Christophe Bacquié - Le Castellet

Do you like Special Surprises? This fine Michelin Three-Star restaurant is off the beaten path for most non-European tourists. This fact creates a nice advantage. They have some truly fabulous burgundies that are incredibly well-priced compared not only to other high-end restaurants, but to retail...offering prices! I almost hate to spill the beans because wine-lovers may make a bee-line here, but sorry, I’ve done it. Being able to purchase a great bottle of wine at a fair price to enjoy with superb food is what destination dining is all about. We dined here two nights and enjoyed superb bottles of La Tache and Rousseau Clos St. Jacques that were not just marvelous, but marvelously well priced. Kudos to Bacquie for this attractive aspect. We will never forget this blessing! The breads were exceptional and all the courses served on the tasting menu were solid and very delicious. They offer both longer and shorter tasting menus and we tried both approaches during our stay here. If you are coming for just one meal, I would highly recommend the shorter tasting menu and adding the cheese course. Part of their wine room is partitioned into a cheese cave containing at least different choices. Enter the cheese realm and pick your pleasures. The gentleman proffering the cheeses is quite knowledgeable and we chose one that is made by only one person in the world. Once she is gone, the cheese will be no more. How is that for fascinating? A bit remote but Bacquie's restaurant is well worth the drive.

Great experience overall. We start by having cocktails at the bar with an astonishing view on the garden then moved to the restaurant for the showtime! That's exactly what I love about Michelin Stars Restaurants, the perfection of the show, because of course we're...not paying this big amount of money just to eat food. Obviously the food was amazing, my favorites was the signature dish Aïoli Moderne with the sabayon who was unbelievable and the pigeon. Service was perfect. The only bads points goes to the veal who was little under the other dishes and the dessert with tomatoes, olives and fennel that I didn't really like but it was original though. Congrat's Christophe Bacquié Team ! PS : Thanks for the complimentary lemon cake it was flawless!

Very friendly reception by the satff, excellent service, present but not .obnoxious. Our many course lunch was just exraodinary with very refined flavors, beautifully dressed dishes and a very elaborate gradation of wines by the glass. We will definitely be back. The only negative point...compared to other similar restaurants is that the chef did not come to the tables and have a few words with his clients.

Hotel du Castellet is not in the downtown of Le Castellet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and is located beside of the airport of Le Castelett and the Paul Ricard Circuit. It is well-organized hotel with pools and spa, and very gorgeous. What's more, It also has hole...golf course in the site of the hotel. Restaurant Christoph Baquie is the gastronomic restaurant of the hotel. We selected “Au Fil des Années, Over the years” and I ordered wine paring, too. They served many and different amuse-bouche. Of course, they were tasty. We enjoyed local vegetables, Mediterranean octopus, and pigeon. They prepared good local wines, which were delightful for me.

We ate the seafood menu with wine pairing as lunch as a family. There were several issues; Dishes were presented with no regard to allergy clearly stated at the beginning of the meal. Luckily found out before eating and dishes were replaced. Wine...pairings were wrong as wine was presented as perfect match for langoustini while dish was sea urchin. Waiters Tried to collect dishes in a rush before we had chance to finish the food Raspberry desert had several black hairs in both plates. One plate was replaced but when asked for a different dish it was refused. For a euro lunch in a Michelin star restaurant the combination of these mistakes is simply not acceptable and begs the question whether this restaurant was ready for the star game and expectations. It’s not bad per se, just with lot of human error which would be fully forgivable in a causal bistro but in a star restaurant. When brought to restaurant manager attention he sincerely apologized but said that there is nothing he can do as hotel GM manages and decides everything. Hotel GM was not at the hotel and refused to talk to us. A small discount to the final bill was given.