La Mer

Rruga Vangjel Zoto · Himarë · Albania

The sea is
across the road.

La Mer sits on the coast road through Himarë, under a straw-fringed pergola with white drapes tied back between the posts. Seafood, a stone wall at the pavement, and the water in front of you.

See the platesFinding it
The restaurant's frontage on Rruga Vangjel Zoto: a straw-fringed pergola over a white-painted timber frame, white drapes tied back between the posts, and a stone-clad low wall with a menu board on the pavement.

At the pavement

Look for the sign that reads Sofra e Bregut

The lettering across the fascia reads Sofra e Bregut, and the menu board standing on the pavement carries the same name. That is the frontage to look for on Rruga Vangjel Zoto.

The straw fringe over the pergola and the rough stone facing on the low wall make it easy to pick out from the road, between the palms in their white planters.

From the pass

What the kitchen sends out

A rice dish finished with shaved hard cheese and olive oil, on the kitchen's pale blue plate.
Escalopes under a cream and mushroom sauce, on the same pale blue plate, with a glass of white beside it.
A layered pink and pistachio-green dessert, dusted with sugar and topped with a spoonful of translucent yellow fruit, a sprig of basil on the plate beside it.

Seafood is what the kitchen is known for. Ring and ask what the catch is — more of the plates.

The outlook

Between the drapes

The view out from between the drapes: cars parked along the coast road, the water beyond them, and a headland standing across it.

The coast road runs between the terrace and the water, with the parking along it, and a headland stands across the water beyond.