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Numero 9 Restaurant Review

A small and very popular gourmet restaurant

featured in Restaurant reviews Author Robin Deering, Provence Editor Updated

Slipping away from an enchanting visit to the Chateau Lourmarin, stumbling upon this little restaurant on the outskirts of the cobbled streets of the old town was a great find.

Arriving too late to be in with a prime spot on the fountain filled terrace, there was just one table spare but inside - deemed as as a good sign I took it.

The restaurant features a relaxed shaded terrace and a cosy authentic interior equipped with comfy sofas and bold paintings on the wall,  all this with a hint of Savoyard chic.

Looking out on the boutique lined street, I turn to the menu which features a range of set menus from a pick and mix lunch menu all the way to a veritable vegetarian menu. All very tempting but a light lunch is needed as the afternoon agenda is fully loaded...

On the menu, a salade fraîcheur, with a spaghetti of raw  fennel, carrot, pepper, red onion & courgette, topped with a (slightly too salty) coriander infused marinated chicken. Pesto decorated the bowler hat dish, which was mopped up with a wheaty compagne bread. The dessert de jour was an oven baked apple, sitting in a spicey buttery sauce with a scoop if rum and raisin ice cream. Simple yet effective.

All in all the food is widely well presented, whilst the service has a relaxed warmness. The menus creep up quite steeply in price, reflecting it's gourmet label, whilst the wine menu rests pretty reasonable.
Numero 9 scores a numero 8 from me..

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