I liked this place a lot. Really bare-bones ambience (linoleum floors and beat up chairs) but…read moregood, solid, casual Provencal food. I had an exceptional daube. This is a nice place for a good, well priced lunch before or after visiting the market or the chateau.

I must be jaded. Amidst all these tourist traps in arles, our squad managed to fins something…read moreslightly shifting on the beaten path to find something that was not seemingly touristy. Except we were all à bunch of starving animals and weird paste on bread was not in the least fulfilling. This place might be good for lunch or a quick snack (reminiscent of all the tiny open face sandwiches I've eaten I central Europe) but coming here for a heavy dinner is a big mistake. Maybe if you're are a skinny French girl who only eats a salad for dinner, then this place is for you. The food here is good, but I can hardly imagine wanting to eat this stuff in general. Don't ready my review. I'm clearly not the right audience for this food.

The manager accommodated my husband's celiac needs including gluten-free dessert! Gazpacho was…read morewonderful. I (the non-celiac) enjoyed the mozzarella, tomato & basil tartine with a nice rose from the region.

First on our list of restaurant contenders in Arles was Le Galoubet. The woman at the front desk of…read moreour hotel happily made a reservation for us, since pretty much everyone says you need a reservation to get a table there. She seemed to be on a first name basis with whomever it was on the other end of the line. It was warm enough to sit outside, and we were given the last table on the patio out front. The starters were a mixed bag. I ordered the octopus salad, which was bland and uneventful. My wife ordered an incredibly tasty leek salad with sardines and hazelnuts, which she happily devoured. But the highlight was the mains. I ordered what was basically a New York strip cooked medium rare in a morel mushroom sauce. The steak was cooked to perfection - and on the rarer side - while the sauce was very subtle, but you could still get a bit of that earthy, mushroomy flavor. I'd been craving a dish like this for several days, and it totally hit the spot. My wife's dish may have been even better: cornish hen bathed in a creamy, herb-infused sauce with freshly sautéed shitake mushrooms. My god this was delicious. The hen was amazingly juicy and tender, and generous amounts of rosemary and flat-leaf parsley made this dish explosively flavorful. The potent shitakes were rich and earthy, and perfectly suited/melded with everything else. For dessert, I had this chocolate thing with nougat inside and a nice caramel sauce, while my wife had this thing that was a pile of whipped cream and broken pieces of meringue with raspberries, raspberry coulis, and red currants. I liked mine better, but the wife's was light and refreshing, which suited the summer-like weather. And before we were halfway through our meal, the place was full. We saw the hostess turn away at least a dozen people, so good call on the reservation.

It's super excellent! The anglet de beouf is super. The terrase is beautiful and the waitress is…read morenice. I would come back to arles for the beef here.

We accidentally stumbled upon this restaurant thinking it was a different restaurant we had…read moreoriginally wanted to try. Luckily it turned out to be the best choice! From the looks of the restaurant, it has a down-home, country feel. I guess I was anticipating the food to be average. I was completely blown away with the quality and creativity of each item on the menu! I had ordered the veggie slaw as an appetizer, the pork shoulder as my main entree, and the roasted white eggplant for dessert. Everything was phenomenal! We had stayed in France for about two weeks and this restaurant was one of my absolute favorites, even including the fine dining restaurants we had eaten at. The wait staff is extremely friendly, knowledgable and helpful. He was very attentive and went above and beyond to make sure our meal was enjoyable. The entire experience was quite lovely. I highly recommend eating here!

Such a cool place to have dinner. This place is a non assuming restaurant on a random side street…read morebut wow does it deliver. Some dishes are better then others but if you choose well, you will be very pleased! La Fee (The Fairy) Gourmande has a very creative chief and if you like taking photos of your food, this is the place to do it! This place has loads of positive reviews on trip advisor and was recommend to us. Worth a stop if you like out there creative food and flavors. I mean goat cheese ice cream (creme glace eve chèvre) in a cold soup or in a salad!!? I must report it was fabulous. Lavender ice cream is my all time favorite which you can find across Arles. Missing Lavender ice cream right about now!

Very tasty . My only complant was too much truffel on evety dish we ordered , excellant serviceread more

A quite remarkable restaurant with great food and excellent service…read more I was looking for Provençal Cuisine and they had a couple of dishes that fit that description. Everything was creative and beautiful prepared. I had a lovely evening.

I ordered multiple pastries and they did not put the right amount and correct pastries in my bag!…read moreI was over charged and under delivered! I left a message without a return call!

So on our last night in Arles, we headed for this part of town hoping to eat at a restaurant we'd…read morelunched at on a previous visit a few years ago. They were full, but happily Au Brin de Thym next door were able to squeeze us in. We lucked out. No matter how well remembered our lunch at their neighbour was, Au Brin de Thym was even better. A couple of days before we ate at Jean-Luc Rabanel's two-Michelin star Atelie in Arles, but the starter of crab, avocado and chili-spiced tomato I had here at Au Brin de Thym was as good as some of M Rabanel's dishes. My main of shoulder of lamb provencal was some of the best cooked lamb I've had, with an almost Indian tinge to some of the accompanying vegetables. My wife's creamy-sweet turbot also had an Indian feel and was a revelation to us both. I can't quite award five stars because the service was patchy and our order of a demi-litre mysteriously upgraded itself to a full bottle (not that we were /too/ upset!). The food though, more than made up for these minor infelicities.

We stopped for lunch and had the plat de jour, mine was the mushroom quiche with pumpkin soup and…read moreLisa had a cod disk with asparagus sauce and potato. Wonderful favors and service.