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Restaurant Joaline Coquillages
Chateaurenard
23/01/2026: A superb spot for shellfish lovers! Everything was absolutely perfect: ultra-fresh, flavorful, and beautifully prepared. You can taste the quality from the first bite. But the real highlight is the welcome: warm, friendly, and attentive, you immediately feel at ease and welcome. A truly delightful experience from beginning to end. I highly recommend it and will definitely be back!
05/12/2025: We came a year or two ago and I gave it a 10/10.
But this time I lowered the rating for two reasons. We ordered two octopuses, and throughout the afternoon, we had garlic residue that lingered until evening, with an unwanted octopus taste. I actually like garlic; I eat it with almost every meal when possible, but I had to scrape all the garlic off the octopus, even though I'd already swallowed some beforehand. My wife had the same experience.
The bread hadn't been delivered, and we were served stale bread from the day before with the oysters, without a word of apology, as if it were perfectly normal. We saw the bread arrive much later, delivered to the kitchen around 1 p.m. It's a shame because oysters without fresh bread and butter are less enjoyable.
The oysters themselves are excellent, but that's not the chef's fault. Of course not. In short, I was disappointed. I wasn't sick, but it was close. My wife had stomach cramps; too much garlic masked the taste of the octopus, which was tender, but the aftertaste lingered all day. It's strange.
My question is: was the octopus really fresh? I believe restaurants are now required to specify whether a product is frozen or fresh. Homemade is one thing, fresh is another. I don't know if the octopus was frozen or not. The same goes for the other featured items; it wasn't specified.
It's very simple to print this information from the menu, which is attached (see my photos). Anyway, I won't be going back. It's a real shame over such minor details.
The price is a bit excessive, so we didn't order dessert. It would have increased the bill. €80 for two people with a platter of six oysters, two octopuses, and two coffees was already quite a lot. We only ordered a carafe of water. For your information, we were almost the first to arrive, and we were served quite quickly. We noticed that regulars are very welcome. The greetings and kisses are served promptly. The average tourist who arrives a little later seems to wait much longer without any real apology from the waitress.
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