Fancy treating yourself to a gastronomic treat in the city known as « la Surdouée »? Here are the best Michelin-starred restaurants in Montpellier!
The city of Montpellier has more than one card up its sleeve to charm anyone who sets foot here. Its mild Mediterranean climate allows you to discover the beauty of the narrow streets of the historic center or the remarkable architecture of the Antigone district. And when it comes to gastronomy, Montpellier’s Michelin-starred restaurants are sure to tantalize your taste buds.
Exceptional locations, fresh and delicate cuisine… gastronomy fans will be delighted! Discover our selection of the best Michelin-starred restaurants in Montpellier.
City of Montpellier
1. Obione’s reflection
Photo credit: Facebook – Reflet d’ Obione
Rates: €€€€
Opinion : ★★★★★
Michelin star : ★
Located in the heart of the Écusson district, Reflet d’Obione invites you to discover a cuisine that’s both creative and gourmet, as well as responsible and conscientious. This gourmet restaurant draws its inspiration from the natural surroundings of Montpellier, between the Cévennes and the Camargue. Products are carefully selected from local producers, and are either organic or sustainable.
An excellent place to enjoy refined cuisine accompanied by attentive service.
2. Rimbaud Reserve
Photo credit: Facebook – La Réserve Rimbaud
Price: €€€
Opinion : ★★★★
Michelin star : ★
Among Montpellier’s top Michelin-starred restaurants, La Réserve Rimbaud is a must!
In an old building surrounded by greenery, or seated on a sunny terrace overlooking the River Lez, you’ll enjoy exceptional dishes carefully prepared with products from the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Camargue eel, sea bream, octopus and red mullet or Lucques olives… a condensed selection of Occitan flavors waiting to seduce your taste buds.
3. Pastis
Photo credit: Facebook – Pastis Restaurant
Rates: €€€€
Opinion : ★★★★
Michelin star : ★
Daniel and Jean-Philippe welcome you to the « Le Pastis » restaurant in the heart of Montpellier’s charming historic center. Take a seat in the dining room or on the terrace to enjoy fine, delicate cuisine whose watchword is quality.
Products are carefully selected from the best local producers to guarantee the quality and freshness of our dishes, with a menu that evolves with the seasons and the chef’s inspirations.
4. Leclere
Photo credit: Facebook – Leclere, Cuisine d’arrivage.
Price: €€€
Opinion : ★★★★★
Michelin star : ★
Head to a discreet street in the old town to discover one of Montpellier’s finest Michelin-starred restaurants: Leclere and its « Cuisine d’Arrivage ». Nature, freshness, the seasons… all words that define the products used, guaranteeing a cuisine that is a deserved success.
« I’ ve made up my mind to set up a restaurant in the Écusson district of Montpellier, where you’ll find a cuisine that’s sincere and straightforward, a cuisine that’s focused on the essentials, a cuisine where you use what’s at hand to best express your creativity, the produce, the season, nature: what comes in. Guillaume Leclere
Around Montpellier
5. Restaurants Alexandre/Michel Kayzer, Garons
Photo credit: Facebook – Michel Kayser – Restaurant Alexandre
Rates: €€€€
Opinion : ★★★★
Michelin stars : ★★
Among the Michelin-starred restaurants not far from Montpellier, Michel Kayser’s restaurant opens its doors to you for an exceptional experience. Meet us in Garons, between Nîmes and Arles, on the edge of the Camargue.
You’ll be transported to a delicious world where culinary art meets authentic, sought-after flavours. Excellence, sharing, authenticity and enthusiasm are the hallmarks of Chef Michel Kayser’s cuisine.
One thing’s for sure: you won’t remain indifferent to this culinary experience!
6. Restaurant de lauzun, Pézenas
Photo credit: Facebook – Restaurant de Lauzun
Rates: €€€€
Opinion : ★★★★
Michelin star : ★
To round off our selection of the best Michelin-starred restaurants in and around Montpellier, we take you to Matthieu de Lauzun.
Located in the heart of the Pézenas vineyards, this gourmet restaurant welcomes you to the grounds of the priory of Saint Jean de Bébian. Prepare your taste buds for fine, flavorful southern cuisine, all in a beautiful contemporary setting. Poultry pastilla (house specialty), superb three-cooked lamb… gourmets will be won over by this exceptional cuisine!
So, which of these Michelin-starred restaurants will tempt you?