Restaurant de la Marée — Restaurant in Bayeux

We stumbled onto this lovely seaside restaurant overlooking a fleet of fishing boats by following our noses. We had spent the day touring the museums and historic monuments of Normandy and D-day. Specifically, we found this gem after we finished our day at Point du Hoc. We were FAMISHED. And cranky. I thought, it’s next to the docks, it has to be good. We were immediately seated despite no reservation and speaking in broken Fran-glish. No English menu was available nor did the staff speak English. We resolved to simply order and enjoy! And wow, did we! The food was excellent. We ordered off their nightly “terroir” offerings and got an appetizer and a main course for 20€ each. My husband got the Shrimp and catch of the day, I got the lamb and chicken. We also ordered 2 of the regional cocktails (calvados with champagne) as well as 3 glasses of wine total. Oh, and the delicious chocolate mousse and strawberries with cream for dessert. Our bill was 68€ total! I can’t recommend this highly enough. If you are looking for a nice village to stay during your normandie tourism, Grandcamp-Maisy is perfect. There is also a carrefour nearby (2 mins by car). Seafood here is incredibly fresh and prepared wonderfully! Staff is so so friendly. I do imagine you might need a reservation if you come in...

We visited this restaurant on a Monday. It was a busy night with a full house of seated guests. Naturally the staff was stressed. Nevertheless, there was no menu in English available. Personally, I find that strange, in an area which has so much history with US, Canada and Britain. There are scores of English speaking tourists visiting, and to not offer a menu in English seems... well arrogant. Our waitress didn't speak English either (which is more understandable), but when we tried to get her to fetch someone who could explain the menu, she just left. Pretty rude. The food was good quality, but the service left us wanting. The house wine was ok. Obviously the staff was in a hurry to get home, because they already had their coats on when we wanted to pay (and we weren't even the last ones). That added to us feeling pretty much unwelcome...

We had been to this restaurant before and were impressed by the food. This time however, though the food was still good (not as good as the first time, maybe marred by the atmosphere..) the service was appalling! The waitress wore VERY skimpy shorts, revealing more than it should have done and seemed displeased when we asked if we could change table as the sun came directly in our eyes. We had to wait for 25 minutes for our empty plates to be removed though she was walking past quite a number of time with empty hands and avoiding looking at us. We would expect a higher level of service from such a restaurant. I gave two stars as the food was ok, but they have lost a regular customer and we have shared this information with all our friends who were intending to go there for a meal. maybe the owner could have a word with...