Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Avignon.

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11 places

Pollen

Order The Carte blanche menu, a surprise sequence that changes each week with local producers' supply.

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.

Le Prieuré

Order The five-course menu, or the Pornic pigeon roasted over embers from the à la carte.

Le Prieuré holds one Michelin star under chef Christophe Chiavola, serving creative cooking in a former cloister across the Rhône from Avignon.

La Mirande

Order The single set menu, where each stage pairs a main preparation with two supporting ingredients.

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.

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Restaurant Sevin

Order The seasonal menu; summer 2026 carried the Sur le Pont menu, built on the flavours of the south.

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.

Hiély-Lucullus

Order The Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.

Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.

La Vieille Fontaine

Order The gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.

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.

Auberge de Cassagne

Order The lunch menu from €42, or the Auberge menu from €69, both in a revisited Provençal tradition.

Auberge de Cassagne is a Provençal bastide hotel at Le Pontet, on the edge of Avignon, with a classical restaurant, a terrace and a Rhône-focused wine list.

Le Goût du Jour

Order The Menu Inspiration; Michelin noted pressed Alpilles lamb served in the style of a katsu sando.

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.

Acte 2

Order The six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.

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.

Le Joat

Order The €44 Joat menu, or the six-sequence menu at €67 for the longer version.

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.

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Editor picks in Avignon include Pollen, Le Prieuré, La Mirande, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.