Restaurant et Hôtel la Farigoule — Restaurant in Carpentras

Vaison la Romain was full. We love the town, so we were disappointed. So, open up tripadvisor on the phone. There is a nice sounding place at Sainte Cecile les Vignes. (Where?) We booked in. We had no idea just how lucky we were.||||We arrived mid afternoon to meet the chef and owner sitting under the shade of his vines, keeping company with his very contented cat. He served us a couple of huge glasses of crisp local white wine so we were also able to enjoy his shady patio. Wonderfully cool and relaxing in the heat of the day.||||He allocated us Room 8, at the top of the building. Room 8 turned out to have an anti-chamber containing a huge sofa. In the way of French rural hotels, this was probably a sofa bed in order to change our double room into a family room when need arises. The bed was a super king size with a thick, thicker, mattress that gave us perfect sleep. The shower was twice the size of the average and equipped with a large shower head, giving a gentle but powerful coverage. All the shower products were ecologically vegetable based.||||Before our evening meal, we took a ten minute stroll round the village. Church, art gallery, three bakers, antique shop, theatre: in fact, half way round we realised that you would never need to leave the village for anything. (yes, there was a funeral parlour) but if you do, you'll be in the middle of miles and miles of the finest vines.||||Back to the vine covered terrace and the sublime food. The fillet steak was perfectly medium rare. My wife said she had heard to old saying about meat so soft that it cuts like butter but she'd never believed it. Now she did. She reported the flavour was historic. I ordered the grilled Bar, which arrived exactly as I hoped, skin crispy, flesh creamy, juicy and flaking off the bone .||||The hotelier/chef was amazing. The terrace was full and there was a large party inside the restaurant. Yet he turned out perfect food from a huge menu at three-minute intervals. ||||And.||||He served everything on plates; hot plates, big hot china plates. He didn't serve on roof-tiles, wooden planks, marble slabs. his auntie’s old hat. There was not a sign of a mini chip frier basket. All the food was properly arranged on a hot plate large enough to have the garnish laid out. The freshly home baked, bread arrived...

Vaison la Romain was full. We love the town, so we were disappointed. So, open up tripadvisor on the phone. There is a nice sounding place at Sainte Cecile les Vignes. (Where?) We booked in. We had no idea just how lucky we were.||||We arrived mid afternoon to meet the chef and owner sitting under the shade of his vines, keeping company with his very contented cat. He served us a couple of huge glasses of crisp local white wine so we were also able to enjoy his shady patio. Wonderfully cool and relaxing in the heat of the day.||||He allocated us Room 8, at the top of the building. Room 8 turned out to have an anti-chamber containing a huge sofa. In the way of French rural hotels, this was probably a sofa bed in order to change our double room into a family room when need arises. The bed was a super king size with a thick, thicker, mattress that gave us perfect sleep. The shower was twice the size of the average and equipped with a large shower head, giving a gentle but powerful coverage. All the shower products were ecologically vegetable based.||||Before our evening meal, we took a ten minute stroll round the village. Church, art gallery, three bakers, antique shop, theatre: in fact, half way round we realised that you would never need to leave the village for anything. (yes, there was a funeral parlour) but if you do, you'll be in the middle of miles and miles of the finest vines.||||Back to the vine covered terrace and the sublime food. The fillet steak was perfectly medium rare. My wife said she had heard to old saying about meat so soft that it cuts like butter but she'd never believed it. Now she did. She reported the flavour was historic. I ordered the grilled Bar, which arrived exactly as I hoped, skin crispy, flesh creamy, juicy and flaking off the bone .||||The hotelier/chef was amazing. The terrace was full and there was a large party inside the restaurant. Yet he turned out perfect food from a huge menu at three-minute intervals. ||||And.||||He served everything on plates; hot plates, big hot china plates. He didn't serve on roof-tiles, wooden planks, marble slabs. his auntie’s old hat. There was not a sign of a mini chip frier basket. All the food was properly arranged on a hot plate large enough to have the garnish laid out. The freshly home baked, bread arrived...

The Hotel is based in an ancient farm house and as such its walls are very thick, is ceilings are very high, the beams are very thick. This gives the very large rooms a sense of solidity, peace, calm and quiet, quite impossible to attain in most modern hotels. Each room has an individually designed bath/shower room and all that we have used (3) are beautiful. The room decor is modern, detailed and fresh. Time, money and effort has been spent to create excellence.||||The real joy of this hotel is its restaurant. On both our previous visits we ate on the vine covered terrace: beautiful. This time the weather did not permit so we and thirty others filled the interior restaurant. Superb decor, excellent, speedy service and amazing food. Laurence, is the chef and he can often be found sitting on the terrace in the afternoon with his cat, "Robert". His food is delicious, varied, seasonal and beautifully presented. He adapts all of his menu to accommodate a need for gluten free food without hesitation. He is a proper chef, a top...