L’Atelier Mélanie

Rating: 14
Author: Gault&Millau

20 Place de l'Église, 29340 Riec-sur-Bélon, France

14/20
Chef's Restaurant

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5 PHOTOS

Location: Riec-sur-Bélon
Chef: Jean-Baptiste Caillarec
Cooking: French | Gastronomic | Local
Services: Children's Menu, Privatization, Terrace
Style: Romantic, With family

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

49 to 130

Gault&Millau's review 2026

14/20

Chef's Restaurant

A house of history and future on the road between Pont-Aven and Quimperlé, telling the story of a fine transmission of Breton gastronomy. Named after Jean-Baptiste Caillarec's great-great-aunt, Mélanie Rouat, the restaurant takes its place under the patronage of a great culinary figure. Together with his partner Laura Martinon, they create an intuitive four-handed cuisine, the technique of which betrays their experience with great chefs such as Michel Roth and Thierry Marx. We discover black pearl oysters just seared, textured grapefruit and champagne emulsion, clams in chaud-froid, creamy parsley and dulse, ribot milk and sweet chili, lobster Mélanie like a "legestr ha farz". Laura's pastries are very convincing, from a deconstructed oat flan to an old-fashioned soufflé with prune armagnac ice cream. A fine cellar by Cédric Bilien (Château de Plaisance, Jérôme Bretaudeau, Antoine Sanzay, Vincent Dauvissat, Jamet, Kreydenweiss, Château Palmer... as well as foreign wines).