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French fine diningPlace De L HorlogeChef Gérald Azoulay
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.
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French fine diningPlace De L HorlogeChef Pascal Auger
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.
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French regionalGrand Avignon
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.
OrderThe lunch menu from €42, or the Auberge menu from €69, both in a revisited Provençal tradition.
TipThe lunch menu starts at €42 and the Auberge menu at €69; the restaurant closes for January.
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French fine diningPlace De L HorlogeChef Julien Chazal
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.
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Tasting €78French fine diningPlace De L HorlogeChef Grégory Dandel
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.
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Tasting €44-67French fine diningRepublique Corps SaintsChef Joris Tixador
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.