Les meilleurs restaurants en Olonzac

19/05/2024: The opening weekend of the Côte Brasserie coincided with a vide grenier in the village. So we booked for Sunday lunch. Their terrace was full, the sun filtered through the plane trees and brocante hunters wandered by with arms full of treasures. We started with an apéritif and a bowl of nuts, then shared a chèvre salad and a creamy rillette de thon. Slices of crusty baguette were brought to the table in brown paper bags from the boulangerie. The salad was generous with fresh leaves and lardons. The tuna was very tasty. We’d both ordered bavette in sauce au poivre, with more salad and crispy new potatoes. The steaks were cooked perfectly. We shared a plate of cheese and a luscious crème brûlée, then two noisettes with another glass of wine, as we were having too nice a time to leave. We were unhurried, the service was friendly and everyone was having fun. This special “menu brocante” was 24€. It was simple, traditional and well prepared. This is just what Olonzac needs - nice, fresh, affordable French food, prepared “à la maison”, in ambient but unpretentious surroundings. Wishing you good luck for the future!

27/09/2024: Our table for two was laid on the little terrace outside the Brasserie. The restaurant was full and had a cosy, fun atmosphere. As we sipped our aperitifs - kir à la mûre and a beer - we chose from the luscious looking blackboard specials. We shared a seasonal soup of velvet, creamy pumpkin topped with a slice of caramelised foie gras and, a spectacular plat de fruit de mer. This comprised of plump gambas, glistening oysters and razor clams drenched in garlicky butter. Baguette slices delivered in a brown paper bag mopped up the juices. I continued with a succulent carpaccio of bavette, a fresh salad and good, crunchy chips. My husband attacked a plateful of frogs legs and deliciously cooked ratte potatoes. The portions were generous, so we were too full for pudding. We just had to make do with a cognac, as the little nocturnal Vendange tractors raced past, laden with grapes and clearing the way with spotlights. Our wine had been local Minervois white with the seafood and red with the meat, probably produced at the wine cooperative just down the road. Côte Brasserie, the food, the wine, the atmosphere and the welcoming staff gave us a true flavour of the village, nestled deep within Occitanie, well worth harvesting.

27/07/2024: De perfecte plek voor een lekkere en niet al te dure maaltijd. Heerlijke roti de porc gegeten en dame blanche after, ook de eend zag er goed uit en de hamburgers zijn ook top, aanrader wij komen hier al jaren inmiddels.