Kuzina - Bordeaux

MY family and I ate here after we couldn't get a table at another restaurant near by but it turned out to be a great little restaurant. Food was good, wine list was suited well to the food on offer and the service was decent. It was only a third full when we were there so there wasn't the sort of buzz in the restaurant that I normally like when eating out but the restaurant can't be blamed for that. Would happily eat here again.

Flavored with originality, the meal presented by the chef gave us savors to remember beyond the moments of our unusual, healthful, and delightful meal. Kuzina is a fish restaurant with a relaxed but well-chosen setting and plenty of options -- many possible fish to order, and delicious options from the land. We chose the latter: a vegetarian menu and leg of lamb. The vegetarian menu included tsatsiki and hummus blended with beets (we enjoyed dipping the excellent bread in both), a choice of mushrooms au citron or red kuri squash with feta and olives. The squash was too unusual a choice to pass up, and we did not regret it. Outstanding! The leg of lamb was actually like a filet, so tender and tasty, and it included a choice of salad or other vegetables. For 3E, we just added steamed vegetables to the list and had salad, too. Dessert was included on the vegetarian menu -- only the best rice pudding we've had, with orange flavor added. We thought we'd concluded a fabulous meal, but the surprise clementines brought by the serving person made a sweet dessert extra. All this, and 50E with a tip, a glass of wine included. Kuzina's location is only minutes walk from any hotel in the area of the train station, a little further from other parts of central Bordeaux. It's an incontournable -- i.e not to be missed. PS The couple next to us seemed to relish their fish.

This place is hard to find in the hidden streets but is worth it! The fish food was fantastic and the wine just superb. The price was very good for the food quality. The plates are typical french small dishes but the quality of the food was excellent. The wine selection was very good and the one I ordered white with floral hints was the most delicious one i have ever had in my life. the decoration was so beautiful and creative. I loved it

We had a business dinner there. Wasn't that convinced about the greek food we had. Even of we were a big group, food wasn't that good, portion per person was ridiculous and the service wasn't that professional and friendly with us.

Owned by the same Jean-Pierre Xiradakis as La Tupina. The fish offering is second to none, so is the wine list. You choose your fish from the bank and it is cooked to your liking.

Stopped here for a late supper, around 2145. There were still people arriving so a nice buzz. We went for the 'evening plate', calamari, a filet of sturgeon and a dessert for €27. Really good value for money. We had a great rose for €13 and the service was first rate. Relaxed dining at a high, communal table. The food, especially the sturgeon was cooked well and tasted great. Do give it a try.

This restaurant has a simple concept: great fish done in a Greek manner (simply) with simple vegetables and a Greek salad. The fish was delicious - the calamari frites were the best we've ever had: delicate and sweet with a perfectly seasoned crispy thin coating, served simply with lemon to squeeze over it. The sturgeon was exquisite, tender, fresh, juicy, crispy on the outside and subtly seasoned with toasted pink peppercorns and herbs. But we were baffled by the salads, or I should say salad, since the same basic salad appeared three times during our meal: the Greek entree salad with pale chopped Romaine lettuce, bland, refrigerated tomatoes (in August)!, a few marinated olives with an acceptable but not excellent olive oil dressing. Honestly, you can find a better Greek salad in a Greek diner in Manhattan. But I had ordered a side green salad with my main dish, and out came again the same tired Romaine plus dressing minus the Greek ingredients, and then finally, with the cheese course (otherwise excellent), here it was again! We couldn't understand how this otherwise brilliant chef could fail so terribly with something as simple as a salad, especially since we've had one delectable salad after another during weeks of traveling in France. We wondered if Kuzina's salads might be the reason there seemed to be so few customers, while La Tupina, this chef's other restaurant down the street (fabulous) is full, especially considering the extremely reasonable prices.

Pretty much exclusively fish restaurant, you pick your freshly caught fish from the ice and they cook it for you. When the fish on display gets eaten, that's it. They serve it with salad and vegetables, no potatoes or rice. The wine is good, and affordable. There is only one waitress, she speaks English and she laughed at us a lot - terrific! We liked it so much we went back a second time. Best place we ate in Bordeaux.