Michelin man Bibendum logoThis is a complete list of the Michelin-starred restaurants in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, with links straight to their websites.

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We've also noted how many stars each restaurant currently holds, as well as new arrivals and promotions / demotions, when applicable.

News for Michelin restaurants in ProvenceThe 2023 Michelin restaurant awards for France have been announced. There are three new one-star restaurants in Provence and the Côte d'Azur: Château Eza in Èze, Faventia in Tourrettes and Couleurs de Shimatani, which offers Japanese-Mediterranean fusion cuisine in La Ciotat,.

Among the casualities are the Champ de Lune in Lourmarin and the MonteCristo at the Hôtel du Castellet. It lost its three stars when Chef Christophe Bacquié left earlier this year to start a new restaurant in Bonnieux, in the Luberon (keep an eye out for that one in next year's Michelin guide).

His deputy, Fabien Ferré, takes over in Le Castellet and will be hoping to win back those stars soon.

But remember that Michelin isn't the only game in town. The rival guide Gault & Millau is almost as influential.

It offers a refreshingly alternative point of view, more adventurous in many people's opinion, has targeted awards for specialised qualities such as service and innovation and is much quicker than Michelin to spot emerging talent.

Michelin itself publishes a second guide, the Bib Gourmand, which highlights restaurants, bistros and bars offering high-quality food, reasonable prices and good value for money.

The region comprises the départements of Les Alpes de Haute Provence (04), Hautes Alpes (05), Alpes Maritimes (06), Bouches du Rhône (13), Var (83) and Vaucluse (84).

In terms of numbers of Michelin-starred restaurants, the Alpes Maritimes and Bouches du Rhône are way ahead of the other départements of Provence.

Another small centre of gastronomic excellence is in the Luberon where a cluster of neighbouring villages, including Ansouis, Gordes and Lourmarin, is rich in stars.

There are now six restaurants with three Michelin stars in Provence (not a bad score - there are just 30 in the whole of France).

One is the long-established Le petit Nice in Marseille. An addition in 2013 was La Vague d'Or at the Résidence de la Pinède in Saint Tropez.

It was joined in 2019 by Mirazur in Menton, in 2020 by L'Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux de Provence, in 2021 by AM in Marseille and in 2022 by La Villa Madie in Cassis.

Click here for our guides to the best restaurants in Marseille, Aix and Avignon, which include some gems that Michelin hasn't yet discovered. We've also indicated below where one of these restaurants is reviewed in full elsewhere on this site.

Our list covers all the Michelin-starred restaurants in Provence in 2023. The larger restaurants, especially those in the Châteaux & Relais group, have fancy websites, sometimes too elaborate, with all the bells and whistles, so beware of these if you have a slow internet connection.

At the other end of the spectrum, a handful of the smaller, independent new arrivals don't yet have their own websites, and in several cases the sites appear to be offline. Some just have a Facebook page.

Click here to read about what was new in Provence in the 2015 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2016 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2017 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2018 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2019 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2020 Michelin restaurant guide, in the 2021 Michelin restaurant guide and in the 2022 Michelin restaurant guide.

Fun fact for the Michelin restaurant guideIn 2017 a humble small-town café in Bourges in central France called the Bouche à Oreille was suddenly inundated with reservation requests.

bourges bouche a oreilleThe reason: it had just been awarded a star in the new Michelin guide. The only snag was that the star actually belonged to another, much grander establishment of the same name in a nearby town.

The mistake was quickly corrected, but in the meantime diners flocked to Bourges to enjoy a surprisingly excellent beef bourgignonne or mussels and chips for a bargain 12.5€.

 

LES ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE (04)

 

Château Arnoux -- La Bonne Étape *

Manosque -- Restaurant Pierre Grein *

Moustiers Sainte Marie -- La Bastide de Moustiers *

 

LES HAUTES ALPES (05)

 

Saint Crépin -- Les Tables de Gaspard *

 

ALPES MARITIMES (06)

 

Antibes -- Le Figuier de Saint Esprit *

Antibes -- Louroc *

Antibes (Cap d'Antibes) -- Les Pêcheurs *

Beaulieu sur Mer -- Le Restaurant des Rois *

Biot -- Les Terraillers *

Cannes -- La Palme d'Or at the Hôtel Martinez **

Le Cannet (Cannes) -- Villa Archange **

La Colle sur Loup -- Alain Llorca *

Èze -- Château de la Chèvre d'Or **

Èze -- Château Eza * NEW 2023

Èze Bord de Mer -- La Table de Patrick Raingeard *

 

Juan les Pins -- La Passagère*

Menton -- Mirazur ***

Nice -- Les Agitateurs *

Nice -- Chantecler *

Nice -- L'Aromate *

Nice -- Flaveur **

Nice -- Jan *

Nice -- Pure & V *

Roquebrune Cap Martin -- Ceto *

Saint Jean Cap Ferrat -- Le Cap at the Grand Hôtel du Cap Ferrat *

Théoule sur Mer -- L'Or Bleu *

La Turbie -- Hostellerie Jérôme **

Vence -- Le Saint Martin *

Villeneuve Loubet -- La Flibuste Martin's *

 

 

BOUCHES DU RHONE (13)

 

Aix en Provence -- L'Art at Château de la Gaude *

Aix en Provence -- Pierre Reboul at the Hôtel Château de la Pioline *

Aix en Provence (Le Tholonet) -- Le Saint Estève *

Arles -- La Chassagnette *

Les Baux de Provence -- L'Oustau de Baumanière ***

Les Baux de Provence -- L'Aupiho at the Domaine de Manville *

Cassis -- La Villa Madie ***

Read our full review of La Villa Madie

La Ciotat -- Couleurs de Shimatani * NEW 2023

La Ciotat (Le Liouquet) -- La Table de Nans at L'Auberge le Revestel *

Eygalières -- Maison Hache *

Gémenos -- La Magdeleine *

Marseille -- Alcyone at the InterContinental Hôtel Dieu *

Read our full review of the InterContinental Hôtel Dieu

Marseille -- AM par Alexandre Mazzia ***

Read our full review of AM par Alexandre Mazzia

Marseille -- L'Epuisette *

Marseille -- Le petit Nice ***

Read our full review of Le petit Nice

Marseille -- Saisons *

Marseille -- Signature *

Marseille -- Une Table, au Sud *

Read our full review of Une Table, au Sud

Le Puy Sainte Réparade -- Restaurant Hélène Darroze à Villa La Coste*

Saint Cannat -- Le Mas Bottero *

Saint Rémy de Provence -- Fanny Rey & Jonathan Wahid at L'Auberge de Saint Rémy *

Saint Rémy de Provence -- Hôtel de Tourrel *

Salon de Provence -- Villa Salone *

Ventabren -- Dan B, La Table de Ventabren *

 

 

LE VAR (83)

 

Les Arcs sur Agens -- Le Relais des Moines *

Bandol -- Les Oliviers at the Hôtel Île Rousse *

Read our full review of the Hôtel Île Rousse

La Cadière d'Azur -- Hostellerie Bérard *

La Celle -- Hostellerie de l'Abbaye de la Celle *

La Croix Valmer -- La Palmeraie at the Château de Valmer *

Le Lavandou -- L'Arbre au Soleil *

Lorgues -- Bruno *

Lorgues -- Le Jardin de Berne at the Hôtel Château de Berne *

Ramatuelle -- La Voile at the Hôtel La Réserve Ramatuelle **

Saint Raphaël -- La Terrasse at the Hôtel Les Roches Rouges *

Saint Tropez -- Colette

Saint Tropez -- La Vague d'Or at Cheval Blanc ***

Tourrettes -- Faventia at the Hôtel Terre Blanche * NEW 2023

 

VAUCLUSE (84)

 

Ansouis -- La Closerie *

Avignon -- La Mirande *

Read our full review of the Hôtel La Mirande

Avignon -- Pollen *

Avignon -- La Vieille Fontaine at the Hôtel d'Europe *

Read our full review of the Hôtel d'Europe

Bonnieux -- La Bastide de Capelongue *

Châteauneuf du Pâpe -- La Mère Germaine *

Cucuron -- La petite Maison de Cucuron *

Gigondas -- L'Oustellet *

Gordes (Joucas) -- Hostellerie le Phébus *

L'Isle sur la Sorgue -- Le Vivier *

Lourmarin (Cadenet) -- Auberge la Fenière *

 

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