RESTAURANT

Parking for the restaurant:

Individual garages open from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM for restaurant customers (Jules Lecomte street)

 

Two Q-Park car parks within a 5-minute walk of the restaurant:

Plage car park, Nausicaá car park

 

Parking space subject to availability.

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

Royal sea bream carpaccio, marinated in citrus fruit

crab guacamole, basil oil, pine nut

Tender lamb and chicken, raz el hanout (spices), raisins

cold court bouillon, houlous, mint and lemon

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

Parmigiana: grated parmesan cheese and vegetables, burrata cheese (VG)

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


Your choice of main course

Beef chuck briskly fried on plancha, low temperature cooking

burgundy red wine sauce, strips of bacon, mashed potatoes

 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

Speculoos shortbread, vanilla mousseline, juniperberry alcohom

stewed pear, caramelized chicoryn coffee ice cream

Fig puff pastry, honey, fig tutti frutti ice cream

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


Warm haddock, oeuf parfait

local lentil, pumpkin foam

 


Scallops meuniere (butter, lemon and parsley)

cabbage and butter

 


According to choice

Monkfish and curry

roasted eggplant and olive, shellfish sauce

OR

Breast of duckling

poached quince and spice wine, tender polenta


  Gouda (24 months old )

Vacherin cheese (with a spoon)


Chocolate souffle

saffron ice cream, hazelnut bicsuit

 


Miniature sweets and chocolates

 

Menu served for the whole table

A la Carte

– STARTERS  –

Oysters n°2 from Oye plage (meaty oyster)    Opal coast   6 pieces 22€    9 pieces 33€

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

Royal sea bram carpaccio, marinated in citrus fruit, crab guacamole, basil oil, pine nuts 24€

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

Warm chopped haddock, spinach, mimosa egg, cream dressing, balsamic 24€

Fresh duck foie gras and fig, toasted bread, quince chutney 28€

Crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce  26 €

The marvellous buisson of langoustines, saffron 38€

Fried foie gras, spinach, spicy pears, veal gravy 24 €

Scallops grated with old comte cheese, diced mushrooms and cream, pumpkin 24€

Veggie Grated aubergine and zucchini with parmesan cheese, burrata cheese   18 €


– MAIN COURSES –

Traditional local assortment of fish in a court bouillon  36 €

Traditional sole meuniere  49€

Sea bass steak, kale, mashed potatoes, fish bone and red wine sauce 42€

Breast of duckling, fried oyster mushrooms, cep sauce 28€

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

Beef fillet, wine sauce, potato mousseline 36€

Turbot steak, mousseline sauce 49€

Ask for some suggestions


– 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 €

Thin slices of puff pastry filled with praline cream, vanilla 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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