In his miniature café located in the Village Iraty-Biarritz commercial zone and decorated with a Star Wars fresco, 1970s wallpaper and artisan-made furniture, Périgord native Grégory Ther makes his pizza dough dance! Easy-peasy when you had the Sardinian-born Mario Venerdini, of Bottega di Mario in Bayonne and the prince of Neapolitan pizza, for a mentor. Fresh from the electric oven, the night we went, topped with the best of Italy and the Basque Country: an incredible Bumble Bee pizza with puffed-up crusts and tender dough topped with pecorino sardo, fior di latte, sun-dried tomatoes, mortadella, burrata and pistachios; or a tasty 4 Fro combining pecorino sardo, fior di latte, taleggio, friarielli, tomatoes and Parmesan. Before a balanced tiramisu with espresso and homemade praline. // Gérard Roubeix 

FEELING THIRSTY? La Pie Colette, a Côtes-de-Duras red (€4.50 a glass), a Bergerac white from the Château Tour des Gendres (€30 a bottle), a Puglia red from Lupo Meraviglia (€32) or organic Basque beer from Uhaina (€4 for 330 ml). 
PRICE: Salads €14, pizzas €9-18, desserts €6.