Modern FrenchChef Clément Briand-Seurat€€€€59-99ÉcussonThu-Mon 12:00-14:00 and from 20:00; closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Céna seats diners under medieval cross vaults on Place Pétrarque in Montpellier, Clément Briand-Seurat's tasting-only table rated 15/20 by Gault et Millau.
Tip: Lunch menus run 59 to 89 euros against 99 at dinner; seatings are tight windows, and the vaulted room takes few covers.
Modern FrenchChef Marina Davilla€€€€92ÉcussonMon-Tue and Fri-Sun 19:00-20:30 seatings; closed Wednesday and Thursday
Artisane is Marina Davilla's evening-only chef's table on Rue du Palais des Guilhem in Montpellier, one hidden set menu built from ethical producers.
Tip: A single imposed menu at 92 euros with a five-glass pairing at 50; unusually for Montpellier, it serves Sunday nights.
Modern FrenchChef Sébastien Perrier€€ÉcussonTue-Sat 12:00-13:15 and 19:30-21:15; closed Sunday, Monday and Wednesday lunch
L'Artichaut runs Bib Gourmand seasonal menus on Rue Saint Firmin in Montpellier, Sébastien Perrier turning market produce into precise bistro plates.
Tip: The Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps demand high for a small room; the short card changes with the seasons, so trust the set menus.
French bistroChef Jacques and Laurent Pourcel€€€ÉcussonDaily 12:00-14:15 and 19:30-22:00
La Canourgue is the Pourcels' bistronomic second room at Hôtel Richer de Belleval in Montpellier, Mediterranean plates served daily on the plane-tree square.
Tip: Open every day, rare in this city; it is the easiest route into the Pourcel kitchen without the starred bill upstairs.
MediterraneanChef Jacques and Laurent Pourcel€€Port MarianneTue-Sat 12:00-14:00 and 20:00-23:00; Sun 12:00-14:00; closed Monday
Terminal #1 fills a former wine storehouse in Port Marianne, Montpellier, the Pourcel brothers' neo-industrial bistro of Mediterranean sharing plates.
Tip: Menus land between 33 and 59 euros, a fraction of the Jardin des Sens bill; the vast room still books out on weekends.
Modern FrenchChef Clément Gueudr退€ÉcussonDaily 12:00-13:30 and 19:30-21:30
Le Petit Jardin serves Clément Gueudré's seasonal gastronomy under century-old trees facing Saint-Pierre cathedral, a garden hidden in the old town.
Tip: Book the garden terrace, the point of the address; the group's glacier and cooking school sit across the lane at number 25.