4 Best Restaurants in Toulon, Provence

Nestled on a narrow old town side street, this modest restaurant deliciously links the Mediterranean with Mexico in its sun-kissed, veggie-centric cuisine. Crisp homemade tortillas envelop ingredients like caramelized Brussels sprouts, carrot cream, avocado, and chimichurri sauce or pulled chicken or pork with pickled vegetables and frisée lettuce. Desserts include a sinfully rich chocolate ganache cake with a vegan butternut and sweet potato ice cream made with coconut and almond milks, caramelized pumpkin seed, and tequila.

Under the soaring beams of Le Telegraph, a cultural space in Toulon's old central post office, this trendy new restaurant delivers the food and the fun. After a frothy cocktail apéro, you can tuck into dishes like Toulon bay oysters with tomato cubes and crisp nori seaweed flecked with fennel flowers or a rich tartiflette made with reblochon cheese and pancetta. Vegetables also play an important role on the menu, and prices for the tantalizing selection of wines by the glass start at an amazing €5. 

You couldn't have a more perfect setting for chef Marco Casolla's delicious pizzas and pasta dishes—inspired by his native Naples and the bounty of the sea—than the white sands of Toulon's Plage du Mourillon. At this beachside terrace restaurant, diners cool off with an apéro spritz in the shade of umbrellas at lunchtime or wrap up a day at the beach over a sunset dinner.

You don’t have to be a L'Eautel boutique hotel guest to dine in its restaurant, which the locals seem to have adopted for themselves. No surprise, since the market-fresh dishes served here rely on the best local veggies, seafood, and meats. Arrive a little early to try one of the seasonal cocktails in the soaring, light-filled dining room (open for lunch and dinner) or outside on the terrace.