"Outdoor Dining Area" Restaurants in France
Mauro Colagreco is Argentinian, but his passion is for Mediterranean cuisine, with his extraordinary dishes based on the lunar calendar and the phases of the moon. Home-grown vegetables and hand-picked fish and meat form the basis of his creative cuisine.
Luxury down to the last detail, the stylishly decorated restaurant in the legendary Parisian hotel is a firm gourmet hotspot in the French capital. Chef Arnaud Faye ensures this with his "haute cuisine", which interprets classics with a sometimes beguiling lightness.
The chic country house, which also offers elegant hotel rooms, is one of Champagne's gastronomic flagships. Arnaud Lallement has cooked the friendly family business into the top group of French restaurants with his outstanding cuisine.
You can experience and taste what the south of France has to offer in gastronomic terms at Fabien Ferré. His restaurant in the chic Provençal luxury resort is the ideal place to experience Mediterranean cuisine in all its finesse and aromatic subtleties.
There is hardly a more beautiful backdrop for top Mediterranean cuisine than the picturesque Gulf of Saint Tropez. In the luxury hotel's gourmet restaurant surrounded by pine trees, chef Arnaud Donckele offers his aromatic creations, perfectly prepared and arranged.
The glamorous restaurant with all its historical splendour is an ideal stage for the gastronomy that is celebrated here in the characteristic style of Alain Ducasse. The "Jardin de Provence" menu is a classic, a gastronomic legend of "haute cuisine".
The restaurant in the cosy mountain chalet is set to reopen in the second half of 2025. Chef Emmanuel Renaut will then celebrate his alpine-inspired cuisine, a gastronomic assault on the summit, created from regional products and supplemented with ingredients from all over the world.
With a view of Cap Canaille, the modern-style restaurant serves cuisine that has it all. Head chef Dimitri Droisneau brings Provence to the palate, his dishes are light and freshly aromatic, with all the magic of the Mediterranean in the arrangements.
The Provençal estate of Baumanière may seem a little inconspicuous, but its historic walls are home to first-class cuisine. Head chef Glenn Viel offers the finest Mediterranean cuisine, prepared with the best ingredients and inspired by traditional country cooking.
The sumptuously furnished hotel not only offers exclusive rooms, but also an extensive gastronomic repertoire in the chic restaurant. Franck Derouet and Thomas Lorival serve remarkable arrangements based on vegetables from their own garden.
This remarkable restaurant, built around an ancient oak tree, is the flagship of a gastronomic family that has made gastronomic history. César Troisgros continues the tradition, his dishes are original, each one a sophisticated work of gastronomic art in its own right.
The Alsatian restaurant is not only a gastronomic stronghold, but also an institution of French "haute cuisine". Paul Haeberlin's classics, which his son Marc serves alongside his own creations in the chic restaurant, are legendary. Great wine list!
Designed by architect Patrick Bouchain, the unusually designed restaurant with its metal roofs is the perfect place for chef Alexandre Gauthier to offer his equally unusual dishes, which are creative and experimental down to the smallest detail.
The blue house on the lake overlooking the water is Yoann Conte's gastronomic hideaway. Born in Breton, he is a master of authentic, down-to-earth cuisine, which he transforms into aromatic works of art with fine herbs and a straightforward cooking style.
Marcel Ravin offers two-star cuisine with West Indian flavours, inspired by his grandmother's recipes. He combines local ingredients such as Piedmontese poultry and Mediterranean fish. Floriane Grand's desserts are also worthy of mention.
Located on the edge of Lac d'Annecy, the Auberge du Père is a refuge of good taste and well-being. Chef Jean Sulpice's passion is the gastronomic play with nature and its products, which he translates into refined and creative dishes.
Alan Taudon is the head chef at the charming restaurant in the Grand Hotel Four Seasons George V. Meatless dishes such as the legendary potato and comté truffle tart, the grilled dorado with vegetables or the sea yolk with egg yolk are served in a stylish ambience.
Not far from Bordeaux, the robust estate is located in the middle of the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte. In the chic gourmet restaurant, chef Nicolas Masse offers varied and aromatic cuisine made from fresh produce from the southwest of France.
Located between Nimes and Arles, Michel Kayser cooks up a storm in his chic restaurant and delights his guests with first-class Mediterranean cuisine. Seafood and fish take centre stage, but poultry is also served in a Mediterranean style.