As for food, good-value menus can be found at the huge, old-fashioned Relais de la Mairie, 1 rue du Chay, quite far from the centre off avenue de Pontaillac (tel 05.46.39.03.15), and at Les Filets Bleus, near the cathedral at 14 rue Notre-Dame (tel 05.46.05.74.00), which specializes in seafood dishes and gourmet salads, with plats du jour from €8.38 and menus from €12.96. The smart Le Chalet, 6 bd de la Grandière (tel 05.46.05.04.90; closed Wed), serves imaginative seafood dishes reasonably cheaply and is crammed with French families on Sundays, when you'd be wise to book. Several crêperies, pizzerias and snack bars are situated on Front de Mer, the brassy strip leading from the tourist office to the beach and pleasure boats, with the Crêperie de la Plage at no. 40 recommended. The town's best-value bistro, though, is the packed-out Le Tiki, on the beachfront right by the tourist office: it dishes out an above-average variety of plats du jour from €6.10 as well as fish, pizza and grills. Self-caterers can head for the large covered market, the Marché Central, at the end of boulevard A.-Briand, open every day (except Mon out of season) but particularly crowded and lively on Wednesday and Sunday mornings.Nightlife is fairly restricted, considering the size of Royan: there's a disco, Tropicana; a jazz bar at Plage de Pontaillac; and a piano bar, Le Mylord, and jazz bar, Le Yachtman, at Voûtes-de-Port.
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