Les Amants du Marché

Any vegetarian only restaurant that survives in South West France is a testament to food it serves. Located opposite the antiques market close to the centre of Pau, there is paid parking close by but on Friday and Saturday when the market is open parking may be more of a challenge, however, municipality parking is only 15 mins slow walk to the restaurant. This is a small cozy venue, wood and art decoration with some outside seating but not the best of views outside. The ambience inside was lovely with great background music (Nina Simone style) not too loud and quite busy for a French National holiday. Because it was a bank holiday the menu was limited, understandably. However, in my case that was a bonus as a certified meat lover I probably wouldn’t have known what to choose anyway! The set menu comprised a main of small dishes not tapas style but a tasting plate of salad, soup, fritter and a ragout of chickpeas and other veg. A bottle of local Jurancon dry white wine topped the meal off. Desert was a slice of fruit tart and coffee a la France. We will have to revisit this venue to experience the whole menu and sincerely hope to upgrade the rating to 5 star as the service (English speaking too) was great but without choice we were restricted. Worth a visit but make a reservation as I’m sure it would fill up quickly on normal working days.

This vegan restaurant felt like home. The meals are prepared with so much love and taste excellent. Take away is no problem. They do accept cash or card! The ambiente is like home at grandma's. The details are so lovely. It smells like home kitchen, wood and food...totally loveable! Service was warm hearted and timed! Totally recommend this place!

After craving for some good vegetarian food as in Pyrénées it’s difficult to find one, this restaurant was a bliss as it offers vegetarian /vegan food. The formule menu is affordable, innovative and tasty. The vegan sushi was delicious.

Our go to place for lunch- we love the set menu and the service is outstanding. This is a gem in Pau and we highly recommend

We liked the food very much, the menu is varied and not too long, which is easy to order. The lady who served us is super friendly and considerate, is a very relaxed atmosphere and I definitely recommend it.

Best vegetarian food in France! Remarkable chefs create an incredible menu! Every bite is divine! The atmosphere is lovely but the food will knock your socks off! Highly recommended!

We loved the food and the twist to it, the dishes are varied and consist of a whole multitude of vegetables. The atmosphere is warm and relaxing, good music, super friendly lady, very high score from us, thanks!

Nice vegetarian place. The "express plate" for lunch is about 15 euros and offers a variety of (tasty) samples.

If you can get past the fact that they chose a font for the sign on their restaurant closely resembling what I think Microsoft refers to as "curlz", then this place is great! The service was quite nice, from bringing us a menu in English without our requesting it, to suggesting we may want to move to an indoor table because the weather gets bad in the evening. The food was quite slow to come out, but I think that's just a European thing. The food was delicious! I ordered the buckwheat pancake and the bruschetta, and my partner ordered the eggplant moussaka. All three dishes were excellent. The only reasons I didn't give 5 stars is because the dessert was terrible. Don't order the dessert tart, unless you like the idea of raisin pudding that was left out for a few days. Haha.