Mélissa Coquillages is a seafood restaurant in Écusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A tielle with a plate of Bouzigues oysters.
Tip: This is the easiest place in the city to try tielle sétoise without driving to Sète; mornings get the freshest shells.
Address: 10 Place Alexandre Laissac, 34000 Montpellier
Café de la Panacée feeds the MO.CO. Panacée art centre from a shaded courtyard, with weekday lunch menus and evening tapas running until 00:30.
Order: The 16 euro lunch menu on the patio.
Tip: Sunday brings an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet to the courtyard; evenings shift to 5 to 10 euro tapas plates.
Le Pré Vert cooks homely lunches and weekend brunches on Rue Sainte-Anne, a quiet room at the Arc de Triomphe end of the Montpellier old town.
Order: The seasonal lunch plate built from that morning's market run
Tip: Weekday service is lunch-only and short; Sunday's 11:30 start makes it an early-brunch option for the quarter.
La Canourgue lets Montpellier eat Pourcel cooking casually, bistronomic plates and tapas served daily on the Richer de Belleval square itself.
Order: Whatever the Pourcel kitchen posts as the day's plate.
Tip: Seven-day service on a shaded square makes it the reliable smart-casual default in the old town.
L'Écailler des Beaux-Arts runs a fishmonger's counter and seafood kitchen on Rue de la Cavalerie in Montpellier, platters, grilled lobster and scallops.
Order: A shellfish platter of Thau oysters, clams and prawns
Tip: It works fishmonger hours, so an early seafood dinner beats arriving at 21:00; platters reward pre-ordering.
Café de la Panacée feeds the MO.CO. Panacée art centre from a shaded courtyard, with weekday lunch menus and evening tapas running until 00:30.
Order: The 16 euro lunch menu on the patio.
Tip: Sunday brings an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet to the courtyard; evenings shift to 5 to 10 euro tapas plates.
French Kiss faces Gare Saint-Roch in Montpellier with retro decor, planches, revisited French plates and a Sunday buffet brunch at 28 euros.
Order: A planche with the house cocktail.
Tip: Its all-day continuity suits odd train times; dinner proper only runs Tuesday to Saturday.
Le Pré Vert cooks homely lunches and weekend brunches on Rue Sainte-Anne, a quiet room at the Arc de Triomphe end of the Montpellier old town.
Order: The seasonal lunch plate built from that morning's market run
Tip: Weekday service is lunch-only and short; Sunday's 11:30 start makes it an early-brunch option for the quarter.
Terminal #1 gives Montpellier a big-room Pourcel bistro in a Port Marianne wine storehouse, casual Mediterranean plates without the starred bill.
Order: Sharing starters across the table.
Tip: Groups that cannot squeeze into the Écusson book here; Sunday lunch fills first.
La Canourgue lets Montpellier eat Pourcel cooking casually, bistronomic plates and tapas served daily on the Richer de Belleval square itself.
Order: Whatever the Pourcel kitchen posts as the day's plate.
Tip: Seven-day service on a shaded square makes it the reliable smart-casual default in the old town.
