WHY GO? The dining room is only a few feet from the beach. The setting is comfortable yet intimate and the staff is extremely personable and welcoming.

WHAT TO ORDER? Gratinated snails in garlic herb butter simply melt in your mouth, as does beef carpaccio. Goat’s cheese, baked and dusted with paprika, is served at just the right temperature and is complemented by home-dried tomatoes and garlic. Once you get past the starters, you are spoilt for choice again with main courses such as rack of lamb served on a potato rosti, oven-baked with asparagus and a bacon and leek stew. Gnocchi fried with ham, artichokes, mushrooms and salami, then coated in a pesto cream sauce is superb, the light fluffy dumplings perfectly prepared and cooked. If you are still eager for more, there is chocolate souffle (definitely worth the wait) or fried banana spring rolls drizzled with chocolate sauce and served with vanilla ice cream.

The extensive wine list with offerings from around the world makes it easy to find one that will complement your meal.