Le 21

Rating: 13
Author: Gault&Millau

21 Rue de la Plage de la Birochère, 44210 Pornic, France

13/20
Chef's Restaurant

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Location: Pornic
Chef: Sylvain Belouin
Cooking: Seafood | Traditional
Services: Access for people with disabilities, Pets allowed, Takeaway
Style: Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

29 to 83

Gault&Millau's review 2026

13/20

Chef's Restaurant

Valérie and Sylvain Belouin are happily continuing the adventure of Le 21, which was started long ago by the Corchia family of Le Beau Rivage. The setting—both relaxing and seaside—is perfect for unpretentious seafood cuisine, with the chef ensuring a consistently solid technical foundation: cockles and squid in dashi jelly with tarama, broccoli, and shiso sorbet; wild sea bass seared skin-on, Paimpol clams in chermoula with fish bone sauce, sautéed veal sweetbreads with bouchon potatoes and young leeks, veal jus with shellfish shells… A small selection of well-crafted desserts featuring seasonal fruits (figs in Anjou reduction with orange sorbet, black pepper, and yuzu), and an extensive, well-curated wine cellar covering the entire valley.