A Local's Take on the Best Restaurants in Bordeaux – Luxe Adventure Traveler luxeadventuretraveler.com

Living in Bordeaux, we've eaten our way around the city to bring you our recommendations for the best restaurants in Bordeaux.

Bordeaux’s revitalization is more than new tourism initiatives, the sprawling La Cité du Vin and a city that has been awakened like a shiny new diamond emerging from under the black soot. The city long had a reputation for a sub par food scene; one that certainly didn’t match with top notch wines in the Wine Capital of the World. The best restaurants in Bordeaux were few and far between. But that has all changed, along with so many other things, and Bordeaux now offers one of the best foodie scenes in France on par with Lyon and Paris.

So much of the culture in the Port of the Moon is about enjoying good food and good wine. Not only have some of the biggest names in the chefdom added Bordeaux to their always lengthening lists of restaurants, hot new chefs are continually emerging. But like anywhere, it’s definitely possible to find some duds and can be difficult to choose where to eat in Bordeaux from the hundreds of restaurants, bistros and brasseries seemingly gracing every corner and lining every square. To help with that trip planning problem, we put together our local’s take on the best restaurants in Bordeaux.