The places in Avignon the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
8 places
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.
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.
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.
Order The Franco-Japanese bistro plates; Le Fooding singled out daring duck hearts over gem lettuce.
Aimé is a bistro under the plane trees of Place du Cloître Saint-Pierre in Avignon, where chef Ryo Kirikura cooks locavore French food with Japanese notes.
Order Octopus with rose yoghurt and pickled cucumber, or the confit veal shank with chickpea purée.
Bèou Bistrot, run by Marie Petit-Doux in her grandfather’s old house on Rue Violette in Avignon, cooks between Provence and the eastern Mediterranean.
Order The lamb parmentier with thyme jus that Michelin singles out from the short slate menu.
Numéro 75 serves a short market-led menu with Provençal touches in a 19th-century townhouse and leafy courtyard on Rue Guillaume Puy in Avignon.
Order Gragnano pasta or the €80 Menu Voyage, which the kitchen changes every month.
Italie là-bas Ré is chef Italia Palladino's restaurant in the Hôtel de Caumont courtyard in Avignon, reopened there in February 2026 with Neapolitan roots.
Order The €14 plat du midi, or the €19 menu of traditional French dishes with a modern turn.
Estaminet Arômes et Tentations is a couple-run bistro on pedestrian Rue Mazan in Avignon, with a small room facing the open kitchen and a shaded terrace.
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