Le Mignon - Ramatuelle

Difficult to review a restaurant from one visit off-season. The setting is pleasant right on the beach, lunch inside or out depending on the weather. First impressions unfortunately not good as we were served a Kir aperitif which was made with wine which had gone off. The waiter made things worse by saying it was Kir "artisanal" (locally made), but it was cloudy and tasted foul. He did finally change it. Although the entrecote steaks were very nice, the potato and accompanying veg were all cold. The desserts were just the standard ones found on any tourist menu. Sadly the elevated price is not reflected in the quality, so won't be returning here.

We love the location of Le Migon: Les Bonnes Terasses on Pampelonne Beach. From a distance it looks like a pirate's nest. No glamour here, but a lot of frequent guests and local visitor's. You should expect, that is for a reason. First we had lunch witch 2 families. I reserved the big table (via phone and email; late confirmation) for 11p. The ladies were familiar and firm as usual, but friendly. We had lovely Fines Claires, Steak the Boeuf, Cote d'agneau, Pâte, Canard. All in basic provençal style, but tastefull. Deserts were pleasant also, as were the very nice local wines (Ch Pampelonne).one week later, to celebrate our farewell to the côte d'azur this summer, we had dinner in Le Migon for a change. What a remarkable difference to our day time experiences here! The restaurant was taken care of by only men. nothing wrong with that, but our waiter was more a pirate than a restaurant person. Not very friendly at first, short in words, inflexible (do you have 6-up? I Guess I don't, but I am not bothered to find out for you). Food again as usual and expected, but my Steak Tartare's salad came after it was finished. There was no involvement regretfully. We will come back, but we'll stick to the daytime...

Easy reservation when we walked onto the beach earlier that morning. Round table for six at seafront (children included). We had some realy nice food for lunch (lamb rack, grilled day fish and seafood platter with fresh shellfish, clamps, oysters, snails, shrimp and langoustines). Good local wine and great service. Only downside were the undercooked mussles, what was recognised by the Staff afterwards, without any consolation and beiing billed for in the end... Did not spoil our nice experience completely, but was a bit out of tune. Will grant them a second chance.