Brasserie de la Mer - Dives-sur-Mer

We arrived at around 1.30 p.m. and the 'welcome' was luke warm. We were followed by a middle aged French man and then two younger french working men - the latter two got a much warmer welcome! Food on the buffet starter had flies buzzing around, the main courses were OK but not great, no cheese was offered and the desserts uninspiring. We shall not be returning.

Nice attractive place for lunch, Oysters excellent as were moules and sea bream so recommended and affordable

This restaurant is buzzing at lunch times, filled up by local French workmen and some tourists. The menu from Monday to Friday is 12 euros for four courses and this goes up to 14.50 euros on Saturday (closed Sundays). For that there is a help yourself fresh buffet for starters, which changes, a choice of around 5 main courses (I had Skate wings with capers and my husband had steak), then an enormous plate of different cheeses and finally a choice of around 5 desserts. All served with plenty crustly bread. Definitely not gourmet, but mostly home cooked and prepared and served fresh. What more could you ask for the price? Workmen tend to go there at around 12 and want to be out relatively quickly, so wait until around 1.30 p.m. to get better service.

After we were wondering about the city and the harbour and abandoned somewhere to lunch, we stumbled over this restaurant when we were gone. so glad we did. friendly relaxed service, good mushes, excellent value menus, come here instead of the pretentious places below. in the harbour, they will not regret it.

Our group was well hosted, one of our friends is a master guest. the menu was complete with an salatable, the various types of charcuterie, also a delicious salad served with hering and kartoffeln. the owner and the staff are in the accommodation. I ordered a generous one. delicious brandade de morue. comes again at the next visit in dives.