lovely. We both had fish and it was delicious apart from the scallops which were almost certainly the worst we had ever tried. My fish soup was worth the visit alone. So why only three stars?The waiter made my girlfriend feel uncomfortable and self conscious. We don't speak French but have eaten out every day during our four night stay in Saint Raphael with no problems. A smile wouldn't kill him or even showing a bit more interest. Thankfully he left early and the younger staff took over. It was a far more enjoyable experience then. We so many restaurants to choose from in Saint Raphael, we would say this is one to avoid despite the food being generally so good.

Since the restaurant we had in mind was fully booked we picked this one. It seemed not to be the best choice. Although the restaurant looked nice (Nice terras and chairs) it was the intention of the personnel to serve all courses (starter, main and dessert) as fast as possible. At 22PM the music stopped which resulted in a strange atmosphere. Overall the food was acceptable but really not worth the money. I would chose a different restaurant the next Time.