Cafe du Fleuve - Quillan

Thank you very much for the welcome, the thigh and your friendliness, don't change anything!

Lovely sunny spot for a morning coffee (Translated by Google) Lovely sunny spot for a morning coffee.

Despite the name, this cafe is NOT beside the river. The cafe beside the river is Le Palace. I know that this naming confuses some people - and TripAdvisor still includes two photos of Le Palace under the Cafe du Fleuve listing, even tho I have twice reported those photos as posted to the wrong place. ............ Cafe du Fleuve is very much a French cafe, which perhaps explains why so many locals like it. We still miss some of the dishes which V. used to cook, but M. offers a good range of mostly straight-forward food. And coffee is still 1 euro a cup.

Cafe in the main square, always seemed to have a fair few customers so we thought we'd give it a go. We were waiting quite a while for our drinks to arrive, and were told that there were quite a lot of items not on the menu (having recently sold out due to July 14th celebrations). Our steaks were absolutely delicious, but I had already got a bit concerned that the restaurant wasn't as hygienic as it could have been due to dirty glasses (lipstick) and not the cleanest of cutlery - however it was mainly when I was hearing a nearby couple complaining to the waiter (owner?) about the standard of cleanliness too, along with glass in their dinner that topped it off. It's a shame as I feel like the restaurant has so much potential - their cook is obviously top quality, and some of the junior waiters really looked like they were doing their very best, but overall the place was let down due to attention to detail issues. Having read other reviews since our visit, it makes me wish we had looked at trip advisor first, as there are so many other top quality restaurants around. Definitely a one-off for me, despite the central location.

The food was simple and the place is cheap. The view over the square is very nice and the atmosphere was sunny and warm. However when my wife went to the lavatory she came straight out. I was certain that she was exagerating but when I went in I was very surprised, It was pretty awful and we were shocked that such standards still exist in restaurants in France (or indeed anywhere!). The poor toilets led me to look at the interior. Also gruibby and uintidy. Totally unacceptable in every way.