L'IØde

17100 SAINTES
12/20
 Gourmet Restaurant
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Cooking
French | Seafood
Budget (€)
Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)
22 to 35

Gault&Millau's review 2025

Benjamin Girard's specialty may be the sea, but the chef, who has worked with Thierry Verrat and Philippe Etchebest, is just as good on land, defending a good local dish overall. In this beautiful blue-and-white room, Benjamin and Justine's restaurant is a welcome addition to the city's offerings, adding a touch of modern, well-crafted bistronomy. The €35 menu offers honest value for money, with an interesting chicken moelleux, blanquette and yellow wine sauce, bread tuile and apple-walnut brunoise, a well-cooked pollack, braised endives, orange and grapefruit sabayon, and finally cabbage, crème diplomate and salted butter caramel ice cream. A cellar that could do with a little more strength, but which already has its good references, such as Gramenon, Guillemot and Soulanes.
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Address 89 Avenue Gambetta
17100 Saintes
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