6 splurge places in Avignon, editor-picked. Tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Avignon. All Avignon food.
6 places
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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