Montpellier Restaurants

Montpellier restaurants are so widespread that it would be impossible for me to list them all. It depends whether you're looking for Montpellier restaurants in the centre of town, so you can have lunch or dinner while you're out doing some Montpellier shopping. Or restaurants in the surrounding areas.

What I can tell you is that there are two areas in the centre of Montpellier where my family and I eat.

The first, and probably most obvious, are the restaurants around the Place de la Comedie. These range from fast food joints such as Mc Donalds, to Gastronomical restaurants offering local delicacies with fine wine. Or perhaps a pizza would be good?

To find Montpellier restaurants around the Place de la Comedie, you can either take a stroll and cast your eye over the menus on offer, or plan ahead by reading up on specific restaurants listed by the Montpellier tourist office or our list below.

The other place in Montpellier that we like to eat is down by the river. This part of town is nice and easy to get to by car and the view over the river is great.

• Exit the A9 motorway at junc 29

• As you turn off the motorway, go north towards the centre of town, in the opposite direction to the airport.

• As you come off the motorway you'll filter onto the D66, a two lane dual carriageway heading into the centre of town.

• After about 3km (1.8 miles), the road will cross the river.

• As you cross the river look down to your left. That's where you're heading.

• Just after you cross the bridge you'll come to a set of traffic lights.

• Turn left an the lights, and left again so that you turn back on yourself to go back across the river.

• Just before you cross back across the river there's a single lane filter turn off to the right.

• This will take you down into the car parking area for the restaurants.

If you fancy a stroll after dinner or lunch and feel like doing a bit of Montpellier shopping, then you can always go for a wander along the Allee de Delos. Follow this all the way to the end, where you will come to a large building with escalators going up inside. Follow the escalators and you'll come into the Polygone Centre

11 avenue Saint-Lazare, Montpellier 34000
Tel: + 33 4 995 83838
www.jardindessens.com

Probably the best restaurant in Montpellier with two Michelin Stars set in a beautiful garden in the centre of the city.  Cuisine has refined Mediterranean flavour with fresh produce from the Languedoc and an excellent selection of fine wines is offered.  Reservations necessary.

51 av Francois Delmas, Montpellier
Tel: +33 4 995 83929

Three star restaurant a five minute walk from the centre of town.  Al fresco dining on large terrace which seats about 130 and is bursting with colourful blooms and has a spectacular fountain.  Specialities include tempura of crayfish; accras (beignets) of crab; grilled calamari with a confit of lemon; grilled steak from bulls of the Camargue, served with red-wine sauce; and a fabulous selection of desserts.  Reservations recommended.

12 rue Aristide-Olivier, Montpellier
Tel: +33 4 679 28628

Excellent restaurant which seats only 20.  “Must tries” are the chef’s salmon with a tartare of oysters, warm monkfish terrine, roasted filet of lamb with sweetbread-studded macaroni, and haunch of rabbit stuffed with wild mushrooms.  Reservations necessary.

130 rue Castel Ronceray, F-34070 Montpellier
Tel: +33 4 674 24630
Fax: +33 4 672 74196

A nineteenth century mansion with Bourgeois interior and statues.  Traditional food.

40 rue du Mas des Brousses, F-34000 Montpellier
Tel: +33 4 676 41891
Fax:+33 4 676 41889

In a beautiful and traditional building which dates back to the 18th century.  Serves modern and traditional local cuisine. Closed Saturday lunchtimes, Sunday evenings and Mondays.  Reservations recommended.

Route de Frejorgues, F-34970 Lattes
Tel: +33 4 676 48219
Fax: +33 4 672 01073

Three fork rated restaurant which was once a vineyard estate, situated just outside Montpellier overlooking the Plain of Lattes.  The grounds include a renovated nineteenth century farmhouse, a sixteenth century chapel and pretty, tiered terraces  shaded by plane trees.  Regional cuisine. Closed Sunday evening in low season, Saturday lunchtime and Monday

Chemin de Soriech, Montpellier
Tel: +33 4 671 51915
Fax: +33 4 671 55821

A three fork rated  restaurant in a grand 1970s villa standing in parkland, with designer décor, modern works of art, giant palm and pine trees. Regional cuisine served. Closed 2-10 January, Sunday evening and Monday.

5 boulevard Sarrail
Tel: +33 4 676 82417
Fax: +33 4 676 82417

The elegant dining hall and veranda overlooks the beach and waterfront at Palavas les Flots. Modern cuisine drawing its inspiration from the nearby sea.
Closed Wednesday lunchtime except in July-August, Monday lunchtime and Saturday lunchtime from September to June.