Provence restaurants

Brasserie bustle with a side-order of style.

Best value eating in St Tropez ?

Cool, calm, collected – and really not laughable at all.

Lobster ravioli with truffles and celery: if this is touristy, well, I’m a tourist.

Mantel of greatness? The pun is inescapable – and the restaurant’s pretty ace, too.

The world is his lobster: crustaceans and much else besides, for the discerning diner.

No credit cards or cheques: it’s cash only for warm home cooking direct from the market.

Can a place be both friendly and hip? Yes it can. Here’s the proof.

You want a real French bistro? You want change from 20 quid? Follow me in.

Enough of crowds, enough of bling – we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Unfashionable, unshowy and off-centre, so please don’t go. (I want to keep it to myself.)

Small but perfectly formed: one of the best little bistros in town.

They sell shellfish near the seashore (and they’ve been doing so for 57 years).

Flash in the pan? Hardly. Plumail has been among the best for years.

What’s all this zen? (Or how to keep your capital of cool on a hot beach.)

There are real people in Monaco - and this is where they eat.

Vintage eating in Cannes’ coolest wine bar.

There’s a plaice for us ... on top of a car-park.

A classic brasserie with a cracking wine list.

The oldest restaurant in town shows little sign of ageing.