# L’Oustau de Baumanière — The South of France
> A legendary table in a rock valley below Les Baux, where Provence has been cooked at the highest level for seventy years — our review, the verdict and what to see nearby.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/oustau-de-baumaniere/*

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Type

Gastronomic

Best season

April – October

Menu from

€220

Covers

Around 60

Good for

A long lunch

The Review · Notre avis

## Provence cooked at the _summit_, under the rocks of Les Baux.

At the foot of the bone-white cliffs that hold Les Baux, in the green hollow the locals call the Val d’Enfer, sits one of the great tables of the south. Founded by Raymond Thuilier in 1945 and now in the hands of Glenn Viel, the Oustau has carried Provence to the top of French cooking for three generations — and, remarkably, still feels like a farmhouse where someone happens to cook very, very well.

The kitchen reads its own garden first. Vegetables an hour out of the soil, olive oil from the valley, lamb from the Alpilles, herbs you can smell from the terrace. It is precise, modern, occasionally playful — but never forgets that it stands in Provence and answers to it.

### The setting

Lunch on the terrace, under the planes and the cliff, is the version to book. There are rooms, too, scattered across the estate, if one bottle leads to another. Read our full [Provence table guide](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/provence-table-guide/).

### Getting there

The valley is twenty minutes from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and forty from Avignon TGV. Come by car, and walk up to the dead village of Les Baux before you eat. See also our [weekend in the Alpilles](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/alpilles-weekend/).

The verdict · En un mot

“A monument that never turned cold. Book lunch on the terrace and give the afternoon to it; nothing else will measure up that day.”

The Address · L’adresse

L’Oustau de Baumanière

Address

Mas de Baumanière, 13520 Les Baux-de-Provence

Website

baumaniere·com

Open

Closed in winter; lunch & dinner

Reservations

Essential, well ahead

[Book a table](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/contact/)

Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône

The Gallery · En images

![The valley at first light](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600762849691-4b51bc94009c?fm=jpg&q=74&w=1200&auto=format&fit=crop)

![The white cliffs of Les Baux](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![An olive tree by a stone wall](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![The garden in bloom](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![The terrace at dusk](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

Nearby · À proximité

### While you are in the _Alpilles_

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![Carrières des Lumières](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Art · 5 min

#### Carrières des Lumières

Les Baux-de-Provence

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/)[

![Glanum](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Ruins · 20 min

#### The ruins of Glanum

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/)[

![The Saturday market](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Market · 20 min

#### Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Saturday market

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/)