Le Calamar en Folie - Leucate

4 of us had dinner at Le Calamar en Folie (the stupid sqiud) and we had a lovely evening. As it had been dry for a long while, the etang had dried up, but the sunset made up for that! 2 of us ordered Gaspacho for starter and were surprised to see it was made principally with beetroot. Rather unusual. The rest of the meal went well, the staff were very good as well. English, French and Spanish spoken. All in all a very worthy place to have dinner. Easy car parking next to the restaurant.

If there's one thing the French know how to do, it's food. Well this place doesn't. The one thing it's supposed to do well, squid as per the name, was one of the blandest meals I've had in France in the one year I've been living here. I tried the platter of all squid varieties and only the squid in its ink was something that could pass off by French food standards as acceptable. Add to that the fact that such a platter will set you back €21 and that all other mains are similarly priced (the fish platter was €19 and only the bream was acceptable but very salty) and it doesn't leave much to the imagination that this place is quite possibly a well located (it's on the main road) tourist trap. Having said that, I don't think you can do much better in La Franqui, the place looks like a bit of a ghost town sea resort that's never quite made it.

This is the place for seafood. Excellent menu and squid all different ways are excellent. The fish sampler is brilliant too. Jam is always the gracious host and looks after his 'guests ' well. Little off the beaten track but absolutely well worth going to find it.

Four of us and dog called in for lunch. Friendly welcome, lovely table, clean, modern, right next to one of the beaches. Catch of the day, super fresh, delicious, well presented and with a Spanish twist.

We come at la Franqui since nearly 40 years. We have discovered Le Calamar en folie tonight for the first time and we are very happy to dicover this restaurant which is located opposite to where we live. I ate mussels with parsley butter, squids with chorizo and pannacota for dessert. The food was delicious, the service good and I will come back. The restaurant was full and the owners deserve it, they are very nice...