La barque bleue - Le Grau-du-Roi

We generally go to Le Grau two to three times a year, and in summer we always have our seafood in a place that 's not open in April. So each year we look for an equivalent that is. This year we tried La barque bleue, based on good reviews here on Trip Advisor. It was a lunchtime booking. My wife asked what he sounded like when I hang up after making it, and I said I thought he sounded a bit annoyed. I wondered if I 'd called a wrong number, but had clicked on the link to call, so it couldn 't have been that. We 'd booked for an outside table, and when we got to town much earlier, a chilly wind had kicked up, so we called around to see if we could move it inside. No problem at all, the young man, presumably the owner 's son, said. All was good. We thought it looked a bit grotty from the outside, though. A while later we rolled up. Daughter said she wasn 't up for much seafood, except for tellines, pointus and wayhay! deep fried calamari. Mrs I were all for the oysters, clams and the rest. Again the welcome seemed a bit grumpy from dad, but we went with it. There were no tellines out of season and while they did have pointus, they hadn 't been cooked yet, 'and it takes two and a half hours '. Calamari then. The oysters, clams, amandes, bulots were all excellent. Very fresh and very tasty. Just what you 'd want. If we had stopped there, we 'd be on 4 to 5 star level. The room wasn 't pristine though the toilets were and things looked like they needed a revamp. I 'm pretty sure the calamari were industrial and frozen, and the prawns seemed soggy. The portions of aioli and butter were limited. In short, the fresh shellfish was excellent, but the restaurant could do with a smartening up. The calamari were good, but didn 't seem like they 'd been freshly prepared. The wine was fine and good value.

Qualité irréprochable des produits!!! Jeune serveur dynamique, avec de l'humour, souriant....qui offre un digestif à la fin du repas!!! Que demander de plus!!! Pour info, la salade de poulpes est extra et copieuse ... un peu trop vinaigrée a mon goût mais j'ai demandé à ce qu'on l'égoutte et ce fut juste parfait!!! Les tellines ont un assaisonnement divin et les bulots et les huîtres....hummm.... excellents!!! L'aioli ....plus on en mange plus on a envie d'en manger!!! Allez y les yeux fermés.

Super découverte ! C'est la 2ème fois en 1 semaine que nous retournons dans ce petit restaurant/producteur.Les prix sont plus que raisonnable et le plus : nous pouvons composez nous meme notre plateau. Je recommande même pour une petite degustation au comptoir pour l'apéro

N'hésitez plus ! allez à la Barque Bleue. Nous y allons depuis longtemps et nous ne sommes jamais déçus. Les coquillages sont excellents et tout le reste aussi, le vin blanc est aussi très bon. Nous sommes toujours très bien reçus.

Plateau a emporter. Une commande par telephone rapide efficace et tres sympa. Produits de qualité. Nickel je recommande !