Le Café du Nord Pubs in La Rochelle

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Tuesday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Wednesday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Thursday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Friday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 09:30 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 09:00 pm

Opens at 10:00 am

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Useful information

Location : In town

Province : Pays d’Aunis and the coastline, La Rochelle, Rochefort and Marennes

Services

  • Bar
  • Cash
  • Credit card accepted
  • English spoken
  • Groups
  • Open all year round
  • Restaurant voucher
  • Terrace
  • open 7/7
  • English
    • Established in a good place on the basin afloat of the Old Port in the Gabut district, the Café du Nord is a La Rochelle institution. The restaurant is indeed one of the oldest places of conviviality in the city and remains today the only stone building of the famous "wooden city". A specificity that gives it a little more authenticity, a nod to the richness of its history.

      With its terrace overlooking the water and its view of the towers of La Rochelle, the Café du Nord is far from resting on its achievements. Since May 2021, the restaurant has had a second youth thanks to an ambitious new team determined to offer local and seasonal cuisine in this idyllic setting.

      On the menu, the choice is varied but limited, in order to maintain impeccable quality and avoid waste. The chef delights us with his original recipes : casserons à la plancha, grilled pork pluma with Pineau… and the wines are carefully chosen to accompany your culinary discoveries.

      Oysters, mussels, razor clams, gravelax salmon and sea bass fillet will delight sea lovers. The tender and melting meats will delight customers who love farm products. Let's not forget the vegetables, perfectly cooked, which bring colors and flavors to the plates.

      The dishes offered change with the seasons while keeping local products in the spotlight: open-sea oysters and seaweed from the Île de Ré foreshore, salicornia and maceron from the salt marsh, bouchot mussels from the Bay of L 'Aiguillon, wines, pineaux and cognacs from the Charente region...

      Beyond its tasty dishes, the Café du Nord also offers regular meetings around culture.

      to follow the restaurant's news, the best thing is to follow its accounts on social networks —> @lecafedunordlarochelle and of course, to eat there!

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Traveller Reviews Le Café du Nord

4.5 sur 5 919 reviews

  • edwina jobin

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by edwina jobin on 16/07/2024

    We came by for dinner and were welcomed and served by Danielle who was gracious, friendly and very helpful. We had dinner with drinks. Moules frites, kids meals and fish of the day. All were tasty, cooked right and more than enough to keep us satisfied! The setting along the harbour was lovely. Umbrellas kept the sun at bay while a cool breeze kept it pleasant!

  • Phil B

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Phil B on 21/07/2024

    Holidays involve a lot of aimless strolling wondering where to eat. Where ever you are in the world this is the way of the human being - regardless of culture. We had promenaded the full length of the restaurants La Rochelle had to offer and it was purely down to eye contact and positive engagement that we chose Le Cafe du Nord. Our first visit was due to the engaging nature of the front of house maitre’d. She was multi lingual (sadly I’m not, said the Englishman) and very welcoming. We had a few drinks and a small platter and vowed to come back to experience more of the food and excellent service later in the week. A few days later it was birthday time and the octopus on the menu was too good to miss. It was as tasty as I remember my last time eating it and the ambience and great food really do make the memories last. It’s a busy restaurant, but still with enough time for a personal service. I thoroughly recommend it.

  • Andrea Villalva

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Andrea Villalva on 15/08/2023

    Excellent expérience and the food is great! Price is good and service as well. I recommend it if you want to eat for less than 20 euros per personne

Traveller Reviews Le Café du Nord

4.5 sur 5 306 reviews

Rating summary

  • Food 4.5 / 5
  • Atmosphere 4.5 / 5
  • Service 4.5 / 5
  • Value 4.5 / 5
  • "rather ordinary"

    4 / 5 Reviews posted by wfc1066 on 26/06/2024

    Expected more from glowing reviews. Nothing bad, but my mains were meat, carrots and mashed potatoes. Perfectly fine, but just ordinary. What lifted the meal was the dessert( and i am not a pudding...

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  • "Unexpectedly great evening - don’t judge a book by its cover."

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by MOUNTY65 (Canterbury, United Kingdom) on 11/06/2024

    For a harbour side cafe/restaurant this was an unexpected result. Staff were great and the menu, though limited was excellent. The Octopus (speciality) was the best I’ve ever had as recommended by...

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  • "Oyster break"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by matt l (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) on 03/04/2023

    Les huîtres à bonne heure:) i had two hours between trains. I took the short walk to the port and found a welcoming staff here opening up for the day. I asked about oysters and alors! they said ‘Bien...

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Le Café du Nord

Address

19 quai du Gabut
17000 La Rochelle

Contacts

Phone : 05 46 41 49 39

GPS coordinates

46° 9'20.79"N, 1° 9'2.22"W

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