Axis - Marseille

High standard restaurant with good food nicely presented. A bit expensive for what you are served. A special evening is perfect.

We had dinner here on a Saturday night since this restaurant was highly recommended by locals, and it did not disappoint. Friendly service, good food, and a very nice atmosphere. The food had creative combinations with a good sense for flavours.

I had dinner on Friday night. welcome is very warm and people really kind. I loved my entry with green and white asparagus served with a boiled egg. As main dish I enjoyed some rosted pork dish with sauce and polenta...but the best was the...dessert dish: different dessert: mascarpone, apple compote and a cold cream made with green apples...u n b e l i e v a b l e!! I strongly suggest this restaurant.

I decided to visit the restaurant while on a romantic weekend with my wife. As I always like to find great value for money in the cities I visit, I begin my search with the Michelin guide and look for the the Bib gourmands. Axis...looked particularly nice in terms of both cuisine and the prices of menu. We decided to take the course menu and try different dishes to have the best overview of the style offered in Axis. My wife was lucky to select the best duck breast I've ever tasted. It was served raw paired with peculiar sweet sour ice cream (tasted familiar, but I couldn't name the main ingredients) and a salty ball with really complex palate. The other dishes weren't as stunning but amazing still. I loved the tender, medium raw, calf liver, and the cod served on potato purée with chorizo and some kind of sauerkraut jumble that reminded my of my native bigos. Desserts were quite nice, but just a tad disappointing after the previous servings, yet they still led to a nice finish of our dinner. Axis satisfies both your taste and your eyes, as the fares are prepared in a visually attractive fashion. If you're not speaking French, you need to prepare yourself and have a translator handy, so you know what to order. The menu is only in the native tongue and the server, though very polite and tries his best, speaks only a little English and we could feel how uncomfortable he was around us. That only added to the local experience and we enjoyed ourselves even more. I'm surely coming back, when I'm in Marseille next time, because that was one of the best meals I've ever had.

I dined on their lunch formule which is gourmet food for next to nothing euros). An entrée of filets of mackerel (normally not a favorite fish) on blinis of sweet potato with an onion-and-mango topping, followed by the main dish of filets of lieu ..on polenta with an échalotte reduction, concluded with a dessert of chocolate and caramel squares on nougat with caramelized peanuts. Each dish had a presentation that was colorful and original; each ingredient--especially the fish--was of a freshness and a perfection of preparation that was without reproach. The server was warm and informative. The decor was minimalist--open and pleasant to the eye, with room (and thus quiet) around each table. The rosé wine by the pitcher was excellent. In every respect, this is a restaurant whose chef is awaiting his Michelin star, and in the meantime it's a bargain not to be missed, and a refreshingly relaxed great meal--one of the best I've ever had in Marseille.