The Marcel

The dishes are well prepared with good ingredients. The result is tasty food. For bread there is a selection of where you can choose from. Love France! The service is superb! You are treated with a lot of respect. They care that you are being well served all the time.

Really enjoyed our meal at this one star Michelin. It is classy, intimate, perfect for couples and yet the staff make for a relaxed experience. FOOD The food was visually very pleasing but at times didn’t taste as good as it looked. The amuse bouche and pre-amuse bouche came plentiful which was cool. We then thought the red tuna tataki starter was the standout dish as well as the oregano brioche. I was a little disappointed in the octopus starter which lacked some flavour as well as the dorade in main. Still very tasty but not Michelin wow. Deserts were stunning. I think 3-course meal is plenty of food and offers good value at €75 each. SERVICE/STAFF Very friendly staff who can be chatty with their customers given there is only about 10 tables. One waitress was slightly clumsy, dropping a brioche and cutlery over the 3h we were there. However, this was joked over and dealt with professionally. All staff speak very good English, especially their head waiter who has worked in many famous Michelin restaurants. ATMOSPHERE/LOCATION Small and yet spacious, comfortable large tables with nice art on the walls. It feels like fine dining and yet the staff put the customers at ease. You will find the older retired couple dressed in suits but also the younger generation in a cool shorts and polo. It’s also romantic and a good spot for couples. Located just off the main canal in Sete, the location is very central and just off the parking du Canal. CONCLUSION: we really enjoyed and would come back despite small things that can be improved on.

Very nice restaurant with an interesting wine list, although they didn’t have three of the wines that I ordered in stock. The food is very good though not spectacular, the service very good.

Thankyou to all the crew at The Marcel! They were so great in accommodating for a vegan option at the last moment. I highly recommend to email in advance. The food was amazing and the service was top tier! I can not wait to go back again and enjoy. The outside is unassuming but once you step inside you feel as if you've stepped into a totally different world. Even the cutlery is a piece of art. Thankyou again!

Fantastic time with my friends! We enjoyed every single bite of our food. You can tell that the chefs are using top quality ingredients, making dishes with distinct flavours that are carefully prepared to a consistently high standard. Absolutely love this place and visit it every time I'm in Setè.

Every part of our experience was superb. The only comment I would make was that I expected the special menu ´Les yeux du chef’ to be different, not comprising solely of a mix of items from the other two menus - albeit delicious though.

Amazing night at the Tapas bar of the Marcel! The food was amazing, the service nice, the artworks incredible, there was even a DJ and the music was great! Loved it!

Everything was wonderful. Food was delightful. Tasting menu delicious and sea bass perfect. We were a family of 4 with 2 young children and they were very nice to us, a children’s menu was offered and it was a very good value. I highly recommend.

1* Michelin. The new Chef Fabien is awesome. So good I ate here three times. Will definitely come back next year.