Brasserie de la Mairie — Restaurant in Aix-en-Provence

My wife, daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter spent two in the south of France, one in aix-en-Provence and the second in Saint-Raphael. While in Aix-en-Provence, we stopped for a wonderful lunch at le Brasserie de la Mairie in the central, older part of town. The majority of this restaurant’s seating is outdoor in a cobblestone town square under parasols. It makes for a quintessential Provence setting, quaint, relaxed, with excellent food and wine. This restaurant has a wide-ranging menu of both food and drink, extending from croque monsieur to hamburgers to entrecote maitre d’hotel, from fine French wine to local beer. We started with drinks, including some local beer and two Aperol spritz, which is made from equal parts of Aperol and Prosecco with a splash of club soda. The drink is Italian, having been created in Venice around 1920 according to urban legend. Aperol spritz is a wonderful, summery drink and was perfect for lunch. Our lunch orders included Italian-style steak tartar, two Salade Nicoises and a Salade nordique, the latter being my selection. The steak tartar was excellent and was served with fries and a small greensalad. The Salad Nicoise contained tuna, anchovies, sliced hard-boiled egg, peppers, green beans, small potatoes, olives and a wonderful dressing. My Salade nordique included a very generous portion of smoked salmon, avocado, hard-boiled egg, peppers, potatoes and a Caesar salad dressing. The Salade nordique was excellent with the amount of smoked salmon included was enough for two people. The service at the Brasserie de la Mairie was excellent, the food was served in a reasonable time and the setting, as mentioned was wonderful. This is an excellent choice for lunch or dinner if you’re lucky enough to ever visit this gorgeous...

The owner is incredibly rude and very unwelcoming to visitors. My mom was very sick when we were passing through axe-en-provence and we stopped in to get a tea. We asked for it to go and he claimed that it was not possible to put tea into a to go cup and proceeded to give us hot chocolate instead. We went to the bathroom while he was making the drink and when we returned he lectured us about restaurant 'etiquette'. He claimed you cannot buy one thing and expect to use the bathroom and charged us 50 cents each- although instead of charging it he just kept the money. Two other women came in from the patio to use the bathroom during this confrontation and he yelled at them asking for proof that they were customers. This man made us feel incredibly uncomfortable...

We stopped for drinks and were told no problem by a member of staff. We stayed literally only 15/20mins.

On two occasions, two different members of staff asked if we were ready for lunch. We said we're not staying for lunch, and they swore at us.

I can't believe the treatment we received. Two staff members glared at us whilst walking around getting in other orders and one (who I'd assume was the manager with a weird slicked grey hair cut) actually yelled 'Jesus!' At us when he realised for the third time we weren't having lunch. We had already eaten, it wasn't a crime. There were seats free and the drinks were expensive enough! Never coming back here. Avoid this establishment at all costs. Zero...