The Vendée is a hidden gem when it comes to incredible French cuisine, home to some of the best restaurants in the country, recognised by prestigious institutions like the Michelin Guide, Le Gault & Millau, and the Bib Gourmand award for exceptional food at reasonable prices.
The region also boasts the coveted Maître Restaurateur designation, France’s own stamp of gastronomic excellence.
Whether you’re looking for elegant date-night dining or charming spots that warmly welcome children, the area has something for every occasion and palate.
Here are just a few of our favourite local restaurants near our child-friendly villas in France…
But don’t worry, when we send you your Guest Information Pack, you’ll find even more handpicked local gems to explore and enjoy once you’re in residence.
Local to the Villa
La Trattoria
A super favourite with all our guests - this is a super friendly and great family restaurant for the whole family with many of our clients visiting time after time.
Emilie and David have recently renovated the restaurant, so it is a very pleasant and welcoming pizza and grill restaurant in the village and so close to our child-friendly villas France.
La Grenouillere
This lovely restaurant has an inside seating area and covered outside terrace.
Burgers (VG available), salads, couple of meats and chicken nuggets and chips for the kids. The salads (goats cheese, ceser or salmon) are a good size, burger and chips quite big (and delicious btw!) and the tapas a good starter to share at just 5euros a board.
Le Bleu Bay
Open all year this delightful village bar/bistro/restaurant offers excellent home cooked food at good prices. Very popular with the locals and is always busy. Excellent choice of French favourites and plenty of specialist classic French dishes as well as Vendee specialist food Jambon et moggets. Great place to also stop off en-route, for a coffee on the terrace, if you visit the weekly village market on a Friday and Monday!
La Cave du Phare
Fabulous wine bar offering fine wines, beers and spirits. Great to spend the evening there whilst the sun sets listening to one of the many local bands they have playing (check their FB details for dates of bands) Fabulous selection of tapas and artisan charcuterie.
L'Etage
One of our favourites in La Tranche sur Mer..!
Great atmosphere, great food and very friendly service. Portions are a great size, we always book downstairs as there tends to be more of an atmosphere due to the food being cooked in front of you on the open fireplace.
Anong Lao-Thai
Really good Thai restaurant, thoroughly enjoyed an evening here. Seating inside is a little tight and the service can be a tad slow in peak summer time - well worth the wait though.
Remember these are just a handful of the local spots, we’ve included over 30 child-friendly and gourmet restaurants in the digital guidebook we’ll be sending you. And that’s just scratching the surface of what’s available nearby!
Bon Appetite
Please note - Photos used are for reference only and not from the restaurant mentioned
