21 editor picks in Avignon.
21 french fine dining places in Avignon we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Avignon | French Fine Dining across every city.
Pollen holds Avignon's Michelin star in the 2026 guide: chef Mathieu Desmarest cooks a weekly surprise menu from an open kitchen on Rue Joseph Vernet.
OrderThe Carte blanche menu, a surprise sequence that changes each week with local producers' supply.
TipThe weekday lunch Carte blanche is €60 and dinner runs €120 or €150; it is shut at weekends and for short breaks, so check the site's closure notice.
Le Prieuré holds one Michelin star under chef Christophe Chiavola, serving creative cooking in a former cloister across the Rhône from Avignon.
OrderThe five-course menu, or the Pornic pigeon roasted over embers from the à la carte.
TipThe five-course menu costs €145; the hotel also runs a bistro-style room, La petite table du Prieuré.
La Mirande serves one tasting menu from chef Michele Donvito in an 18th-century salon behind the Palais des Papes in Avignon, Michelin Selected in 2026.
OrderThe single set menu, where each stage pairs a main preparation with two supporting ingredients.
TipDonvito took over the kitchen in January 2026; tables are in the 18th-century room or in the garden.
Restaurant Sevin sits against the Palais des Papes in Avignon, where Guilhem Sevin cooks a seasonal menu backed by a cellar book of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
OrderThe seasonal menu; summer 2026 carried the Sur le Pont menu, built on the flavours of the south.
TipClosed 1-19 November 2026, and on Sunday evenings from December to March; a few steps lead up to the entrance.
Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.
OrderThe Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.
TipSeatings are fixed: lunch at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday, dinner at 19:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.
La Vieille Fontaine is the Hôtel d'Europe's restaurant in Avignon, where chef Pascal Auger cooks gastronomic and vegetable menus near a shaded courtyard.
OrderThe gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.
TipGroups of more than ten book through the hotel’s sales team and share one menu; a bistro menu also runs Tuesday to Saturday.
Le Goût du Jour cooks chef Julien Chazal's modern menus in a room of stone walls, parquet and a coffered ceiling on Rue Saint-Étienne in Avignon.
OrderThe Menu Inspiration; Michelin noted pressed Alpilles lamb served in the style of a katsu sando.
TipMenu Inspiration comes in three, four or six services, with or without wine pairings; a chef’s table for two is available on request.
Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.
OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.
TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.
Le Joat is a long, narrow dining room on Rue des Trois Faucons in Avignon where chef Joris Tixador cooks weekly-changing seasonal menus, from €34 at lunch.
OrderThe €44 Joat menu, or the six-sequence menu at €67 for the longer version.
TipThe €34 seasonal menu is lunch only; the €44 Joat menu and the four and six-sequence menus run at lunch and dinner.
Pollen holds Avignon's Michelin star in the 2026 guide: chef Mathieu Desmarest cooks a weekly surprise menu from an open kitchen on Rue Joseph Vernet.
OrderThe Carte blanche menu, a surprise sequence that changes each week with local producers' supply.
TipThe weekday lunch Carte blanche is €60 and dinner runs €120 or €150; it is shut at weekends and for short breaks, so check the site's closure notice.
Le Prieuré holds one Michelin star under chef Christophe Chiavola, serving creative cooking in a former cloister across the Rhône from Avignon.
OrderThe five-course menu, or the Pornic pigeon roasted over embers from the à la carte.
TipThe five-course menu costs €145; the hotel also runs a bistro-style room, La petite table du Prieuré.
La Mirande serves one tasting menu from chef Michele Donvito in an 18th-century salon behind the Palais des Papes in Avignon, Michelin Selected in 2026.
OrderThe single set menu, where each stage pairs a main preparation with two supporting ingredients.
TipDonvito took over the kitchen in January 2026; tables are in the 18th-century room or in the garden.
Restaurant Sevin sits against the Palais des Papes in Avignon, where Guilhem Sevin cooks a seasonal menu backed by a cellar book of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
OrderThe seasonal menu; summer 2026 carried the Sur le Pont menu, built on the flavours of the south.
TipClosed 1-19 November 2026, and on Sunday evenings from December to March; a few steps lead up to the entrance.
Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.
OrderThe Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.
TipSeatings are fixed: lunch at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday, dinner at 19:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.
La Vieille Fontaine is the Hôtel d'Europe's restaurant in Avignon, where chef Pascal Auger cooks gastronomic and vegetable menus near a shaded courtyard.
OrderThe gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.
TipGroups of more than ten book through the hotel’s sales team and share one menu; a bistro menu also runs Tuesday to Saturday.
Le Goût du Jour cooks chef Julien Chazal's modern menus in a room of stone walls, parquet and a coffered ceiling on Rue Saint-Étienne in Avignon.
OrderThe Menu Inspiration; Michelin noted pressed Alpilles lamb served in the style of a katsu sando.
TipMenu Inspiration comes in three, four or six services, with or without wine pairings; a chef’s table for two is available on request.
Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.
OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.
TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.
Le Joat is a long, narrow dining room on Rue des Trois Faucons in Avignon where chef Joris Tixador cooks weekly-changing seasonal menus, from €34 at lunch.
OrderThe €44 Joat menu, or the six-sequence menu at €67 for the longer version.
TipThe €34 seasonal menu is lunch only; the €44 Joat menu and the four and six-sequence menus run at lunch and dinner.
Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.
OrderThe Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.
TipSeatings are fixed: lunch at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday, dinner at 19:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.
Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.
OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.
TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.
Le Joat is a long, narrow dining room on Rue des Trois Faucons in Avignon where chef Joris Tixador cooks weekly-changing seasonal menus, from €34 at lunch.
OrderThe €44 Joat menu, or the six-sequence menu at €67 for the longer version.
TipThe €34 seasonal menu is lunch only; the €44 Joat menu and the four and six-sequence menus run at lunch and dinner.
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