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Vaucluse, Provence Food and drink

A selection of Mr & Mrs Smith's favourite restaurants, bars and cafés in Vaucluse. There are more Smith favourites just across the border in nearby Languedoc-Roussillon and in Provence, so check out our eating and drinking recommendations in those destinations, too.

Eating, drinking and dancing

A selection of Mr & Mrs Smith's favourite restaurants, bars and cafés in Vaucluse. There are more Smith favourites just across the border in nearby Languedoc-Roussillon and in Provence, so check out our eating and drinking recommendations in those destinations, too.

Restaurants

(+33 (0)4 90 30 72 18)

Le Tourne au Verre

Wine bar and restaurant on a well-trodden part of the Cairanne-Gigonadas wine trail with excellent trad French lunch fare; get a table outside in good weather and soak up the sun while you sip hearty Rhone reds and enjoy the simple set menu.

Route de Sainte Cécile, 84290 Cairanne

(+33 (0)4 90 14 20 20)

La Mirande

This Michelin-starred restaurant housed in a 700-year-old building, has a beautiful garden terrace, a cookery school, an art gallery, and does a nice line in afternoon teas.

Place de la Mirande 4, Avignon

(+33 (0)6 08 05 63 57)

Anne-Sophie l’Huître et la Vigne

Charming tapas and oyster bar in a modest building among the vines, a 10-minute drive from the Pont du Gard. Start with tapenades and dips (olive, artichoke, sun-dried tomato, brandade) and marinades (baby octopus, prawns and salmon), then move onto a seafood and shellfish platter, loaded with fresh oysters, crayfish, mussels and whelks. Buy some of Anne-Sophie’s own-label rosé to take away. Reservations essential, as opening times vary (www.lhuitreetlavigne.com).

1 route de St Hilaire, Peyre Plantade – D792, 30210 St Hilaire d’Ozilhan, Gard-Provence/Vaucluse

(+33 (0)4 90 58 39 29)

La Compagnie des Comptoirs

Set in a 14th-century convent, whose handsome cloisters are now fitted with giant cushioned couches, trestle tables and palm trees. Here you can eat chilled zucchini soup, lobster tajine, prune-lacquered duck, or a grilled côte de taureau — that is, bull — a meat popular in the nearby Camargue.

Rue Joseph Vernet, 83, Avignon

(+33 (0)4 90 82 20 22)

Le Bercail

While away the hours in on the leafy terrace at the informal Le Bercail which looks straight across to Avignon's bluffs from its position on an island in the middle of the Rhone.

Chemin des Canotiers, Ile de la Barthelasse, Avignon

(+33 (0)4 90 46 18 12)

Le Grand Pré in Roaix

There’s a romantic atmosphere in this well-known, Michelin-endorsed gem, with a great garden for outdoor dining. Raoul Reichrath, his Mexican wife Flora together with long-time local resident Patricia Wells have created an innovative menu with a discernable Latino influence.

Route de Vaison-la-Romaine, Roaix

(+33 (0)4 90 61 84 55)

Chalet Reynard

Located above the tree-line, near the summit of the Mont Ventoux, this Alpine brasserie is popular with mountain thrill-seekers all year round.

Mont Ventoux Cote Sud

(+33 (0)4 90 61 61 09)

Le Mas de la Bonoty

A favourite with ex-pats, this restaurant on the road between St Didier and Pernes serves excellent traditional cuisine of the region.

Chemin Botony

Cafés

(+33 (0)4 90 12 36 64)

Du Verre a l’Assiette

Modest regional restaurant perfect for a sunny lunch at bistro tables with charcuterie platters, grilled goat’s cheese salads and home-made tarts. Wash down with plenty of the local red stuff, Gigondas (you can buy bottles of the restaurant’s house wines at the little cave shop directly across the little square).

Place du Village, 84190 Gigondas, Côtes du Rhone