La Retenue Wine Bars / Cocktails / Bistrot / Tapas in Fouras

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday Closed
  • Tuesday Closed
  • Wednesday 12:00 am - 03:00 pm 06:00 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Thursday 12:00 am - 03:00 pm 06:00 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Friday 12:00 am - 03:00 pm 06:00 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Saturday 12:00 am - 03:00 pm 06:00 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Sunday 12:00 am - 03:00 pm 06:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Opens Wednesday at 12:00 am

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Useful information

Location : Sea side

Province : Pays d’Aunis and the coastline, La Rochelle, Rochefort and Marennes

Services

  • Cash
  • Credit card accepted
  • English spoken
  • Open all year round
  • English
    • With its wooden terrace on the sand and facing the seawater reservoir, La Retenue is the bar-restaurant in Fouras that smells like holidays. Borany and Cochise, couple in the city, welcome you morning (in high season), noon and evening.

      On the menu, a very short seasonal menu and mainly without cooking, highlighting local and sourced products, brightened up with Asian-influenced seasonings. Fish or beef tartare, strewn like a burrata, Japanese bottarga bowl, bun with veal gravlax... For your thirst? Original cocktails and carefully selected wines.

      From the end of spring until the beginning of autumn, an appointment is made on the Grande Plage to enjoy a coffee, a tasty beverage or a fresh and colorful dish.

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Traveller Reviews La Retenue

4.8 sur 5 869 reviews

  • olivier wawrzynski

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by olivier wawrzynski on 05/05/2025

    The place to be à Fouras! A chaque fois nous nous régalons des cocktails et des plats. Le personnel est très sympa et quelle bonheur d'être face à ces magnifiques coucher de soleil! Merci

  • FH

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by FH on 05/05/2025

  • Izkira Neko

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Izkira Neko on 05/05/2025

    It was very good! We had the beef tataki and the beef tartare. And grilled sweet potato was delicious too. The service was very friendly. You have to book quickly!

Traveller Reviews La Retenue

4.7 sur 5 182 reviews

Rating summary

  • Atmosphere 4.9 / 5
  • Food 4.7 / 5
  • Service 4.7 / 5
  • Value 4.6 / 5
  • "Do not miss this!!!"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by David W on 06/09/2024

    What a great location. Right on the sandy beach. Views of the sunset. Food was absolutely fantastic. Great value. Great service. The owner came out to explain how each dish was made to his recipes...

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  • "Best restaurant in Fouras"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by simonpF6755WY (Brookwood, United Kingdom) on 01/09/2024

    Great atmosphere watching sunset from the beach and fantastic food that has a Japanese theme with a local twist. My go to restaurant each visit to Fouras

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  • "The best place for dinner watching sunset"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by simonpF6755WY (Brookwood, United Kingdom) on 19/06/2024

    When the weather is good there is no better place to have dinner on the beach with amazing views of the estuary and the sunset. The food is excellent with an original Asian influence served by...

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La Retenue

Address

Grande Plage
17450 Fouras

Contacts

Phone : 05 46 84 83 18

GPS coordinates

45° 59'19.36"N, 1° 5'53.9"W

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