10 french fine dining spots in Place de l'Horloge, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Place de l'Horloge's food · All french fine dining in Avignon.

Pollen ★ 4.8

€€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

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.

Pollen ★ 4.8

€€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

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.

Hiély-Lucullus ★ 4.5

€€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.

OrderThe Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.

TipSeatings are fixed: lunch at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday, dinner at 19:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.

Hiély-Lucullus ★ 4.5

€€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

Hiély-Lucullus, upstairs on Rue de la République in Avignon, blends Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies in chef Gérald Azoulay's menus.

OrderThe Pérouvence menu, which pairs Provençal produce with Peruvian chillies such as aji panca.

TipSeatings are fixed: lunch at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday, dinner at 19:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.

La Vieille Fontaine ★ 4.3

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

La Vieille Fontaine is the Hôtel d'Europe's restaurant in Avignon, where chef Pascal Auger cooks gastronomic and vegetable menus near a shaded courtyard.

OrderThe gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.

TipGroups of more than ten book through the hotel’s sales team and share one menu; a bistro menu also runs Tuesday to Saturday.

Acte 2 ★ 4.3

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.

OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.

TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.

La Vieille Fontaine ★ 4.3

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

La Vieille Fontaine is the Hôtel d'Europe's restaurant in Avignon, where chef Pascal Auger cooks gastronomic and vegetable menus near a shaded courtyard.

OrderThe gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.

TipGroups of more than ten book through the hotel’s sales team and share one menu; a bistro menu also runs Tuesday to Saturday.

Acte 2 ★ 4.3

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.

OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.

TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.

Le Goût du Jour ★ 4.1

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

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.

Le Goût du Jour ★ 4.1

€€€French fine diningPlace De L Horloge

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.

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