17 french regional places in Toulouse we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Toulouse | French Regional across every city.
Southwest France is cassoulet, duck and Gascon cooking, and Toulouse is its capital table. Le Genty Magre on Rue Genty Magre in Carmes and Emile on Place Saint-Georges are benchmark rooms for the regional repertoire, while La Cave au Cassoulet on Rue Peyrolieres makes the city's signature bean and confit stew its whole reason for being. Around the Marche Victor Hugo, stalls such as Bistrot J'Go feed the market crowd the same regional dishes.
Restaurant Emile ★ 4.6
saint-georges · 13 Place Saint-Georges, 31000 Toulouse
Restaurant Emile on Toulouse's pedestrian Place Saint-Georges has been the canonical cassoulet address since 1947, with chef Christophe Fasan in charge.
Le Genty Magre ★ 4.5
carmes · 3 Rue Genty Magre, 31000 Toulouse
Le Genty Magre between Esquirol and Capitole is chef Romain Brard's southwestern dining room, winner of the 2023 Toulouse Cassoulet Championship.
Le Colombier ★ 4.4
capitole · 14 Rue de Bayard, 31000 Toulouse
Le Colombier on Rue de Bayard near Capitole is the cassoulet institution opened in 1874 as a bourgeois boarding house, recipe unchanged for a century.
Chez Navarre ★ 4.5
saint-etienne · 49 Grande Rue Nazareth, 31000 Toulouse
Chez Navarre on Grande Rue Nazareth in Saint-Etienne is the neighbourhood table d'hotes with rustic chalet decor and grandmother-style southwestern plates.
Bistrot J'Go ★ 4.2
victor-hugo · 16 Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
Bistrot J'Go on Place Victor Hugo is the southwestern French wine bar and bistro built around the Cochon noir de Bigorre, with a market-facing terrace.
Restaurant Le Magret ★ 4.1
victor-hugo · Marche Victor Hugo, Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
Le Magret on the first floor of the Marche Victor Hugo is the upstairs market restaurant since 1988, drawing from the butcher counters two floors below.
L'Imperiale ★ 4.0
victor-hugo · Marche Victor Hugo, Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
L'Imperiale on the first floor of the Marche Victor Hugo is the family restaurant opened 1985, traditional southwest cuisine and a plancha for grilled fish.
South West Bistrot Ramblas ★ 4.0
capitole · 84 Allees Jean Jaures, 31000 Toulouse
South West Bistrot Ramblas on Allees Jean Jaures is the brick-vaulted southwestern bistro just east of Capitole, with brunch on Sunday and a long bar.
Le J'Go Restaurant ★ 4.8
victor-hugo · 16 Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
Le J'Go on Place Victor Hugo is the southwestern French bistro and wine bar built around Cochon noir de Bigorre, market-facing terrace and Gers bottles.
La Cave au Cassoulet ★ 4.6
carmes · 54 Rue Peyrolieres, 31000 Toulouse
La Cave au Cassoulet on Rue Peyrolieres in Carmes is an unfussy cassoulet specialist with confit duck, sausage and beans baked in clay cassoles.
Le Bon Vivre ★ 4.6
capitole · 15 Place Wilson, 31000 Toulouse
Le Bon Vivre on Place Wilson is the all-day southwestern brasserie with continuous service, a covered terrace and a deep Lauragais cassoulet menu.
Les Jardins de l'Opera ★ 4.6
1 Place du Capitole, 31000 Toulouse
Les Jardins de l'Opera on Place du Capitole is Stephane Tournie's one-Michelin-star dining room set in a glass-roofed courtyard, refined southwest cooking.
Restaurant Metropolitan ★ 4.2
2 Place Auguste Lafourcade, 31000 Toulouse
Restaurant Metropolitan on Place Auguste Lafourcade is the Eric Cellier dining room, with seasonal southwest tasting menus and a Michelin Selected status.
Chez Navarre ★ 4.5
saint-etienne · 49 Grande Rue Nazareth, 31000 Toulouse
Chez Navarre is saint-etienne table d'hotes with shared long tables, adopted as a canteen by locals and missed by visitors who stick to capitole.
La Cave au Cassoulet ★ 4.0
carmes · 54 Rue Peyrolieres, 31000 Toulouse
La Cave au Cassoulet is unfussy cassoulet specialist on rue peyrolieres, smaller than le colombier and genty magre and often missed by tourists.
Stand de la Saucisse ★ 4.2
victor-hugo · Marche Victor Hugo, Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
Stand de la Saucisse inside Marche Victor Hugo is cheapest canonical Toulouse lunch, with city's coiled sausage grilled in a baguette over the market service.
Le Magret Market Lunch ★ 4.1
victor-hugo · Marche Victor Hugo, Place Victor Hugo, 31000 Toulouse
Le Magret on the first floor of Marche Victor Hugo is cheap southwestern French lunch with magret and saucisse de Toulouse from €15 over the market service.