le Zinzolin — Restaurant in Avignon

Le Zinzolin is in a great neighborhood of Avignon, on Rue Des Teinturiers surrounded by wins bars and dessert shops. This is a great place to grab dinner and a drink – just don’t do it at Le Zinzolin. The menu is limited and riddled with average options. The fettuccini and the tuna tartar are both your best bets if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself at Le Zinzolin. Avoid the steak (see photo) at all costs. Easily the worst dish sampled during a recent 12-day trip through France.

While the food is average at best, the service is downright bad. Servers are aggravated by your presence and seemingly resentful of your business. I will accommodate them by...

Ordered off their limited set menu. Starter was good. For mains I had the burger, which was average, my partner had the steak. The steak was extremely greasy and fatty, dripping with grease. Tasteless, bland and totally unoriginal. Like a bad British pub steak - not what we wanted in Provence. She only ate a little. With wine meal came to near €50. There are much better in the area or the short walk towards the centre...

We ordered two dishes: Fish and steak. The fish was ok, the steak was like rubber. We waited for our dessert 30 minutes. Only after asking when the dessert is coming the waiter told us that there is "a problem in the kitchen". We had to ask a 2nd time after another 15 minutes. The waiter offered a glass of wine on the house while we were waiting. Dessert was very good though. However, overall not a...