Tadao Ando - Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade

Lovely venue in an architectural masterpiece. We loved our afternoon here eating wonderful food and drinking Château La Coste rosé on the terrace. Everything that Provence is all about.

We had a wonderful experience in the Tadao Ando Restaurant at Château La Coste. The waiters were very friendly and fast. They took our orders promptly and also served quickly. As an appetizer we had the beets with goat cheese. It was a beautiful dish, the beets were fresh and the cheese was very tasty. Definitely recommended!!! We had three main dishes: 1) Seabass served on fresh spinach and tomatoes The fish was super fresh and cooked to perfection. The combination of fresh spinach with sweet cherry tomatoes was to die for! They were so sweet they almost tasted like candy. Definitely recommended!!! 2) Penne Pasta with mixed vegetables This dish was very easy, but super delicious! The pasta was housemade and the vegetables were fresh. Also recommendable!!! 3) Lamb cutlets with gravy, mushrooms and white beans in tomato sauce. This dish was actually a big disappointment. Comparing this to the other dishes we had. The quality of the lamb was great, but there was way too much fat on the side. Fat is good, especially for lamb, which gives it flavor, but in this case less would have been more. The mushrooms were fine, but a little bit over salted. The only good thing about this dish were the white beans in tomato sauce. They were absolutely delicious! As a dessert we shared the Cafe Gourmand and the rice pudding. The Cafe Gourmand was an espresso with some small desserts like a tiramisu, a macaron etc. Very nice! The rice pudding was awesome! The rice had a nice texture and the raspberries finished it off just perfect. Although the lamb was just marginal and frankly disappointing, everything else was absolutely fantastic. I can only recommend this restaurant!

A wonderful eating experience. A very nice menu with a good selection of the Chateau's wines at fair prices. Well worth a leisurely lunch. Plan for two hours. Both indoor and outdoor seating. We have eaten there numerous times and have always had a wonderful experience. Reservations are a must during the summer and recommended during the rest of the year. Table service is great and the setting is unforgettable. Updated today 03/26/2018. Another great experience. I posted a picture of my fantastic vegetable soup and my salad.

In our view the restaurant was a disappointment, it is overrated and pricy and the food was mediocre

I had lunch at the restaurant last week and was for me the worst food I had in a while. No passion, no quality ingredients, no presentation. Was just boring, unsense and too expensive. The lamb had the consistency of a chewing gum, overcooked and stringy. Not even my dog would eat this meat. Given that you're in Provence, I can't understand why you offer avocado and salmon in the Menu. Are you not able to find local products instead of bringing awful avocado at the table? No flavour, no love, no local ingredients. The only think I like was the olive oil.