11 editor picks in Avignon.
11 restaurants in Avignon, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Avignon.
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.
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.
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.
OrderThe Franco-Japanese bistro plates; Le Fooding singled out daring duck hearts over gem lettuce.
TipThe dining room is tiny and the terrace is the draw; the wine list is regional and organic, from Châteauneuf to Ventoux.
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.
OrderOctopus with rose yoghurt and pickled cucumber, or the confit veal shank with chickpea purée.
TipBottles are sold at shop prices, with a €13 corkage fee for drinking them at the table.
La Fourchette is a bistro on Rue Racine in Avignon serving daube avignonnaise, breaded pig's trotter and an iced praline meringue announced at the table.
OrderDaube de bœuf à l'avignonnaise, then the iced praline meringue the staff announce aloud.
TipThe set menu is €45 for three courses or €33 for two; Michelin notes the room is often full, so book ahead.
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.
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.
OrderThe lamb parmentier with thyme jus that Michelin singles out from the short slate menu.
TipYonder gives menus from €40 in June 2026; Michelin notes a gentler-priced lunch menu and courtyard tables.
Le Bistrot Pamard is La Mirande's daily bistro in Avignon, where chef Michele Donvito writes a short menu of three starters, three mains and three desserts.
OrderThe short seasonal menu of three starters, mains and desserts, with Italian touches.
TipTables are in the Louis XV salon or on the garden terrace facing the palace; the tourism guide lists €34 for two courses, €42 for three.
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.
La Grande Brasserie BIB serves classic brasserie dishes in a former cloister on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, with a courtyard terrace and a cocktail bar.
OrderThe day’s semainier dish, or the pâté en croûte at €12 and mimosa eggs at €9.
TipYonder lists a weekly rota: duck parmentier on Tuesday, aïoli on Friday and croque-madame on Saturday.
La Cour d'Honneur serves lunch formulas from €17 and an evening carte on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, and it opens for dinner seven days a week.
OrderThe €17 lunch main, or the starter of tuna tataki with two sesames.
TipThe lunch carte runs Monday to Saturday except public holidays; a €40 menu adds cheese and a dessert.
