Sevin

Sevin is the gourmet restaurant of the Hôtel d'Europe, a 16th-century mansion on Place Crillon that has operated as an inn since 1799 and is one of the oldest continuously-operating hotels in France. Chef Guilhem Sevin took over the kitchen in 2020 after a decade at Pic in Valence; Sevin (the restaurant) earned a Michelin star in the 2022 Guide and has retained it through 2026. The dining room is the hotel's original grand salon. 6-metre ceilings, a central chandelier, and a double-door French-windows opening onto the Place Crillon.

The cooking is contemporary Provençal with a strong classical backbone. Sevin's signature is a technique-dense vegetable programme (a carrot cooked three ways on a single plate is the opening course of the current tasting), but the proteins are the reason the reservations are hard: a Bresse chicken with garlic cream and Bleu d'Auvergne, a Luberon lamb saddle with rosemary glaze, and. The critical consensus best plate. A pigeon with cacao jus and Morteau sausage. The format is a single tasting menu at dinner (five or seven courses).

The dining room seats 50. Larger than La Mirande's gourmet room. And is the grandest formal interior in Avignon. Service is led by director Laurent Cheval, and the wine list is 1,200 labels with a strong Rhône presence (Côte Rôtie, Hermitage, and the Châteauneuf-du-Pape estates) and a specific depth in Gigondas. The hotel's bar (the Club de l'Europe) is the natural post-dinner location for an after-dinner Cognac.

Lunch is €80 for three courses or €120 for five. Dinner tasting is €165 for five courses or €210 for seven; pairings are +€110. The 44-room hotel (Leading Hotels of the World member) offers a standard dinner-plus-room package at €650 for two.

Sevin is the Avignon impress-clients restaurant. Three factors: the 16th-century dining room is the grandest formal interior in Provence; the kitchen's technical density means food-literate guests will recognise the level; and the private dining rooms on the hotel's upper floors are available for dinners of 8 to 16 with a dedicated service team. For a senior-level dinner, it is the single best room in the city.