The Best Seafood Near Lury, by the Record

A former fishmonger's across from an old Victorian fish market, so the address was never really a choice. This is a small, unassuming seafood restaurant where the chef-owner has been quietly refining a set-menu format for years, cooking through courses that lean heavily on understanding the fish rather than dressing it up. He's also working the room himself, which keeps the whole thing from feeling stiff.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

The oyster beds sit just outside the window, which is about as farm-to-table as the phrase was ever meant to be. This family-run seafood restaurant on the Whitstable waterfront built its reputation on those native oysters, served natural or dressed up depending on your mood. The rest of the menu follows the catch, kept simple and close to the sea. A big terrace looks out over the estuary, which on a good day makes the whole thing feel almost unfairly pleasant.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

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.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

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.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant