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7 inns where you can eat and feel at home

7 inns where you can eat and feel at home

Mathilde Bourge | 11/4/24, 1:47 PM
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Looking for a green getaway? Gault&Millau has selected seven inns throughout France, where you can recharge your batteries as well as enjoy a delicious meal!

In the hustle and bustle of our modern lives, it's sometimes essential to take a break, to escape and rediscover a little warmth and simplicity. Auberges, these establishments with an authentic atmosphere, offer a haven of peace where you can not only enjoy generous, quality cuisine, but also feel welcomed as if you were at home. From Brittany to Provence, via Flanders, France abounds with these enchanting places. Here's a selection of inns across the country where you'll come for a treat, and sometimes stay the night, light-hearted and rested.

Les Filles en Bottes in Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault

Auberge Les Filles en Bottes is a little corner of paradise just 15 minutes from Fougères in Brittany. It is run by chef Lénaïck, who trained with Florent Ladeyn in Lille and at Le Nessay in Saint-Briac, and Louise, who is in charge of service and market gardening at Les Jardins de la Matz in Plouër-sur-Rance. Together, they have bought a charming inn housing a gîte, a huge landscaped garden with two orchards and a kitchen garden, as well as a restaurant where you can eat by the fire in winter, or on the bucolic terrace in summer. The vegetal part of the dishes comes directly from the garden, and the rest of the menu is finely sourced from around the auberge, for maximum freshness.


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L'Auberge du Vert Mont, Boeschepe

Located just a few kilometers from the Belgian border, the Auberge du Vert Mont (3 toques) is Florent Ladeyn's verdant refuge. Nestled in the heart of Flanders, the address offers a handful of wooded guest rooms with rustic charm, as well as a fine table where the chef imagines ultra-local cuisine, where foods from more than 50 km around, such as pepper, chocolate or coffee, are outlawed. A strong and assertive commitment that makes Florent Ladeyn one of the most fervent defenders of the richness of his terroir.


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Le Doyenné, in Saint-Vrain

Le Doyenné is more than just a restaurant and a few guest rooms. It's a real gastronomic and agricultural project! Located 36 km from Paris, this inn was once the residence of the Comtesse du Barry, and is now the playground of chefs James Henry and Shaun Kelly. It features a regenerative vegetable garden, fruit trees and flowerbeds, the main sources of the restaurant's dishes. Every morning, the teams select the best vegetables of the moment, before marrying them with good local produce in the form of convivial dishes to share with the whole table, or individual plates depending on the recipe.


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L'Auberge de la Roche, Valdeblore

Nestled in the heart of the Mercantour Park, theAuberge de la Roche is a magnificent stone building brought up to date by Louis-Philippe Riel, Alexis Bijaoui and Mickaëlle Chabat. Two bedrooms and three suites, bucolic terraces overlooking the valley and, of course, a large dining room, where guests can enjoy local, seasonal cuisine based on products from the permaculture vegetable garden.It's a place bathed in light that promises a pleasant escape!


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The Presbytere, Heugueville-sur-Sienne

Part English pub, part Norman bistro, The Presbytere (1 toque) is the brainchild of chef Edward Delling-Williams. Delling-Williams, who founded Le Grand Bain in Paris, moved to Normandy to create a convivial setting reminiscent of Sunday Roast, the famous family Sunday lunch in England, combining bistronomy and local produce. The chef is even thinking of setting up a weekly market on the premises as early as 2025.


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La Ferme de la Ruchotte, Bligny-sur-Ouche

Head for the Côte d'Or to discover La Ferme de la Ruchotte (1 toque). At the helm is Frédéric Ménager, former second-in-command to Alain Chapel and roaster at Pierre Gagnaire. Established some twenty years ago near Beaune, the chef, who also claims to be a livestock farmer and market gardener, offers bourgeois cuisine. Pâté en croûte, poultry quenelles with Burgundy truffles, blueberry tart and profiteroles... Frédéric Ménager offers a unique 5-course menu that changes daily, depending on the produce available on the farm.


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L'Auberge Sauvage, Servon

If you're passing near Mont-Saint-Michel, drive a few kilometers further to discover L'Auberge Sauvage (3 toques), in Servon. Jessica Schein and Thomas Benady have transformed this building into an estate where cooking is as much a part of life as cultivation and hospitality. The chef's cuisine is based on local produce, mainly but not exclusively plant-based, and is both gentle and raw. The dishes are as subtle as they are powerful, without ever distorting the gustatory treasures offered by the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, with vegetables worked like meats, and desserts just as surprising.

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