Le Grand Bleu - Sète

Food, ambience all terrible. Don't eat here! a total rip-off in every way! This is nothing but a tourist-driven place where they persuade you in then ignore you. Dreadful food and service, overpriced and total disinterest in complaint or criticism. ,

With the Covid 19 curfew in place lunch venues were packed over this half term holiday. We grabbed a free table outside and ordered the cheapest fixed price menu. The food was good not special but tasty. The service was a little slow at first : they didn't bring a menu until we reminded them but the food arrived swiftly once we had ordered. The problem came when we got the bill. They had charged us for two bottles of wine €17 x 2. I'd like to think it was a genuine mistake but perhaps because we were English they thought we wouldn't notice or know how to complain. We both speak good French and so the mistake was rectified. No real apology however. It leaves a bad impression. I certainly wouldn't trust them with a second visit.

We stumbled into this quai side restaurant, because at 14:50h in Saturday in August it would still serve customers and it looked like a welcome escape from the August heat. All other restaurants were closing at 15:00. We ordered 2 x 12 oysters and a plate of chicken nuggets and chips for our daughter, both of which were decent, tasty and fairly priced. Service was quick and the staff was also friendly. The menu is seafood heavy, with oysters, moules frites in all different versions and large seafood platters all fairly priced. Shame that it is located right next to the big fishing boats, so that was our view for lunch ... Parking is a bit of a challenge around the quai.

This was the busiest restaurant on the port at the time of our visit. It offers a 15.99€ menu, which is has a reasonable choice and is of an acceptable quality. If you want a memorable meal, go elsewhere, but if you just want a fairly cheap meal then this is your place!! The service was fine and the wine ok too.

We found the food of decent quality and the service very attentive and helpful. So much so that we went a second time