Local restaurants

The restaurants below have been enjoyed by us and by some of our customers but we would always like to hear from you if you disagree - for the benefit of others. Remember many restaurants are closed on Sunday evenings and all day Mondays.

ARDRES
Aux Marronniers, 18 Route Nationale 43 Sited next to "Simply Market" on the main road to St. Omer, this resto has good honest food. A friendly bustling atmosphere.	Tel: +33 321 35 41 41
L'Authentique, 28 rue des Lombards Henri, the owner speaks excellent English and is always very welcoming. A friendly wine bar environment with an outdoor seating area. Good food.	Tel : +33 3 21 36 17 30
La Bonne Auberge, 512 route de Guines Going from strength to strength, La Bonne Auberge offers fantastic value for great quality food. Also has a private dining room for groups.	Tel: +33 321 35 41 09 Website
La Maison du Chef, 67 Avenue de Rouville On the old site of La Griotte, this new arrival appears to be doing well, offering regularly changing menus. The young chef proprietor speaks good English.	Tel: +33 321 34 91 05
La Taverne de Kate, 40 rue Saint-André Busy bustling brasserie where it's also possible to sit outside. Salads, steak frites, pizzas etc.	Tel: +33 321 82 53 91
Chez Fanny, 45 Esplanade du Maréchal-Leclerc A very good bar/brasserie serving inexpensive 2 course menus from 11€. It's possible to eat outside in summer. Closed all day Wednesday.	Tel: +33 321 35 41 23
La Frégate,Les Lacs d’Ardres This lakeside restaurant is different and fun. Simple, honest food where you can sit inside or out. Especially good for meat that they grill on an open fire. Closed Tuesday.	Tel: +33 321 34 91 05 Website
Le Francois 1er, Place d'Armes Please note that the Restaurant Le Francois 1er, Place d'Armes has now closed permanently and we wish the Lewandowskis a happy retirement.	Tel: +33 321 85 94 00
= these Ardres restaurants have agreed to offer you a free kir as a Boursot customer
AUDENFORT
Auberge du Moulin d'Audenfort, 16 Impasse du Gué Honest food in a rustic waterside setting, with 13 bedrooms. Not easy to find.	Tel: +33 321 00 13 16 Website
BOULOGNE SUR MER
La Ferme Gourmande, 44 Rue de Lille On the main cobbled passage of the main town, this restaurant is open on Mondays - and until late in the afternoon. Good, honest and inexpensive.	Tel: +33 321 80 24 54 Website
La Matelote, 80 boulevard Sainte Beuve The Michelin rated restaurant of Boulogne - a great experience.	Tel: +33 321 30 17 97 Website
Restaurant de la Plage, 124 boulevard Sainte Beuve Opposite Nausicaa, excellent quality restaurant specialising in fish. Very good cuisine with a warm welcome.	Tel: +33 321 99 90 90 Website
Le Chatillon, 6 rue Charles Telier This is where the fishermen go at 4am when they finish their work! Bustling efficient brasserie serving the best fish and sea food. Accepts diners until 3.30pm. Closed evenings.	Tél: +33 321 31 43 95 Website
Les Terrasses de l'Enclos, 6 Rue de Pressy In the Old Town, well positioned characterful restaurant and chambre d'hôtes in a fine townhouse.	Tel: +33 391 90 05 90 Website
CALAIS
Aquar'aile, 255 rue Jean Moulin Perched on top of flats, this restaurant looks out to sea and overlooks the entrance to Calais harbour. View perhaps better than the food?	Tel: +33 321 34 00 00 Website
Au Côte d'Argent, 1 digue Gaston Berthe Good food overlooking the beach in Calais.	Tel: +33 321 34 68 07 Website
Oh! Mouettes, 10 rue Jean Pierre Avron Excellent food, well-priced menus. Reputed for fish! On the harbour.	Tel: +33 321 34 67 59 Website
La Buissonnière,, 10 rue Neuve Some good reports coming in about this new restaurant that is always crowded with locals. 3 courses start at 15€.	Tel: +33 321 96 22 32 Website
Le Channel, 3 boulevard Résistance Fantastic wine list, excellent food, impeccable service. Not cheap but it is good. Probably Calais' best and most famous restaurant.	Tel: +33 321 34 42 30 Website
Sole Meunière, 1 boulevard Résistance Good reliable food, always busy.	Tel: +33 321 34 43 01 Website
LE TOUQUET
Restaurant Pérard, 67 Rue Metz The nationally famous fish emporium – restaurant and shop. Always busy.	Tel: +33 321 05 13 33
SAINT-OMER
Restaurant du Cygne, 8 rue Caventou The best restaurant offering excellent food and presentation. Stylish and always popular - advisable to reserve. Closed Mondays.	Tel: +33 321 98 20 52 Website
De Drie Kalders / Les Trois Caves Typical local Flemish food – beef in beer, potjevleesch et al, with a good selection of local beers. Fun.	Tel: +33 321 39 72 52 Website
Hôtel Château du Tilques, 12 rue Château, Tilques Mixed reports coming through currently about the quality of the restaurant.	Tel: +33 321 88 99 99 Website
WIMEREUX
Restaurant La Liègoise @ Hôtel L'Atlantic, Digue de Mer Contains two qualities of restaurant overlooking the sea. Both excellent. Innovative cuisine.	Tel: +33 321 32 41 01 Website
Restaurant L'Epicure, 1 rue Gare Well reputed, and used a lot by the locals.	Tel: +33 321 83 21 83
Hotel Le Spéranza, 43 Rue du Général de Gaulle Almost alongside the Hotel Atlantic, good honest food. Especially busy during summer.	Tel: +33 321 32 46 09 Website
Hôtel du Centre, 78 rue Carnot Bustling brasserie offering good quality and value.	Tel: +33 321 32 41 08 Website
Restaurant La Vie est Belle, 44 Rue Carnot Those of you who recall Jean-François Laurent at the Michelin starred La Brocante in Wimille, may be pleased to know that he has opened this fun restaurant on Wimereux’s main street. Great food!	Tel: +33 321 83 19 31 Website
WISSANT
Restaurant La Chaloupe A welcome new addition to the selection of Wissant restaurants. Modern setting serving good fish in particular. On the main road, just at the northern end of the village.	Tel: +33 321 96 23 10 Website
Hotel de la Plage, 1 rue Edouard Houssin The hotel’s jaded appearance begs questions, but the restaurant was perfectly good, without necessarily being "great"; in our experience, it was better than any of the other restaurants or hotels in the village centre.	Tel: +33 321 35 91 87 Website
Chambres d'Hôtes & Hôtels
Les Draps d'Or, 152 rue Lambert d'Ardres, Ardres Run by Hilary Mackay (a Brit!), this is comfortable and only two doors away from your favourite wine shop!	Tel: +33 321 82 20 44 Website
Au Petit Tambour d'Autingues, 288 rue de Louches, Autingues Mme. Saint-Just On a farm, 5 minutes away from the centre of Ardres.	Tel: 33 321 36 25 38 Website
Le Manoir, 1530 Rue de Saint-Quentin, Bois en Ardres M. et Mme. Roger Just after passing through Bois-en-Ardres on the main road from Calais, follow the signs on the left to this B&B. 5 minutes before the centre of Ardres.	Tel: +33 321 85 97 78 Website
Les Fuchsias, 292 rue General Saint-Just, Bois-en-Ardres M. et Mme. Balloy In Bois-en-Ardres, from Calais turn left off the D943 at the pharmacy. 5 minutes before the centre of Ardres.	Tel: +33 321 82 05 25 Website
Hôtel Château des Tourelles, route Marquise, Le Wast Apparently under new (the original) ownership, so quality has returned to its former glory.	Tel: +33 321 33 34 78 Website
La Ferme du Vert, Wierre Effroy A tranquil spot for relaxation, with its own restaurant.	Tel: +33 321 87 67 00 Website
Hôtel Château Tilques, 12 rue Château, Tilques 4* château hotel, 5 minutes north of Saint-Omer.	Tel: +33 321 88 99 99 Website
Hôtel Ibis,2-4 rue Henri Dupuis, Saint-Omer Make sure you do not get a room on the cobbled street side of the hotel!	Tel: +33 321 93 11 11 Website
Hôtel Le Bretagne, 2 place du Vainquai, Saint-Omer Customers have said one needs to go for a "superior" room.	Tel: +33 321 38 25 78 Website
Hôtel Saint-Louis, 25 rue Arras, Saint-Omer Simple: like winding back the clock 20 years!	Tel: +33 321 38 35 21 Website
L'Enclos de l'Evêché, 6 Rue de Pressy, Boulogne M. et Mme. Humez Very attractive townhouse with a few bedrooms and a restaurant.	Tel: +33 391 90 05 90 Website
Hôtel Ibis, 62 rue Porte Neuve, Boulogne The closer of Boulogne's two Ibis hotels to the old town.	Tel.: +33 321 31 21 01 Website
Hôtel Ibis, 11 boulevard Diderot, Boulogne Well, Ibis is Ibis, anywhere in France!	Tel: +33 321 30 12 40 Website
Hôtel La Matelote, 70 bd Sainte Beuve, Boulogne The hotel is there, probably more as an after-thought to the restaurant. Good but some feel the hotel lacks character.	Tel: +33 321 30 33 33 Website
Hôtel Saint-Jean, 1 rue Georges Romain, Wimereux This hotel is very good and always has a friendly welcome. Rooms are comfortable and offer good value. Only a couple of minutes’ walk from the beach and the main street of Wimereux.	Tel : +33 321 83 57 40 Website
Hotel du Centre, 78 rue Carnot, Wimereux Monsieur Boulanger runs this good honest hotel in the bustling heart of Wimereux. Good food.	Tel: +33 321 32 41 08 Website
Hôtel L'Atlantic, rue Notre Dame, Digue de Mer, Wimereux Without doubt, the best hotel on this part of the coast. Not cheap but excellent. All rooms look out on the sea. The restaurant is worth a detour.	Tel: +33 321 32 41 01 Website
Hotel Le Spéranza, 43 Rue du Général de Gaulle, Wimereux Good value hotel just behind the seafront in Wimereux, 50 yards from the Atlantic. Good food too.	Tel: +33 321 32 46 09 Website
Hôtel Westminster, 5 avenue du Verger, Le Touquet British style luxury. We’re told it’s good but expensive.	Tel: +33 321 05 48 48 Website
Golf Clubs
Golf de l'Aa Saint-Omer, Acquin-Westbecourt	Tel: +33 321 38 59 90 Website
Golf des Dunes, avenue Edouard VII, Hardelot Plage	Tel: +33 321 91 90 90 Website
Golf des Pins, 3 avenue Golf, Hardelot Plage	Tel: +33 321 83 73 10 Website
Golf de Ruminghem, 1336 rue Saint Antoine	Tel: +33 321 00 94 23
Golf du Bois de Ruminghem, 1613 rue Saint Antoine	Tel: +33 321 85 30 33 Website
Golf du Touquet, avenue Golf, LeTouquet	Tel: +33 321 06 28 00 Website
Golf de Wimereux, av François Mitterrand, Wimereux	Tel: +33 321 32 43 20 Website
Places of Interest
Office de Tourisme, Ardres (For local attractions)	Tel: +33 321 35 28 51 Website
Saint-Joseph Village, 5 km from Ardres A recreation of times gone by	Tel: +33 321 35 64 05 Website
Blockhaus, Eperlecques (WW2 museum)	Tel: +33 321 88 44 22 Website
La Coupole, Saint-Omer (WW2 and rocket science museum)	Tel: +33 321 12 27 27 Website
Nausicaa, boulevard Saint Beuve, Boulogne (Aquarium)	Tel: +33 321 30 99 99 Website
Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode, Calais You may have thought that lace was boring, but this museum dedicated to Calais’ main industry will open your eyes.	Tel: +33 321 00 42 30 Website