Where to eat out in Le Touquet: our pick of restaurants, from bistro to Michelin star

Where should you eat out in Le Touquet? The simplest approach is to head for the triangle formed by rue Saint-Jean, rue de Metz and rue de Paris: that is where bistros, brasseries and seafood restaurants are concentrated, almost all within walking distance of the centre. For a big night out, the resort has a Michelin-starred restaurant, and the Canche hinterland hides a few gastronomic addresses less than half an hour's drive away. Here is our selection, limited to establishments recognised by the guides in 2025-2026, and arranged by what you feel like.

Eating out in Le Touquet: how it's laid out

The resort has one particularity: its restaurants are not lined up along the seafront, but grouped in the town centre, between the sea and the forest. The seafront is mainly home to beach brasseries and terraces; the places most followed by the guides are in the shopping streets and around the grand hotels on avenue du Verger.

From Villa Mon Étoile, on rue d'Étaples, rue Saint-Jean is about 200 metres away: you can walk to most of the places below without taking the car.

For a special evening: the resort's Michelin-starred restaurant

Le Pavillon, the fine-dining restaurant of the Hôtel Barrière Le Westminster (avenue du Verger), is the only restaurant in Le Touquet holding a Michelin star. Chef William Elliott joined in the early 1990s and has run the kitchen for more than thirty years; Gault&Millau awarded him its regional “Gault&Millau d'Or” trophy for the 2026 Hauts-de-France edition.

The cooking follows the market and the day's catch: wild fish, lobster, langoustines, shellfish, seasonal vegetables. There is no fixed à la carte menu, but tasting menus that change very often. This is the place to book for a birthday or a marriage proposal, ideally several weeks in advance in season.

The same hotel is home to La Table du West, its brasserie, praised by Gault&Millau for bistro classics executed at chef level (sole meunière, Welsh rarebit, tartare) in the Westminster's Art Deco setting.

Bistros and brasseries in the town centre

This is the largest category, and the one we recommend most often to our guests. All of these restaurants appear in recent Michelin or Gault&Millau guides.

• Le Paris (rue de Metz): selected by the 2026 Michelin Guide and rated by Gault&Millau. Market-driven cooking that blends traditional recipes with more contemporary dishes, with a few luxury ingredients on the menu.
• Les Canailles (rue de Paris): a real neighbourhood bistro, with a short menu that changes with what comes in and a relaxed atmosphere. Gault&Millau gives it one toque.
• Les Deux Moineaux (rue Saint-Jean): carefully crafted bistronomy, a short, well-controlled menu where fish features prominently.
• Le Village Suisse (avenue Saint-Jean): set in the picturesque Village Suisse building, its menu is split between northern France and Italy.
• Flavio – Le Club de la Forêt (avenue du Verger): a Le Touquet institution, a name well known to regulars, with a menu that follows the seasons.

Fancy something different?

Le Mezquité (rue de Paris), listed in the Michelin Guide, combines produce from northern France with Mexican techniques: cooking over mesquite wood, mole, salsas. A good idea for a change from moules-frites.

Fish and seafood dinners

You can't stay on the Côte d'Opale without a seafood dinner. In Le Touquet, the benchmark is still Pérard, on rue de Metz: fishmonger, restaurant and oyster bar under one roof, famous for its fish soup. Both the restaurant and the oyster bar are in the 2026 Gault&Millau selection.

Facing the beach, Côté Sud, on boulevard du Docteur Jules Pouget, serves traditional cooking with oysters and lobster, and a sea view thrown in. On rue Saint-Jean, La Petite Charlotte is a family brasserie with moules marinières, seafood platters and fish soup.

We cover all the options, from sharing platters to grilled fish, in our guide to seafood in Le Touquet.

Somewhere quiet, in the forest or a little further afield

To get away from the bustle of the centre, La Dune aux Loups occupies a lodge among the pine trees, five minutes' drive from the centre: oysters, sharing boards, grilled meats and roast lobster, a terrace and a warm welcome for families.

If you have a car, the hinterland is well worth the trip:

• La Grenouillère, in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil (about 25 minutes), Alexandre Gauthier's two-Michelin-star restaurant, one of the most talked-about chef-driven kitchens in France.
• Anecdote, in Montreuil-sur-Mer, the same chef's more affordable bistro.
• Sur Mer, in Merlimont, Alexandre Gauthier's beach restaurant, rated 14/20 by Gault&Millau 2026: fish and shellfish cooked over a wood fire, facing the Channel.
• Racines, in Étaples, awarded a Bib Gourmand by the Michelin Guide for its good value for money.

These outings combine well with a visit to Montreuil or the port of Étaples: see our ideas for things to do around Le Touquet.

Booking and dining stress-free: our practical tips

1. Book as soon as you know your dates for Saturday evenings, spring long weekends and the whole summer: the best restaurants are often full several days in advance.
2. Check closing days: many restaurants close one or two days a week, and some slow down out of season. Check their website or call before you go.
3. With children, go for an early sitting; several brasseries on rue Saint-Jean and La Dune aux Loups are used to families.
4. On Sunday evenings and on weekdays outside the holidays, the choice shrinks: have a back-up plan.
5. Eating in is still an excellent option: a fully equipped kitchen means you can cook a fish bought that morning at the covered market.

Charles's tip: on Saturdays in season, book your evening table in the morning on your way to the market. And if there are eight of you, ask for a big table, or have an aperitif at Pérard's oyster bar and then dine in the duplex: everyone fits round the table.

To plan the rest of your stay, see also our guide to a weekend in Le Touquet and our ideas for local specialities to try.