Restaurant Martigues Seaside - Le Spot, Sea View 15 min Away

Your Seaside Restaurant Near Martigues

Le Spot is a seaside brasserie restaurant located in Sausset-les-Pins, a few minutes from Martigues, at 1 Avenue Jules Ferry in Sausset-les-Pins. Our establishment welcomes you every day from 8am to 11pm in an exceptional setting, directly facing the Mediterranean. With 78 seats between the terrace and dining room, Le Spot has become a must-visit for anyone seeking a restaurant with sea view terrace near Martigues.

Discover Martigues and the Cote Bleue

Martigues, nicknamed "Provencal Venice" for its picturesque canals and colourful houses, is a city of art and traditions at the western end of the Cote Bleue. The Ile district, with its bright facades reflected in the Saint-Sebastien canal, is one of Provence's most photographed sites. The city hosts the annual Sea Festival and an international folklore festival. The coastal road from Martigues to Sausset-les-Pins passes through spectacular pine forest and wild cove landscapes.

Places to discover in Martigues and surroundings: Ile district, Saint-Sebastien canal, Ziem Museum, Sea Festival, Carro Port. After a day of exploration, join Le Spot for a meal by the sea and enjoy our varied and generous menu.

A Complete Menu for Every Moment of the Day

From morning, Le Spot welcomes you for a gourmet brunch by the sea, served Tuesday to Sunday 9am to 11am. Pancakes, avocado toast, eggs McSpot and waffles make up a unique Cote Bleue offering. At lunch, enjoy our 25-euro daily set menu (wine, main, dessert and coffee), available Monday to Friday.

Our menu showcases seafood and plancha-grilled fish: sea bream, sea bass, prawns, octopus, cuttlefish and oysters, selected daily. Meat lovers also find their match with our ribeye, Asian-style beef tartare and the famous Le Spot Burger. Afternoons bring crepes, waffles and artisanal ice cream for all ages.

Cocktail and Spritz Bar Facing the Sunset

Come evening, our cocktail and spritz bar comes alive facing the sunset. Fresh fruit mojitos, Aperol spritz, Porn Star Martini and our six house spritz creations (St Germain, Hugo, Limoncello, raspberry, lavender) await almost with your feet in the sand. Non-alcoholic versions are also available.

How to Reach Le Spot from Martigues

From Martigues, Le Spot is 15 minutes via D5 along the coast. From Carro port, allow 10 minutes. The restaurant has free parking nearby. Our team, led by Sebastian De Palma, strives to offer warm hospitality and attentive service. Le Spot is listed among the must-visit addresses on the Cote Bleue on My Provence.

Book Your Table by the Sea

To enjoy the Le Spot experience, we recommend booking your table in advance, particularly on Friday and Saturday evenings and during summer season. Call us at +33 4 42 87 35 77 or use our online booking system. Open 7 days a week, 8am to 11pm, Le Spot awaits at 1 Avenue Jules Ferry, 13960 Sausset-les-Pins, directly by the sea on the Cote Bleue.

A Seaside Restaurant Fifteen Minutes from Martigues

Martigues sits at the western end of the Cote Bleue, fifteen minutes from Le Spot via the D5. The coastal road runs along the Carro coves, crosses the pine forest between La Couronne and Sausset-les-Pins, then opens onto Avenue Jules Ferry where the restaurant stands. In summer, residents of Martigues who want to dine by the sea without staying in town take this route at the end of the day. The drive is a quarter of an hour, slightly less from the port of Carro. The Martigues tourist office website lists walks and points of interest worth doing before heading down to Sausset.

Le Spot is open in Sausset-les-Pins every day from 8am to 11pm, with no break. The 78-seat terrace looks out onto the Mediterranean, with no road or wall between the tables and the water. In Martigues, you eat by a canal. At Le Spot, you eat by the open sea.

The D5 between Martigues and Sausset: Pines, Coves and Calanques

The stretch of D5 between Martigues and Sausset-les-Pins is one of the prettiest drives on the Cote Bleue. You pass through the La Couronne and Carro coves, the small fishing harbour of Carro, then the coastal pines before reaching Sausset-les-Pins. Locals know the route by heart. It is the road they take to swim at Rouet beach or to dine by the sea.

From the Ile district in Martigues, allow fifteen minutes via the coastal road. From the port of Carro, ten minutes is enough. You arrive in Sausset along the seafront, and parking at Le Spot is free. For those who prefer the train, Sausset-les-Pins station is on the Marseille-Miramas TER line, ten minutes on foot from the restaurant. The D5 also serves Carry-le-Rouet halfway along the route, five minutes from Le Spot.

Fresh Fish and Seafood, from Martigues to Sausset

Fishing is part of daily life between Martigues and Sausset-les-Pins. Both towns live to the rhythm of the catch. At Le Spot, the fish and seafood arrive each morning from the Sausset fishing port. Whole sea bream plancha-grilled, Mediterranean sea bass, prawns in parsley, octopus and cuttlefish. Plancha cooking keeps the flavour of the produce intact.

Oysters are served by the half dozen or dozen, with a 3-oysters-and-wine formula at 14 euros. Razor clams, garlic-sauteed tellines, saffron fish soup with house rouille and clam linguine are also on the menu. The octopus-cuttlefish-prawns trio at 36 euros is the most ordered dish on summer evenings. Anyone used to seafood restaurants in Martigues will find a direct, no-fuss take on Mediterranean cooking here, with the sound of the waves added in.

Brunch and Breakfast by the Sea, a Quarter of an Hour from Martigues

On weekend mornings, the Le Spot terrace fills up with families coming from the Martigues area to enjoy brunch by the sea. Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 11am, the brunch menu lines up pancakes, avocado toast with guacamole and cured ham, eggs McSpot, fruit waffles and pastries. The savoury side is there too: plain omelette, scrambled eggs, grilled bacon strips.

Espresso coffee is 1.80 euros, orange, lemon or grapefruit juice is squeezed to order. You sit down at 9am, place your order, and watch the Mediterranean while waiting for the pancakes. Most people come back the next weekend.

Cocktails and Spritz at Sundown, Near Martigues

In the late afternoon, residents of Martigues looking for an aperitif spot head down to the Cote Bleue. Le Spot's cocktail and spritz bar opens its spritz when the sun starts to drop. Aperol spritz, St Germain spritz, Hugo spritz, fresh fruit mojitos, Porn Star Martini and the six house spritzes are enjoyed facing the sunset on the terrace.

The lavender, Limoncello and raspberry spritzes are house recipes. For those driving back to Martigues on the D5, non-alcoholic versions (virgin mojito, virgin colada, virgin aperol) are available. Draught 1664 or Grim blonde beer also accompanies the quieter end-of-day moments.

The 25-Euro Set Menu: an Affordable Table Near Martigues

Monday to Friday at lunch, Le Spot offers a 25-euro daily set menu: a glass of wine, the daily main, dessert and coffee. The menu changes each day depending on the catch. Staff from the business parks between Martigues and Sausset know this formula well: a full lunch on a sea-view terrace at a price that makes sense during the working week.

In the evening, the full menu takes over with bearnaise ribeye at 28 euros, Asian-style beef tartare at 26 euros, the Le Spot Burger at 24 euros and chicken or prawn Caesar salads. For dessert, tiramisu, house fiadone, profiteroles or French toast close the meal.

Martigues and Sausset-les-Pins: Two Sides of the Cote Bleue

Martigues looks toward its canals, its galleries and the fishing tradition on the Etang de Berre. Sausset-les-Pins is a seafront village, with its fishing port and its calanques. The two communes share the same coastline, linked by the D5 and the TER train. Residents of one go to eat or have a drink in the other without thinking twice. Le Spot fits into that pattern: a seaside restaurant accessible from Martigues in fifteen minutes, open 7 days a week from 8am to 11pm.

People come from Martigues for the sea-facing terrace, for the day's plancha-grilled fish, or to brunch on Sunday morning. They come back because the produce is fresh, the view is there, and the prices stay reasonable. To book, call +33 4 42 87 35 77 or use our online form. You can also read about Le Spot's story and team or browse our Cote Bleue blog.