Pastis Restaurant — Restaurant in Montpellier

We had an evening menu with wine pairing. Creative cuisine focused on local themes and flavors, which started slowly with tasty bread, olive oil and an interesting mix of herbs, spices and graines, then continued with amuse bûche, appetizer, excellent fish and meat dishes, cheese and dessert. All the courses were delivered as a pair of plates - variations on the same main ingredient, e.g. beef and beef sausage. The ingredients, the spices and sauces highlighted and accentuated the main pieces - very nicely matched. The wine was mostly well matched to the courses - I was not sure about a couple of selection, e.g. the German Riesling and dessert. Excellent cheese course - St. Nectaire prepared two ways, very tasty. The service was very welcoming, attentive, and friendly. The room design could be better - the ancient room theme, in my opinion, is spoiled by the modern looking cave entrance with the screaming sign ‘Wine Cave’ - not very subtle and appropriate. We really enjoyed the dinner - great place and...

WOW an awesome experience I passed Montpellier on my autumn vacation, and decided to have lunch on Pastis. They have a set secret experience menu with 3 dishes, and we certainly got an awesome experience. In fact, we got an entré snack plus a kind of 6 individual dishes.

The snack was a very nice kind of confiterolles with a sesame cream and seeds. First - not counting - dish was a fantastic variation of yummy mushrooms. Starter was two delicious dishes of a white fish, one fried and one cooked and served in a kind of spicy soup. Main dish was two tasty pork variations. Very nice, especially for a Dane, where it is difficult to get proper pork meat. Dessert was also yummy.

On top we got the most fantastic service, you really felt taken hand by. Awesome awesome, certainly worth to make a detour to Montpellier to experience. We were there on a Wednesday and made a reservation on beforehand. Probably a good idea as the...

Ok so I am usually a bit stingy with my ratings as I always try to keep some in reserve for when i would find a better, more tasty or more impressive eatery... and now i have. The whole experience was simply sublime with surprising sensations and tastes that at odd times during the meal sneaked up from left field to slap me in the face and call me a cuckoo. The first bread serving was reminiscent of traditional village made bread from somewhere in the mountains and announced the start of a yet lingering the day after exquisite experience. The 5 courses that came afterwards paired with the proper wines sauntered between sea, forest and farm in a ballade that continued to put silent smiles on the faces of those around the table and an immediate outburst of impressions and wild jabs at trying to guess the ingredients. I could go on but this is one to be experienced personally...