Restaurant Recommendations

Restaurant Recommendations

Dinner at ZONE BLEUE



We love the evenings where we cook for our guests and sit around our big dining table in Salon Bleue or in the garden, enjoying home cooked local food and fantastic wine from nearby Saint-Pourçain. But we also know our limitations, so we are cooking for guests only on Sunday and Monday where we know it can be difficult to find open restaurants in our area. If you want to join dinner we need to know at least the day before.

We are cooking with the seasons, simple but good using ingredients from our vegetable garden when possible and other fresh local ingredients. We normally have a main course and after that cheese where most of it is coming from a fabulous organic goat farm Le Ch'ti Cabri very close to us and finishing the dinner with one of Edith's delicious desserts. In the wine cellar you can choose quality wine from our wine partners in Saint-Pourçain .

On other days we offer a simple quick warm meal from our partner Les Bocaux du Bocage  with a warm baguette. Naturally we also recommend our guests to visit some of the excellent local restaurants. Please note that all these restaurants below are busy so please book well in advance to secure your table....


....or at one of our local restaurants






Côté Toqués




Small Michelin guide restaurant in Neris-les-Bains, with an excellent 5 course fixed menu. Book in good time as they don't have much room....




La Brasserie




Also in Neris-les-Bains, probably the most flexible restaurants when it comes to opening hours in the area, with brasserie type food. A good choice if you are travelling with kids...




Restaurant Anne & Matthieu Omont



Hotel de France is one of our own favorites in Montmarault with a superb kitchen, recognized until 2025 in the Michelin guide with a Bib Gourmand that ensure you good quality and good value for your money, now they are going for their first star....




Le Bistrot Saint-Jean




Creative bistro cuisine in Montlucon listed in the Michelin guide with the chef shared with the one star Michelin restaurant La Chapelle Saint-Jean....


La Chapelle Saint-Jean




One star Michelin restaurant in a fantastic setting in the chapel of Chateau Saint-Jean in Montlucon. Naturally more expensive than the others, but if you really want to be spoiled...


Le Saint Trop




Another great restaurant in the medieval part of Montlucon featuring a great kitchen with simple but well prepared dishes using local and quality ingredients




La Ferme Saint-Sebastien




If you are willing to drive further, this is a fantastic authentic restaurant in the charming village of Charroux. We love it there ourselves, combined with sightseeing in the area or the village ending with dinner with a view....

3cents Soixante5 Jours




A new and exciting restaurant in the heart of Charroux. Different type of offerings from Brunch on Sundays to full Gastronomique restaurant combined with great local wine on Thursdays to Saturdays (check their schedule).