Lagrange Vacances Le Scarlett

Overlooking the marina of Port Ariane, this family restaurant, run by a father and son team, is always a safe bet. Whether you opt to eat alfresco on the terrace or indoors in the contemporary dining room, the concise market-fresh menu changes weekly and is very reasonably priced. The enticing lineup stars an intelligent blend of distinctive flavours without falling into the trap of excessive complexity: velvety parsnip, goat’s cheese, black olive and hazelnut soup; fish of the day with celery and bacon risotto; apple sorbet, vanilla, pecan and caramel cream. The evening menu is more elaborate

This astonishing restaurant is completely unremarkable from the street... what a surprise, then, beyond the stainless steel-clad tunnel, to enter this attractive room with a sleek decor that blends metal, Montpellier stone, tiles and granite. Chef Guillaume Leclère is committed to what he dubs his "cuisine d'arrivage": he serves a single set menu that changes regularly in line with the ultra-fresh ingredients available (Mediterranean fish, veal from the Pyrenees etc), all sourced via short supply chains. Only the list of ingredients is revealed to diners. The chef's precise, pared-back creatio

Wend your way along narrow Rue Terral to this snug, attractively appointed restaurant and you will quickly find out why it is one of Montpellier’s most popular eateries! It is impossible to resist Daniel Lutrand’s cuisine, which is both inspired and inspiring, refined and refreshing, in a bid to showcase the region’s top producers. An example: confit celery in house-made Thai curry with green spinach and a curry-coconut cream or Ségala veal cutlet flanked by miso-laced confit leeks, seed cromesquis and veal gravy. Two sensibly priced lunchtime menus and a “surprise” menu in the evening, whose

“Montpellier the Gifted”, as the city likes to bill itself, provides the backdrop to this well-hidden restaurant on the banks of the Lez. Slightly off the beaten track, it boasts a divine riverside terrace shaded by plane trees – a refreshing haven in hot summers. This modern and sophisticated Reserve is located in an old country house, an Ali Baba’s cavern of gourmet delights, unearthed from the little-known repertory of Languedoc-Roussillon. Former second of Alain Dutournier at the Carré des Feuillants, Charles Fontès signs intelligent compositions that revolves around the ingredient. Subtle

Headed up by a chef whose enthusiasm is contagious, this place is an ode to the seasons. Dishes are crafted from market-fresh ingredients and the menu-carte changes regularly – smoked haddock terrine, burrata, herby beetroot and devilled eggs; steamed saithe, parpadelle, braised fennel and fish soup; white chocolate and yoghurt cream, rum-soaked banana pulp, almond cake and salted butter caramel ice cream. Fresh ingredients, recipes made from scratch, regional wines: a restaurant that cannot fail to win you over.

The Pourcel brothers have upcycled this former wine storehouse into a vast space where stone, steel and wood are blended in a smart neo-industrial vein. The dishes, which draw on locally sourced ingredients at their height of their maturity, are infused with inspirations from far and wide. As you peruse the menu ranging from super-fresh seabream, red mullet and seabass to fried potato cakes, rockfish soup or roast squid with tempura of squid head, houmous cream and lemon confit dressing, you will get an excellent foretaste of the “gastronomic bistro” spirit of this terminal.

On the ground floor of a building whose tree-inspired avant-garde design is by architect Sou Fujimoto, this restaurant serves a patriotic line-up of gourmet cuisine as its delicious veal liver, Madeira sauce and mashed potato amply demonstrate! White predominates in the 2.0 brasserie interior. Near the canal, the lush green patio draws the crowds like bees to honey, but many are also lured to the swish rooftop bar perched on the 17th floor, which commands a panoramic view over the city that stretches as far as the Mediterranean!