Best lunch stop on the way to LM
Discussion
A group of us head down on the Thursday each year from the tunnel to Le Mans and tend to use the tolls until Rouen and then a mix of some scenic driving and some tolls between Rouen and LM.
We've stopped in a few different places for lunch over the years but never found anywhere that great. The best so far is in the middle of a place called Gace as it has a nice town square and we get to oggle some nice cars parked up. However, the only place for lunch is a bit ropey!
We've also tried a town called Bourgtheroulde-Infreville which had a couple of slightly nicer places to eat, but almost no nice motors stopping on their way through (other than our collection of distinctly second division cars!)
Would be really interested to hear if there's another town (before or after Rouen) that lots of people tend to stop in that has nice food and carparks packed with modern motoring exotica....
We've stopped in a few different places for lunch over the years but never found anywhere that great. The best so far is in the middle of a place called Gace as it has a nice town square and we get to oggle some nice cars parked up. However, the only place for lunch is a bit ropey!
We've also tried a town called Bourgtheroulde-Infreville which had a couple of slightly nicer places to eat, but almost no nice motors stopping on their way through (other than our collection of distinctly second division cars!)
Would be really interested to hear if there's another town (before or after Rouen) that lots of people tend to stop in that has nice food and carparks packed with modern motoring exotica....
We always use the old N138, and stop at Bernay, we have for many years now stoped on the way into bernay at the intermarche supermarket, before we stock up with shopping for Le mans (nothing sold out here unlike at le mans itself) we eat in the cafe there. i know it sounds silly but it is not like Tesco's the food is great and cheap, i challenge anyone to eat one of the large pizza's and not feel stuffed afterwards.
I agree that Honfleur is a beautiful place but take care on the time required for a lunch stop. Our party once dropped in for a harbourside lunch on the way home, thinking we had ample time before the ferry left from Le Havre. As the hours(!) ticked by we became increasingly concerned, pointing out to the waiter that we had a deadline. Eventually, we had no choice but to calculate the bill for what we had received up to that point, stand up, press a fistful of euros into the waiter's hand and leave. The kitchen staff seemed upset as the sound of pans hitting the floor could be heard as we left! We then drove flat out (well, I was flat out in an Impreza but friend rather less than flat out in his Ultima...) making the ferry just as the barrier was going down and we were the last to board.
I'm sure there are quicker meals available in Honfleur but the restaurant we picked was clearly used to the idea that lunch is an all afternoon commitment!
I'm sure there are quicker meals available in Honfleur but the restaurant we picked was clearly used to the idea that lunch is an all afternoon commitment!
23 Grande Rue. The former shop name still on the frontage is Lépine.
http://goo.gl/maps/4sd7L
http://www.le23granderue.com/
There's also L'Etoile d'Or further along Grande Rue which has been recommended on here before. It was closed for Whitsun last year when I was in Gacé.
http://goo.gl/maps/4sd7L
http://www.le23granderue.com/
There's also L'Etoile d'Or further along Grande Rue which has been recommended on here before. It was closed for Whitsun last year when I was in Gacé.
Edited by OvalOwl on Saturday 11th April 19:19
We always stop in a little village called Monnai, there is a restaurant called Au Cheval Bai, you drive right passed it on the D438, looks like a truck stop with large gravel area. About 70 miles to Le Mans from here so half way from Rouen, nice coffee, plenty of cakes, typical ham&cheese baguette which ruins the roof of your mouth, c'est bon.
DMN said:
Any suggestions for the Calais side of Rouen?
Even some of the Autoroute service stations are pretty scenic. The Baie de Somme north of Abbeville has a nature reserve on site to look at whilst eating your plastic triangle sandwich.Also it is a good car spotting site being fairly close to the ports.
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