Le Dallaison

Le Dallaison is a modern French restaurant in Saintes, Charente‑Maritime, opened by chef Jérôme Dallet and his partner Coralie. Jérôme trained and worked alongside Emmanuel Renaut, Anne‑Sophie Pic and Carlo Crisci before returning to his native region to open the house with Coralie. The kitchen combines local terroir ingredients with memories from the couple’s travels, associating tradition and modernity, and the team takes guests’ dietary contraindications into account when preparing menus. The house has been recognised by the Michelin Guide for its modern cuisine and is presented as a convivial, friendly place where instinctive cooking meets refined compositions; guests are invited to taste the region through generous, refined plates. Housed in an 18th‑century residence set in a park, the interior offers several small dining rooms furnished in contemporary design with original lighting, white walls and wine cabinets. A leafy terrace is available in warm weather. The cuisine blends tradition and contemporary technique with a focus on seasonal, regional produce. Dishes are enhanced by the chef’s morning foraging of wild plants and reflect close sourcing from regional producers. Jérôme Dallet is the chef. Specialties include mogettes (local beans), cagouilles (local snails), lamb from Confolens, oysters and shellfish from La Ferme Marine d’Artouan, Porc Cul Noir du Limousin and seasonal tasting menus presented in a surprise format.