The Best Seafood Near La Table de Christophe Dufossé, by the Record
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Rank 1. Krevette
Seafood
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Rank 2. Subtiel
Seafood
A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant in a seaside villa near the dunes of De Panne, where parquet floors and a period fireplace set the tone before a plate of anything arrives. The cooking leans classical and confident, with a clear affection for the North Sea's catch. In autumn the menu tilts toward game, roast pigeon among them. The kind of room where lunch stretches longer than planned, and nobody seems to mind.
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Rank 3. Julia
Seafood
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Rank 4. La Coupole
Seafood
Seafood restaurant in the heart of De Panne where the lobster comes straight from the tank and the crab is shown to you tableside before it arrives dressed with spicy mayo and salad. The menu runs the North Sea classics: mussels in white wine, fresh shrimp, cod in a buttery tomato and shallot sauce. The kind of room where the front-of-house knows your name by the second course and seems genuinely pleased about it.
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Rank 5. Octopus
Seafood
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Rank 6. Le Pavillon - Hôtel Westminster
Creative Seafood
The dining room wears its animal tapestries and black-and-ochre palette like a well-tailored suit, and the terrace looks out over La Canche lighthouse. This is the fine-dining room inside an old-school Le Touquet luxury hotel, where the kitchen works a seafood-forward creative menu, think caviar, lobster, langoustine, handled with the kind of precision that earned a Michelin star. La Table du West next door handles the lighter appetite.
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Rank 7. Julia Fish & Oysterbar
Seafood
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Rank 8. De Huifkar
Seafood
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Rank 9. Bar Bonk
Seafood
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Rank 10. Le Grand Bleu
Modern Seafood
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Rank 11. Aquar'aile
Seafood
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Rank 12. La Plage
Seafood
A small hotel-restaurant wedged into a coastal village between two famous capes, La Plage leans hard into the Opal Coast's larder: sea bream, mackerel, pollack, whatever came in. The chef's plating is careful without being precious, and the menu strays into poultry and slow-braised things when she feels like it. The Michelin Guide gives it a Bib Gourmand, which tells you the math works out well at the end of the meal.
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Rank 13. La Matelote
Seafood
A seafood restaurant in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the catch is the whole point and the kitchen's commitment to sustainable fishing isn't just a menu footnote. The name nods to the fisherman's wife, a fitting tribute in a port town, and the cooking follows tradition without getting stiff about it. Leave room for the soufflé, which the team has made their signature, and which earns that status without any help from marketing.