RESTAURANTS · SAINT-TROPEZ

Where to eat in Saint-Tropez

Eight places covering several versions of Saint-Tropez: an accessible Provençal lunch, Ponche seafood, harbour dining, a lively dinner or an evening that becomes the programme.

MAMETAS SAYS

In Saint-Tropez, price is part of the scenery. Choose the level of ceremony before you sit down.

PRICE GUIDE

€ simple · €€ moderate locally · €€€ expensive · €€€€ big night. Relative, and highly seasonal.

The shortlist

Centre

La Part des Anges

€€ · Provençal / Italian · friendly

Choose it for: a central lunch that is actually easier on the wallet than the Saint-Tropez average.

Provençal and Italian cooking, daily suggestions and a small terrace. The tourism office listed a two-course lunch menu at €27 when checked.

But: only twenty seats. Lower prices do not make it a backup plan.

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3 rue du Temple

La Ramade

€€ · Provençal / wood fire · garden

Choose it for: market-day lunch or a wood-fired dinner behind Place des Lices.

Meat and fish over a wood fire in a warm garden. The restaurant is seasonal, which suits it.

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8 rue des Remparts

Le Petit Pointu

€€ · seafood · Ponche

Choose it for: fish in the old Ponche quarter.

A family seafood table with grilled fish, calamari, sardines and seafood pasta.

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5 rue des Remparts

La Ponche

€€€ · Mediterranean · historic

Choose it for: dinner inside the Saint-Tropez legend.

The hotel restaurant opens onto the tiny Ponche cove in a house tied to Boris Vian, Bardot and the Nouvelle Vague.

But: part of the bill pays for the setting. At least this one has a history.

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1 chemin des Conquettes

Salama

€€€ · Moroccan / Mediterranean · lively

Choose it for: a complete change of scene and a later, livelier dinner.

Home-made Moroccan and Mediterranean cooking near Place des Lices.

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Quai Jean Jaurès

Le Girelier

€€€ · seafood · harbour

Choose it for: shellfish, fish and bouillabaisse on the harbour, institution edition.

A seafood house here for more than fifty years. Yes, it is on the harbour. The harbour is not a disease.

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151 route des Salins · Hôtel Sezz

Colette

€€€€ · gastronomic · calm

Choose it for: a big dinner away from the harbour.

Philippe Colinet cooks highly seasonal, plant-forward food, dinner only.

But: occasion dining.

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Cheval Blanc

La Vague d’Or

€€€€ · gastronomic · destination

Choose it for: the very big night.

Arnaud Donckele builds a gastronomic vision of Provence between land and sea. This is the evening’s programme.

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20-second decision: accessible lunch: La Part des Anges. Market day: La Ramade. Old-town fish: Petit Pointu. Historic setting: La Ponche. Lively dinner: Salama. Harbour seafood: Girelier. Calm big dinner: Colette. Destination night: Vague d’Or.

THE NEXT DECISION

Return to the Saint-Tropez guide to decide whether the village deserves a day, a night or simply a very early arrival.