Restaurants in Avignon
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Cuisine du Dimanche
Spitfire chef Marie shops every morning at Les Halles to find the freshest ingredients for her earthy flavour-packed cooking, and takes no culinary short cuts. The market-driven menu changes daily, but specialities include scallops and a simple roast chicken with pan gravy. The narrow stone-walled dining room is a mishmash of textures, from contemporary resin chairs to antique crystal goblets, befitting the chef’s eclecticism. Make reservations.
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L'Echappée Belle
For flavours of cumin, saffron and ginger infusing regional produce; or for homemade pastry and tea, Avignon's new restaurant/salon de thé (tearoom) is a treat. Named after the Nicolas Bouvier novel of the same name (which translates as The Beautiful Escape), L'Echappée Belle is a chic yet relaxed spot amid Avignon's architectural and artistic highlights.
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Restaurant Brunel
Brunel is a local favourite for authentic Provençal dishes such as aïoli , especially at lunch, when there are outstanding deals on main courses (which always include a fish of the day) and desserts. The handful of outdoor tables is hotly contested in warm weather.
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L’Epice and Love
Tables are cheek by jowl at this tiny bohemian restaurant, decorated with antique kitchenware and mismatched chairs. There’s nothing fancy, just straightforward bistro fare, stews, roasts and other homestyle French dishes. No credit cards.
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Les 5 Sens
Chef Thierry Baucher, one of France’s meilleurs ouvriers (top chefs), reveals his southwestern origins in specialities including cassoulet and foie gras, but goes contemporary-Mediterranean in his gastronomic dishes, such as butternut-squash ravioli with escargots. The dining room is refreshingly unfussy, vaguely French Colonial with rattan and carved wood, and service impeccable.
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La Fourchette
An enduring classical French bistro west of place de l'Horloge run by the same family for generations, La Fourchette offers a tempting choice of dishes on its fixed-price menu (prices are the same for lunch or dinner). Along with tender lamb, specialities include marinaded sardines, and a sinful meringue ice cream with praline.
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Le Moutardier
In the medieval days of the Avignon popes, the souffleur blew the fire to get it going, the rôtisseur roasted the meat on it and the moutardier made the mustard - hence the name of this traditional restaurant lazing in the shade of the Palais des Papes with sweeping views from its terrace.
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Au Tout Petit
The ‘Teeny Tiny’ packs big flavours into every imaginative dish, such as tuna carpaccio with vanilla, or apricot tarte Tatin with rosemary ice cream; simple, smart cooking, maximizing the use of spice. Wines by the glass cost a mere €2.50, and lunch is a steal. Only eight tables make reservations essential.
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Numéro 75
The stately dining room of absinthe inventor Jules Pernod’s former mansion is a fitting backdrop for stylized Med cooking. The menu changes nightly, and may only include three mains, but brevity guarantees freshness. On balmy nights book a table in the courtyard garden.
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Le Marmiton
Le Marmiton, the onsite formal restaurant of Hôtel La Mirande, offers cooking classes (from €80) and a twice-weekly chef’s table (€92, reservations essential); afternoon tea is served (albeit slowly) in the glittering lobby.
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La Cure Gourmande
Don't leave Avignon without trying a papaline d'Avignon, a pink chocolate ball of potent Mont Ventoux herbal liqueur that packs a punch; it's available from speciality sweet shops around town such as La Cure Gourmande.
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Le Caveau du Théâtre
Swing over to the south of the square for mellow, moody jazz and a monthly changing carte (menu) of traditional southern French fare with extra zip, such as butter-fried fish in a curry paste with sun-dried tomatoes.
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Le Grand Café
Le Grand Café serves delicious cuisine, such as lamb tagine, in a magnificent setting. Contemporary art works hang from the redbrick ceiling of the former warehouse, complete with a lovely terrace and mirror-lined walls.
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Christian Etienne
Avignon’s top table rests on its laurels and could stand some redecorating, but the refined Provençal cuisine remains exceptional, most notably the summertime-only starter-to-dessert tomato menu. Reservations essential.
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Tapalocas
In the pedestrian area, tuck into a seemingly endless array of traditional Spanish tapas over a sangria or two.
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La Tropézienne
St-Tropez’s famous cream-and-cake concoction, tarte tropézienne, and other Avignon treats.
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Ginette et Marcel
Snacks or a light meal of tartines (open-faced sandwiches) and fruit tarts.
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Erio Convert
Freshly baked breads, pastries and filled baguettes are available from Erio Convert .
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Terre de Saveurs
Half the menu is all-organic vegetarian, the other half veg-heavy meat dishes.
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Le Lutrin
This is Hôtel du Palais des Papes' wonderfully authentic restaurant.
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