Café de la Paix — Restaurant in Bayonne

While I’m typically hesitant to write less-than-stellar reviews, I feel obligated to share my experience. First and foremost, I’d like to commend the staff, who were notably friendly and doing their best despite being stretched thin.

That said, the culinary experience was unfortunately not up to par. Our veggie burger was, in reality, just a vegetable-filled bun—far removed from what one would expect a ‘veggie burger’ to be. The risotto, too, was excessively oily and nearly inedible. Adding to this was the pervasive cigarette smoke from nearby diners, which further soured our experience.

The redeeming factor was the amber beer, which was genuinely enjoyable. While the prices were on the higher end of average, the quality of the food didn’t match up, making it feel like poor value overall.

In closing, despite the earnest efforts of the staff and the decent beer, the food quality was highly disappointing. I would advise caution when considering...

Thursday 28 august we went for dinner here. We were sitting outside at a 4 persons table, but a bit blunt waiter told us it could not and we had to move. There was a table for 2 number 54. We ordered a drink which came, and the waiter asked if we wanted to have a bottle of water, but we never got that. The food was medium and the French Fries were tasteless and fat and not crispy. The flan caramel, was of very low quality too cold and not tasty. The unfriendly staff told us to pay at the exit, but the man behind the register seemed not to interested in anything except the payment. My advice is avoid this place. There are much better places that you make feel welcome and better...

My sister and I stopped in to have a quintessential French breakfast before starting out on the Camino de Santiago. Without a plan, we stumbled into this café and it has been a sheer delight. For eight euro each, we got baguette, croissant Café latte. Our plates were adorned with butter, and apricot marmalade jam, . The host was attentive, thorough, and even with limited English confirmed he understood our order perfectly. If you are a pilgrim and don’t know about this place, put it on your Saint Jean...