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La Renaissance in Argentan, France, serves modern cuisine at 20 avenue de la 2ème-Division-Blindée, and it holds one Michelin star for 2026. The restaurant sits inside the La Renaissance hotel in the Orne, where Arnaud and Cécilia Viel have been the hosts for twenty years.
Arnaud Viel builds the menu around produce chosen across the four seasons. The kitchen draws on the countryside of the Auge, Ouche and Perche, then looks to the sea, which is less than an hour away. The restaurant describes its cooking as refined, with creativity matched by careful presentation. The Smart Green Guide gave the restaurant five radishes for 2026.
The restaurant is part of a hotel that includes a 2.5-hectare garden. A salon bar serves guests from 8am to 8pm. The hotel also runs a heated outdoor pool in season and a spa that non-residents can visit.
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