LA REGATE - Réserver une table

Affronted that we had not made a reservation despite it being Wednesday in mid October and there being no other diners, the miserable waitress somehow managed to find a table in this huge soulless restaurant. The worst fish soup in France, very thin, unseasoned and with an unhealthy stale fish aroma was not a good start. My clams were at least edible but a mere 9 specimens in salty brown liquid seemed rather economic given that we had watched the locals gathering them at low tide by the bucket load. The sea bream fillet was cooked correctly but served with an utterly flavour-free mush of glass noodles and beansprouts which tasted of a tainted frying pan. My fillet de boeuf was far from seignant (rare) being charred and by French standards 'bien cuit'. It was served with a mystery tasteless veg accompaniment that may have been turnip. The desserts were dreadful dry factory produced things the colour of chocolate but no flavour apart from sweet. By far the worst dining experience anywhere in recent memory - avoid at all costs.

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On a quiet off-season night out we walked in La Regate. The nice waitress spoke English very well (something not so common in France) and we were offered the choice of an English or French menu. We ordered the crab dish and the homemade foie gras. Both of which were nice starters. The main course was especially good. I had the catch of the day (tuna and monkfish) and my wife had the lamb dish. The presentation of the food was nice, it tasted very good and service was very friendly and alert. Although it was a very quiet night, we had a very nice evening.

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We visited this restaurant in November, as we had last year. It was one of the few restaurants open in Douarnenez on a midweek evening. The staff spoke to us in English even though we had a reasonable understanding of the menu. It is in a lovely location near the beach at Plage de Sable Blanc, and they specialise in fish and seafood. Well worth a visit.

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La Regate is primarily a fish and seafood restaurant, where everything is fresh and imaginatively cooked without going to extremes. Breaking the fishy theme, I had guinea fowl, which was first class. The set menus are good value, as is the small but well-chosen wine list, and the staff are chatty, relaxed and welcoming.

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Whilst English obviously wasn't the proprietors best subject at school he tried hard and made us most welcome ! The food wasn't high cuisine but was perfectly adequate , especially the nougat ice cream. Bagpipe music not to my taste !

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