Le Bateleur — Restaurant in Carpentras

We’ve eaten in Michelin restaurants across France and this one is the only disappointment. The service was perfectly fine but the food was really quite poor. The Menu had only one choice and there was no vegetarian option- only a cobbled-together offer to do some asparagus and polenta. The fish on the a la carte menu was €33 but was really watery and pretty tasteless. The accompanying vegetables lacked flavour entirely. The wine was nice and the setting in the courtyard across the street was quite sweet. All in all over-priced and very disappointing food. We paid nearly €200 for five of us and have had much much better food in other Michelin restaurants in France for the same...

We had a nice meal at Bateleur but nothing out of the ordinary. I had fish with potatoes in a mint/pea broth and my husband had veal with risotto and fresh peas, finishing with a cheese plate. There was only 1 server and she was running to keep up so service definitely suffered. For instance, the cheese plate was dropped on our table without any explanation of what each of the cheeses were; we figured it out but would have appreciated even a simple explanation. The prices are on the expensive side as we had 2 main courses, a cheese plate and 3 glasses of wine...

The food was good quality,but small portions and high prices. The view was surprisingly nice hugging a small cliff over the river, facing old town.The staff was professional but not really warm. I was more comfortable in La Lyriste a few blocks away as it was family-owned, more traditional home-cooking, and the owners were super-charming and warm without being overwhelming; all that and it was a better value...