RESTAURANT

Flavoursome and bountiful cuisine with seaside flavours

Tony Lestienne’s restaurant is a gourmet must for epicureans visiting the Côte d’Opale. The chef and his team have been overseeing this charming family-run establishment with pride in hospitality, culinary expertise and high standards for forty years.

Prices

Lunch

35 € Starter and main course or Main course and dessert


Weekdays for lunch

40 €/Pers


For dinner and the eve of public holidays

48 €/Pers


19€50 : Kids Menu – fish filet or poultry with pasta and vegetables, vanilla ice cream or fruit salad, syrup and water

Mr Goodfish . Good for the sea, good for you


Menu


Your choice of starter

Asparagus and mushrooms, poached egg, parmesan cheese, strips of bacon

Chicken in puff pastry (pate en croute), curry mango chutney, spinach and hazelnut

Local crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce (+ 5€)

7  Prat-Ar-Coum n°3 oysters, seaweed butter, rye bread (+3 €)


Your choice of main course

Tender pork, roasted cauliflowers, roasted carrots, gravy and Piccalilli

Poached skate wing, toast butter, capers

Traditional local assortment of fish in a court bouillon + 6€

(monkfish, scorpionfish, cod, mussels)

The suggestion, the current fish



Dessert

Current cheese 3 pieces Brand new Allau cheese from La Ferme du Wint

Thin layers of puff pastry filled with strawberries and whipped vanilla cream

balsamic and strawberry reduction, vanilla ice cream

Slightly salted shortbread, rhubarb marmalade

traspberry and red pepper sprbet

Warm chocolate parfait, hazelnut biscuit

Prices

Menu des Saveurs 76€ TTC

6 courses: choose between meat and fish


Menu Dégustation 90€ TTC

7 courses with meat for main course

Menus are subject to change without notice.

Menu

Appetizers of the day


Langoustines ‘shell and shellfish’

cauliflowers, salted foam

 


White asparagus

warm half-cooked salted salmon

mashed chickpeas, dill, basil sauce


According to choice

Hake

pea cream

roasted carrot and thyme

OR

Duckling

in thin slices, stewed apricots

rosemary and veal gravy


Goat cheese, Allau cheese,

  Gouda (24 months old )


Lemon souffle, (lemon from Sorrento)

lemon ice cream


Miniature sweets and chocolates

 

Menu served for the whole table

A la Carte

– STARTERS  –

Pâté en croute (chicken in puff pastry) to share 18 €

Prat-Ar-Coum n°3 oysters Brittany 6 pieces 18 € 12 pieces 31 €

Thin slices of Black ham from Bigorre  *6 pieces 16 €  12 pieces  26 €

Warm chopped haddock, white asparagus, poached egg, cream dressing, balsamic 24€

Fresh duck foie gras, orange marmalade, toasted bun

Crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce  26 €

The marvellous buisson of langoustines, saffron 36€

Fried foie gras, spinach, stewed apricot, veal gravy 24 €

Veggie Grated zucchini with parmesan cheese, burrata cheese   18 €


– MAIN COURSES –

Traditional local assortment of fish in a court bouillon  36 €

Traditional sole meuniere  45€

Chilean sea bass, thyme butter, mashed potatoes, vegetables  44 €

Breast of duckling, orange chutney, sweet and sour sauce 28€

Fried veal kidney, spinach and strips of bacon, potatoes and gravy  32€

Beef fillet, wine sauce, potato mousseline 36€


– CHEESE –

Cheese plate       4 pieces     16€


– DESSERTS –

Please order your dessert before the meal.

Current sorbets, fresh fruit salad 16 €

Warm chocolate parfait, hazlenut biscuit  16 €

Raspberry shortbread, stewed rhubarb, raspberry and red pepper sorbet 16 €

Lemon souffle (lemon from Sorrento), lemon ice cream  16 €

Traditional Irish Coffee  16 €

In the kitchen

Influenced by the presence of the sea, the La Matelote* highlights fish and seafood from sustainable fishing sources, in partnership with Nausicaá and the Mister Goodfish programme. We also propose a choice of premium cuts of meat cooked to perfection for meat lovers. Our desserts are loyal to French tradition with the classic souffle and our signature dessert, the quintessential warm chocolate parfait.

The chef

Tony Lestienne grew up here and has been running his restaurant, la Matelote, for 40 years. He strongly believes in bountiful, classic French cuisine prepared with precision and full flavours. His profession is his passion. And hospitality is his way of life. Thanks to him, La Matelote has become an institution with a tightly knit team. His son, Stellio has joined him to inject new energy into this constantly developing Boulogne-sur-mer institution.

The restaurant

Designed like a family home, the decoration of the restaurant is contemporary, featuring the red and gold signature colours of La Matelote. Light floods through large windows in to the intimate dining room with low arm chairs and elegantly dressed tables. The portrait of “The Bearded Woman”, Clémence Lestienne, the chef’s great-great-great-grandmother and a local figure, has pride of place overlooking the room.

Private rooms

We have four private rooms for family functions, seminars, management meetings, business meetings or a night out with friends.
Impress your guests and colleagues with the elegance, sophistication and confidentiality of our venue.
The Jardins de la Matelote function venue is also available for large receptions.
For information and bookings, contact Stellio or Sandy: +33 (0)3 21 30 1797 or restaurant@la-matelote.com


Download the PDF for information about the function venue


PRICE ENQUIRY

The terrace

The terrace is the perfect place to enjoy pleasant weather. The outdoor tables are also dressed with white linen, in keeping with the elegance of Tony Lestienne’s cuisine.

Cooking lessons

You are a cooking enthusiast, curious or quite simply an epicurean. Or perhaps you’re looking for an original gift for an amateur chef? Follow Tony Lestienne behind the scenes where he shares his recipes and tricks of the trade.
Learn to cook like a chef in a relaxed atmosphere in the kitchen of La Matelote.
Groups of 5 to 10 participants.


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