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Le Relais du Castelet is a Provençal bistro in Arles, at Mas le Castelet, quartier Montmajour, Fontvieille, 13990. The restaurant holds a Michelin Recommended listing for 2026, and its menu changes with the seasons.
Jean-Baptiste Bert, who previously worked at the Bistrot du Paradou, leads the kitchen. Dishes draw on the vegetable garden and on short-supply local producers. Le Fooding's review of a lunch described asparagus from Barbegal served with farm sheep's milk yogurt, a rockfish soup finished with homemade rouille, and a beef cheek stew with boulangère potatoes.
The building is a former hunting lodge, restored and set among olive trees. In summer, meals are served on the shaded terrace under a trellis, and in winter guests sit by the fireplace. The wine list is built from growers the team selects directly.
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After working at the legendary Bistrot du Paradou, Jean-Baptiste Bert set down his knives in a splendid mas stone farmhouse in Fontvieille, in the heart of the Vallée des Baux. Enjoyed underneath the trellis in the summer or around the fireplace in the winter, his seasonal cuisine mostly relies on local gems and is a real treat! For us, the day we went for lunch: a trio of perfectly crisp asparagus from Barbegal, with farm-fresh sheep’s milk yogurt and slivers of sheep’s milk tomme cheese from the Mas Reynaud; sensational rockfish soup intensified by some good homemade rouille; extremely tender beef cheek stew with a reduction, boulangère potatoes and pan-fried carrots; before a delicious chocolate mousse tucked into a vanilla cream emulsion. // G.LeP.
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