Mets Mots

Top choice in Bordeaux


Talented young chef Léo Forget is turning heads in foodie Bordeaux with his striking new locavore neobistro, with stylish zinc bar, mix of rough chip-wood and retro geometric-tile flooring and a back wall plastered in faded ginger newspapers. The lunchtime menu, which might see confit de canard (confit duck) with old-world veg or sweet-and-sour cod chalked on the board, is unbeatable value. Cuisine is strictly seasonal.


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