Le Beffroi

Arriving in Aix on Xmas Eve, and almost set my heart on a baguette, cheese and wine dinner, I walked into Le Beffroi and thank goodness they are serving dinner! Got their Prix Fixe with saumon tartine to start, moules frits to savor, and chocolat mousse to conclude. Food was wonderful and service was quick and friendly.
Really appreciate being served a sit-​down dinner in a French countryside café on this special evening!

It’s pouring rain and a Sunday night, two combinations that don’t do well in Aix. We had spent the day in Marseille and just wanted a nice dinner before heading home, thankfully this place was open and had what I wanted… Moules!!!
Food was decent not fantastic but after a long day sightseeing and coming home to a downpour it did well for us. The service was good. € 9 for a half bottle of wine was really great as well.

My biggest first world problem when traveling to France was how they stopped serving lunch at 2pm sharp. How could I gorge myself with a 3 course meal and bottle of wine before 2pm everyday? Thankfully, Le Beffroi had a sign saying service all day :)
I thought the food here was good — not amazing but good. Considering, at 2:30 my options for lunch service were limited, I won’t complain. The pizzas are good and so is the gazpacho soup. After a bottle of wine I didn’t really notice!
The service here was very friendly and chatted with us once the main crowd had left. I liked the setting to… canopies and couches under the sun. Felt a bit «LA» in little Aix.
There are a lot of restaurants on this road but this is the only one that will let you mange all afternoon.

Have been two this little resto twice now, in both cases, for a quick pizza with a «pichet du vin.» (If you get a pizza with lots of cheese — say the quatre frommage — you’ll get lots of cheese! But if you go the fruit de mer route, you may spend a goodly part of you meal admiring the cheese on your friend’s pizza. Just how it is!) It is indeed, A-​OK, but didn’t knock our socks off. Certainly nicer when the weather is warmer — a nice square for watching the world go by, but they have a nice sheltered area with heaters during the winter. I also add this to the list of places where lunch ENDS promptly at 2:00 pm. I keep forgetting this little detail when dining in France; when it’s time to leave, it’s TIIME to leave!

Personnel désagréable et mal aimable. Service et nourriture moyens.
Né vaut pas le détour!

Avid this place by all means! We were there for lunch, and this was a very unlucky choice. The service was awful and slow. The food was really bad — the steaks were hard even to cut, vegetables were cooked until tasteless condition, and the mussels were not very fresh. This is probably the worst restaurant I have ever been in France.