Face à la Mer — Restaurant in Dunkirk

A nice small boutique hotel above a restaurant cum pub on the beach at Gravelines 15 min drive from Dunkirk.

We stayed here for a night during our annual wine shopping trip to France. We drove to this hotel from Dunkirk on a Friday evening.

The hotel rooms are in 2nd floor and attic. Think there are about 12 rooms, roughly 8 facing the sea. The hotel in right on the beach meaning you get uninterrupted view of the huge beach the the sea that has retracted quite far away.

The rooms are fairly small. The double bed was in fact a queen bed, so not really suitable for 2 healthy adults.

The breakfast provided was very basic, no hot foods provided. Just tea/ coffee along with a tray with croissants, fruit juice, fruit puree, yogurt, jam pots, baguette and cheese.

Another downside is they don't speak mostly, so he armed for Google...

Arrived with my wife and daughter at around 12:20 on Saturday for lunch. The guy who met us at the door said sorry, we're full. Most of the tables in the restaurant were empty and only one had a reserved sign. As we walked out three older women walked in and were accommodated immediately. We thought of going back in and asking what the problem is (our French is pretty good) but decided we didn't want to eat in a place with that attitude. We come to France every year for two weeks and have never encountered anything like this before. This is the last day of this year's holiday and it leaves a bad taste. Perhaps they don't like kids? British people? Our...

Popped to Gravelines as a base for a short break, arrived late morning and took a wonderful walk along the canal/channel leading to the sea. En route walked passed a restaurant that looked good but on return we spotted this little gem with a perfect sea view and welcoming staff. A table by the window was made available the simple but ample menu was a delight, my wife had the asciete de pescheur and I had the moules Roquefort. A bottle of wine, water and a beer completed the meal together with a complimentary taste of another local cheese used in one of the other moule dishes very good value for money trying hard to find a reason to try somewhere...