We dined in a bright, elegant room decorated in pinks and creams, with flowers. Specialties included mushroom ravioli with Lubéron truffles and an amazing fruit soup with homemade honey ice cream.
There are good value tasting menus of local specialties for euro 54 and, unusually for a restaurant of this class, if you aren’t very hungry you can choose a single dish, starting at about euro 13.
A “Grill,” open for lunch, is reasonably priced. The manager is the sommelier and is passionate about his subject, so ask his advice in choosing a wine. If you are lucky, he may have some vin cuit – cooked wine – a local Christmas specialty, for dessert.
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