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Eating, drinking and nightlife
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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 55F/a?¬8.38 and menus from 85F/a?¬12.96. The smart
Le Chalet
, 6 bd de la GrandiA?re (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
crA?peries
,
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
CrA?perie de la Plage
at no. 40 recommended. The town's best-value bistro, though, is packed-out
Le Tiki
, on the beachfront right by the tourist office: it dishes out an above-average variety of
plats du jour
from 40F/a?¬6.10 as well as fish, pizza and grills. Self-caterers can head for the large covered
market
, the MarchA© 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
, and a jazz bar at Plage de Pontaillac; and a piano bar,
Le Mylord
, and jazz bar,
Le Yachtman
, at VoA»tes-de-Port. Other useful information
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