The best restaurants in Marseille

Restaurants around the Old-Port

Coquille

Recently established on the  Southbank of the Old-Port, Coquille is run by Marine Bottari and Jules Mollaret, two enthusiastic of  Mediterranean cuisine. On the menu, you  will have  choices with tasty  seafood plate and grilled fish (prepared by l’écailler), double pizzas, Mussels and fries or  alsofish & chips.This marine bistrot offers delicious  desert such as artisanal ice creams from la Maison des Alpes,  chouquettes de Ludivine or even homemadeprofiteroles. You can also enjoy  a  glass of  Porquerolles wine on the restaurant’s azure terrace.

Adress :8 rue Euthymènes / place Thiars – 13001 Marseille

Une Table au Sud

In the Marseille Gourmande guide, You will find another  unmissable  address in the Old-Port. A Michelin-starred restaurant runs by Ludovic Turac,  France’s youngest Michelin-starred chef in 2015,  Une Table au Sud is first  and  foremost an establishment highlighting the beauty of Marseille’s terroir.  With a refurbished dining room and an attentive team, you’ll set off on a culinary journey around the Mediterranean and Marseille’s specialties. On the  menu: sea bream, Osciètre de caviar, Bouillabaisse revisited, calisson and navette. Refinement and flavour guaranteed!

Adress :2 quai du Port – 13002 Marseille 

Restaurants around Pharo and Prado beach

Le Petit Nice

Owned by the Passedat family since1917, thePetit Nice – three Michelin-starred restaurant  hôtel and restaurant – is definitely  an institution in Marseille. With the highest distinction awarded to a restaurant, it is still the only  restaurant in the city to provide such a top quality service. The chef Gérald Passedat prepare  in an intimate seaside setting with a particular attraction for the marine terroir  from which he draws his  inspiration. At this prestigious establishment, you’ll have the  chance to  savour magnificent fish and highly technical cuisine, accompanied by an unforgettable wine  list.

Address :17 rue des Braves Anse de Maldormé / Corniche Kennedy – 13007 Marseille

Chez Fonfon

Chez Fonfon  is a restaurant known worldwide  over for  its fish specialties including the  traditionnal bouillabaisse and its unmissable bourride.

The story of this local institution started is 1952 with Alphonse Mounier, a man from Marseille with a great heart  who decided to turn the bar le Beau Rivage into a restaurant. From 1996, his nephew Roger Pinna took up the torch for a few years before leaving Alexandre and Peggy, in 2003, to carry on the family culinary tradition. A blend of Mediterranean flavours and a sublime view of the Vallon des Auffes harbour await you at this address, nestling along the Corniche Kennedy and can be found in the Marseille Gourmande guide.

Address :140 rue du Vallon des Auffes – 13007 Marseille