PBProvence - restaurant help please
 

Hi PBProvence - I was wondering it the info in this old post is still accurate. I'm looking into restaurants in/near St Remy for dinner reservations Easter Sunday and Monday this year (23-24 March). Do you know how far in advance we need to reserve? Also, for places you describe as reasonably priced, what should we expect to pay per person (Cabro d'Or quoted me 120-150 Euro/person which sounds crazy to me - is it?). Thanks!

Author: PBProvence
Date: 04/29/2006, 05:10 pm
Well... here's my list of recommended places. I've just come home from dinner at Moulin d'Aure and another really good meal.

In the Alpilles area:

St. Remy

Jardin de Frédéric
Small, cozy restaurant with a small outdoor terrace. Good seafood dishes. Friendly owner and service is good.
Closed Sunday and Monday lunch
Dress - Casual
8, boulevard Gambetta Tel: 04 90 92 27 76
Menus offered at 25 and 28 euro (dinner) 16 euro (lunch)

La Serre

Charming restaurant in an old greenhouse in the village - chef is the grandson of Gaston Lenotre. Very good, inventive food, reasonably priced.
Dress - casual
8, rue Commune Tel: 04 90 92 37 21

La Source - Totally non-smoking

Charming, small restaurant fairly off the tourist path. Very good food, beautiful shaded terrace overlooking a garden for summer dining. Closed Wednesday
13, avenue Liberation Tel: 04 90 92 44 71
Lunch menu around 21 euro Dinner menus 30/40 euro

Outside of St.Remy, on the D5 just outside of Graveson:

Moulin d'Aure

Also a B&B, the restaurant is wonderful. The owners are Italian, so many of the dishes are Italian inspired. Reasonably priced, with a decent wine list that includes some good Italian choices.
Tel: 04 90 95 84 05







Outside of St. Remy in the direction of Noves:

La Maison (Domaine de Bournissac)
New restaurant and country inn (about two years old) - in a lovely old mas. Excellent cuisine. Terrace shaded by a fig tree. Menus at around 40 euro
Closed Monday and Tuesday noon
tel: 04 90 90 25 25


Les Baux de Provence

* Riboto de Taven
In the Val d'Enfer, just below the village of Les Baux. An excellent Michelin one star restaurant for thirty-five years, they've turned in their star and are no longer serving a varied menu. They've become a country inn and serve a dinner with a set menu . Call in advance to see what they're serving - and if they have room. The menu changes with the seasons, but always includes regional dishes. Beautiful garden and terrace with a view of the village of Les Baux. Dining on the terrace in the summer months, otherwise indoors in what was once the bergerie (sheepfold).
Dress - Dressy casual, although no ties required for men.
Tel: 04 90 54 34 23
Menu is usually around 45 euro



Maussane-les-Alpilles


L’Oustaloun

On the village square, this hotel restaurant has a small menu, but the food is excellent.





La Vallée ( Chez Karine )
This restaurant was begun a couple of years ago by Jean-Louis' daughter Karine (Jean Louis of Bistrot du Paradou) and her sister. Her sister has gone on to other things, but Karine, along with the former chef at Cuisine au Planet in Fontvieille are doing good things here. One of their most successful menus has been based on the artichoke.... extremely popular.

15, avenue de la Vallée des Baux Tel: (33) 490 54 54 00
[email protected] website: www.la-vallee.net




* Bistrot de La Petite France

Former Michelin one star restaurant, just outside Maussane near Le Paradou in a renovated farmhouse. They "turned in" their star and changed the style of the restaurant to a less formal bistro. Excellent food, good service. One of the best wine lists in France (the chef's father is the owner of the largest wine distributor in the south of France)
Casual. Reservations recommended Closed Wednesday and Thursday
55, avenue de la Vallee des Baux Tel: 04 90 54 41 91
Menu - 25 euro

Bistrot du Paradou

Popular (written about endlessly) with tourists. Lunch and Dinner (dinner served only from June through the end of September). One Menu, based on market shopping - basically you eat what Jean-Louis' wife cooks.
The past couple of years I've found that the menus are changing less and less, and the price has gone up and up.. In the past weeks, Jean Louis has put up signs everywhere on the property "Chez Jean Louis"....
Friday is always Aïoli day. Check the menu of the day before reserving
Dress is casual Tel: 04 90 54 32 70
Lunch menu - 39 euro





Fontvieille (between Arles & Les Baux)

Cuisine au Planet
Very small, but charming, restaurant in the center of the village.... in one of the oldest houses there (16th C). Small outdoor terrace for summer dining.
Dress - casual
144, Grand rue Tel: 04 90 54 63 97
Menus 25 and 32 euro


Arles

Jardin des Arts - Totally non-smoking

This is a great spot for lunch. On the main walking/shopping street, in a restored building overlooking a garden. There are daily menus as well as a large choice “a la carte”. The salads are large and excellent.
Lunch service only.
38, rue de la Republique
Tel: 04 90 96 10 36

****** L’atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel

Newly opened by the former chef, and creator of, the only registered organic restaurant La Chassagnette in the Camargue. This is a small restaurant in the heart of the shopping area. The theme remains the same – organic, fresh and inventive.

7, rue des Carmes
tel: 04 90 91 07 69

Eygalières

* Bistrot d'Eygalières "Chez Bru"
Michelin one star. Charming restaurant in the center of this tiny village. Owners/chef are Belgian, trained at the Baumanière in the 'good old days'. Inventive cuisine, fairly good wine list. In the summer, tables are set outside on the sidewalk for outdoor dining. They also have four rooms.... 130 to 160 euro per night
Reservations recommended in season and on weekends.
rue Republique Tel: 04 90 90 60 34
Lunch menu 45 euro Dinner menus 64/74 euro


Le Petit Bru
The baby bistro to the Bistrot d'Eygalieres. More casual - good food.
Prix fixe menu which offers a choice of entrée and main course, cheese and dessert.
House wine only.
Tel: 04 90 95 98 89

Sous les Micocouliers
Situated off the main road, this restaurant always has an interesting daily menu.
Lovely large terrace under the trees, it's great in the summer months.
Closed Tuesday all day and Wednesday at lunchtime.
Tel: 04 90 95 94 53


Noves

* Auberge de Noves
Michelin One Star restaurant. Beautiful setting on a hill in a wooded park. Chef Lalleman creates some delicious dishes.
Dressy Casual
Reservations recommended in season and on weekends.
rte. Châteaurenard Tel: 04 90 24 28 28

Avignon

Mamma Corsica
Corsican specialties and grilled meats.
35 rue Jean le Vieux (near the place Pie)
They also have a Corsican grocery store: U Nebbiu at 70, boulevard St Ruf

La Petite Pêche
Small restaurant - close tables. Very good seafood. A nice place for lunch.
13, rue Saint-Etienne Tel: 04 90 86 02 46




Christian Etienne
A Michelin starred restaurant in a 14thC building touching the Palais des Papes. Regional, excellent cooking. There is an outdoor terrace.
10, rue de Mons Tel: 04 90 86 16 50

Villeneuve-lez-Avignon

* Prieuré
A One Star Michelin restaurant located in the hotel by the same name... the food is delicious and in fine weather you can sit outside on the terrace.
Dress - dressy casual
7, place Chapitre Tel: 04 90 15 90 15

Mon Mari Etait Patissier
This place is totally different... the chef is a kook, but he cooks well. No meat on the menu, as he has a pet duck named PomPom (sometimes he brings the duck to your table to meet you). He does serve foie gras, however... so apparently geese are excluded from his no meat policy. In good weather you can sit outside under an arbor.
Dress - Casual
Villa Sylvie - 3, boulevard Pasteur Tel: 04 90 25 52 79

Salon de Provence

l'Eau a la Bouche
This combination restaurant and fish shop guarantees the freshest of seafood. They have an excellent chef and the food is excellent.
Closed Sunday evening and Monday all day
Place Morgan tel: 04 90 56 41 93

L'O

Newly opened second restaurant of l'Eau a la Bouche... sort of like a baby bistro.
Nice for lunch.
1 Place Crousillat Tel: 04 90 44 70 82



In the Luberon Region:

Coustellet

La Maison Gouin

Reservations are a must in this former butcher shop turned restaurant.
Near the Credit Agricole on the market place
04 90 76 90 18



Aix-en-Provence

* Le Clos de la Violette
Michelin Two Star restaurant. Chef Banzo (yes that's really his name) does great things with food. The service is excellent and in good weather you can dine in the garden. Just steps from the Villa Gallici hotel.
Dress - Dressy Casual
10, avenue Violette Tel: 04 42 23 30 71
email: [email protected]

I know that La Source in St Remy and Le Petit Bru in Eygalieres are closed. We have enjoyed meals over the years at La Serre, Alain Asuad, Jardin de Frédéric and Maison Jaune in St Remy and L’Oustaloun in Maussane-les-Alpilles. We also had a very good meal at Great Grain (I think that is the name.) in St Remy.

Is there an email address for Alain Assaud?

Or an email for Jardin de Frédéric?

We've dined at Alain Assaud twice - very nice. There is not e-mail in the '07 Michelin Guide for either restaurant.

You need to learn how to use www.viamichelin.com

Go to this site, and click on "restaurant" at the top. Then enter the city you want in France & then whether you want Michelin recommended restaurants and/or "other" restaurants.

Stu Dudley

thank you - i actually just started playing around with the site - it really is great. perhaps the best thing to do is to email our hotel and see if they can call these restaurants to inquire about hours, prices, menus, reservations, etc. i'm still keeping my fingers crossed that l'atelier will be open for lunch on easter monday since it's such a big festival in arles.

What do you mean about Le Petit Bru in Eygalieres closed.... closed for the season or closed permanently?

s-rk,

Can't imagine L'Atelier would be closed Easter Monday - but you can and definately should send a reservation request via their web site - sooner rather than later. They are quite good about responding.

-Kevin

For lunch, does L'Atelier do a set menu or can you choose courses? Also, what are the prices like?

From looking at the website, it seems like L'Atelier only offers a set menu. If this is the case, since my husband and I do not eat red meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal, etc.) or shellfish, perhaps this would be a poor idea? Any thoughts? Are there any other restaurants in Arles that you would recommend for lunch?

Both L'Atelier and A Cote will be open Easter Monday. Has anyone been to A Cote yet? I wonder if it would be better for us since it serves an a la carte menu (given dietary restrictions) . . .

Sorry, JoyC Le Petit Bru in Eygalieres is closed permanently. I heard there is an Italian restaurant there now.

yes - chez bru emailed me that a restaurant named l'aubergine has opened there.