Auffo is a mediterranean fine-dining restaurant in Marseille.
Auffo in Marseille's 7e took over the L'Epuisette site at the Vallon des Auffes in April 2025, Coline Faulquier cooking a Mediterranean tasting menu above.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The set tasting; the kitchen is built around what came off the morning boats.
Tip: Book lunch for the cove sunlight; closed Sunday and Monday Booking ahead is essential.
Address: 158 Rue du Vallon des Auffes, 13007 Marseille
La Mercerie in Marseille's 1er opened in 2018 from the Paris Popup trio Harry Cummins, Laura Vidal and Julia Mitton, a market-driven bistronomic tasting menu.
Order: The set tasting; the kitchen reads as a tighter Septime cousin south of Paris.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the terrace seats are the prize on warm nights.
Tuba Club in Marseille's 8e is a fisherman-cabanon kitchen in the Goudes village, 80 seats on a rock terrace above the Mediterranean, Sicilian and Provencal.
Order: The grilled fish of the day; the cabanon kitchen runs simple and salt-driven.
Tip: Reach by bus 19 from Rond-Point du Prado or taxi; reservations open six weeks ahead.
Prosper in Marseille's 6e near Cours Julien opened March 2025 from the Frenchie-trained pair Santiago Michel and Francois Roche, holds the 2026 Bib Gourmand.
Order: The ray-wing terrine and the squid-ink risotto with grilled octopus the inspectors flagged.
Tip: Starters €9 to €15, mains to €25, desserts €9; the terrace fills early on weekends.
AM par Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille's 8e holds three Michelin stars on a 24-seat counter set, the kitchen built around fish, smoke and African-Mediterranean.
Order: The set tasting only, around 40 to 50 small plates served in successive waves over a long evening.
Tip: Book the moment the calendar opens online, around three months ahead.
Le Petit Nice Passedat in Marseille's 7e holds three Michelin stars on the Anse de Maldorme cove, the Passedat family on this rock since 1917 and Gerald.
Order: The Ma Bouille Abaisse, Gerald Passedat's three-service reading of the city's canonical dish.
Tip: Lunch is the easier seating than dinner; the cove view alone justifies the lead time.
Une Table au Sud in Marseille's 2e holds a Michelin star above the Vieux Port quay, Ludovic Turac at the pass since 2010 with a Provencal-Mediterranean.
Order: The lunch tasting at €95 for the best value reading of the kitchen.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; book a window seat over the Quai du Port.
