La Crémaillère - Le Val

We had dinner there yesterday and it was the best one we had during our vacation in Provence. Everything was absulutely delicious!! The service was excellent (we can't read French so the waitress/owner translated and recommended the best dishes to order and her recomendations were...indeed very very good). The prices are very reasonable as well.

In hindsight, I am surprised by the large number of positive reviews. We stopped for lunch, based on them, and were disappointed. The staff are friendly enough, and the Magret de Canard our main course was competent enough. The bread placed on the table looked...like it came from a supermarket. We ordered fromage as part of our luncheon special, and it also looked like supermarket quality. I understand the economic pressures on restaurants (and customers) these days. Offering a 19/5 Euro luncheon special may be a challenge, and perhaps what the local market will bear. I would certainly pay considerably more than that for a satisfying meal. After all the fine food we have had in France, despite the abundance of vineyards around here, I am beginning to think we are in bit of a culinary backwater.

One of the best restaurants in the South of France. We always go here when visiting my mother & have never been disappointed. You can see chef cooking & everything is done from scratch, even filleting the fish. Can highly recommended.

This is a simple local restaurant with a lot of +++++'s! Always a warm reception, always nice food, always acceptable bills. Only one wish: a bit more variation so regular visitors can have more surprises on their plates and in their glasses :-)

This compact restaurant is quite basic and unpretentious but well worth a visit for its well cooked good food. A menu which Is varied enough to meet all tastes and not extortionate in price. Friendly service. One interesting feature is the open kitchen which enables...More