L'Escale de l'Huitre - La Tremblade

My wife and I came here on the recommendation of a friend. It looks like a tumble down fishing shack (which it probably was but the food is beyond wonderful. We both opted for the fixed three course menu at about 22 euros a head. My wife said the oysters were as good as she had ever eaten. For the main course we had the mussels cooked en shell over a raging hay fire (on the other side of the road! . They are served on a bed of burn hay, the slightest pressure of your hand opens the mussels and taste is divine. Desert on the fixed menu is two scoops of locally made ice cream (lots of different flavours to choose from . They do have a wine list but we stuck to a carafe of local wine red wine served chilled. It is such great fun from start to finish. Would I go again? Absolutely.

We visited L'Escale de l'Huitre whilst on holiday in Royan and Bordeaux. The place is very unassuming and not on the tourist trail. Tables are formica, seats basic and the building is a shed. Who cares? The oysters are incredible no matter which size and quality we sampled. The moules eclade were the star of the show. The pine blocks carrying the moules are engulfed in flaming pine needles across the road from the restaurant and brought to the table still covered in a light ash and very hot. The taste is orgasmic. All the juices stay in the shell augmented by the resin of the pine needles and the smokiness of the pine. All washed down with Charentes Rose wine. We want one in England!!!

Nothing to say, everything was perfect: reception,service (by a young boy who is very good at his job), excitement cooked as it takes (finally one!), ice cream and nickel wine. the addition is quite correct for the quality of the products consumed. Finally a restaurant that is not a tourist trap! (unfortunately many).

More than reasonable prices given the remarkable quality of their products. It's very good. The stars are the seafoods so yes the fries are frozen... but that's not what we come to eat. very beautiful eightres of their own park. A good plan! a place for the premises as much for the tourists who won't get caught! I'll go back!

Eclade egale has it even though expensive than in other places (frites frozen in addition in plastic barrel for dishes with the map ; baking pans with baking sauce because pass in the oven with rewaffing mussels