The Hilltop Garden Above Saint-Tropez
Les Moulins de Ramatuelle sits in the hills above Saint-Tropez — a hilltop garden restaurant on the road to Ramatuelle, the medieval village above the bay. The format is the proper Provençal hilltop room: olive-grove terrace, considered cooking, the long-running summer-season ritual the Côte d'Azur is built on.
The cooking is Provençal in its proper register: line-caught Mediterranean fish, pissaladière, slow-cooked lamb, the vegetables and oils Provence is built around.
What to Order
Bouillabaisse when in season — a proper Marseille-style preparation. Lamb from the surrounding hills, slow-cooked. Olive-oil tasting from local producers; rosé from Côtes de Provence by the bottle.
The Setting
The terrace looks across olive groves toward the Mediterranean. The summer evening light is among the most flattering in any European dining room.
Best Occasion: Anniversary
An anniversary at Les Moulins is a Saint-Tropez classic. The view, the Provençal cooking, the considered service pace combine into the kind of evening anniversary dinners are built around.