Brasserie du Marché — Restaurant in Caen

Having had a drink here yesterday and been impressed with the service and atmosphere, we decided to go for lunch here today. We were not disappointed. Despite our hosts not speaking English and our French being almost non-existent, they were most charming and orders were taken with a laugh and a smile. The food when it arrived was excellent, of a very good standard and extremely well cooked. The atmosphere was fantastic, almost theatrical at times, with laughs and smiles all around, even to the point where Madame chastised a fellow customer (who we’re sure was a regular) for not eating his carrots! We would highly recommend this restaurant, but get there not long after midday as even on a damp, wet day in early October it was full by 12:30pm. We will happily return here if we’re ever in these...

It was busy when we arrived and we didn't immediately understand what the server said to us in french. I felt this immediately put her off. She told us we would have to wait. So we sat down and we had to wait about 15 minutes before we saw a menu. It was busy and they definitely were rushing, but could they have given us a menu, probably. I felt like because we were english (the only ones in the restaurant that we could see/hear) that they were reluctant to serve us. But we got the food and it was delicious and once we got started it was...

We found this restaurant by chance when looking for a typical french lunch close by to our apartment.we chose the set lunch menu of 12,80 euros .There were several choices but we chose the pate,chicken basquaise,pork in garlic cream sauce , cheese,lemon tart. All were delicious and served promptly.The hosts were so friendly and chatty and funny too .The whole experience was great and excellent value for money.We would recommend and will...