La Liégeoise

From its first-floor vantage point, you can't escape the panoramic sea view! This family-run hotel in the oldest seaside resort on the Côte d'Opale immediately turns your head with its freshly redecorated vintage-style decor. Before dropping anchor in the English Channel, Benjamin Delpierre worked for a time with Jean-Michel Lorain at Côte Saint-Jacques and then with Michel Roth at the Ritz, before setting sail for the Caribbean with his wife, who now works front of house. Fish and shellfish run the show here from the get-go: red mullet, snails, oysters, razor clams and mussels – enhanced by the chef's flair for cooking seafood. L'Aloze, on the ground floor of the hotel, serves simpler fare.