Bistrot 13B - Marseille

Great evening with family. Really enjoyed this restaurant : great food with special taste : I enjoyed particularly the Cod fillet, orange and carrot reduction. But from starter to dessert it was excellent. great place : very quiet patio only few minutes from vieux port great service : very nice waitress and chef Last but not least : very good value for the money !

Having read the reviews I think I must be missing something! To start with I will say one of us absolutely raved about her cod in orange and mustard sauce and the taste I had was very good and cod is a tricky fish to make interesting. However I have never eaten anything quite as odd as the candied halibut. Perhaps it lost something in translation since I couldn 't see anything candied, in fact the fish was so over cooked and tasteless where was the 'perforated basil ? that I wondered if it had been boiled. Not at all sure about the accompaniment of fregola I think . Starter of gravalax with red wine poached pear was a similar mismatch or nice idea, poor execution. Taking off the skin would certainly have made the eating experience more pleasant. Deconstructed desserts have had their day in my opinion ! so went for the chocolate mousse too much and too dense, with a very thick layer of caramel beurre sale spread on top. Not very much finesse but a pretty acceptable sugar fix. The owner was absolutely delightful and for that reason I would give this little bistro another go though why is there this fashion now for not having a wine list?? . It 's a brave concept with a totally open kitchen at the forefront of the restaurant run by a very young chef who on a good day clearly has a good palate.

My husband had a prawn dish, I had black truffle ravioli. For such an unassuming looking restaurant, the food was absolutely superb. Ice not been able to eat pasta since, because this blows everything away. Best meal ever.

My partner and I went to have dinner last night in this delightful Bistro! Not only was the food amazing but the ambiance is great and the owner is simply amazing! You will not regret coming here!

There is something that French cooking has that simply cannot be replicated elsewhere. And Bistro 13 has it. We started with the salade d’aubergines (eggplant) which was both simple and extraordinary. My husband had the fish is an orange sauce that was light, delicate and flavorful. I had the classic salade Nicoise the green beans were cooked to perfection, as was the egg. The tuna was excellent and a generous portion as well. We could not have been more pleased. It was lovely also that it’s not touristy and felt very authentic.