Fou de Fafa

Fantastic food. Fantastic service. Great great English skills. Global inspire French cuisine. Would go again.

LOVE THIS PLACE! Had 5 Course Prix Fixe Menu and the food tastes great! It’s a small cozy home-​style restaurant and the service is absolutely amazing. Don’t miss it if you’re visiting Avignon :)

Wouldn’t call the venue classy but the food and service were. Co-​owner, wife of the cook was our host and server and she was very professional. She spoke flawless French and English. The food was exquisite, a gourmets delight. Highly recommend.

Muy buen menú a un precio excelente
Anoche visité el restaurante Fou de Fafa. Reservé con un par de días de antelación porque parece que está lleno los fines de semana.
Una pareja regenta el restaurante, con él a los fogones y ella en la sala. Ella es muy simpática y habla un excelente inglés para los extranjeros.
Para empezar trajeron un amuse-​bouche que era una mousse de cerdo con miel y mostaza. Eso y el pan que trajeron empezaron a marcar buenas tendencias. Del menú elegí el tartar de salmón, el confit de pato y la tarta de chocolate.
El salmón me pareció sublime. La combinación con una salsa de soja y miel (miel no estoy seguro, pero tenia algo dulce) estaba estratosférica. La ensalada del lado con vinagreta acompañaba bien.
El confit de pato estaba rico. Lo que no acabé de entender era el puré de patatas con mostaza de al lado. Y una vez mas, la forma en la que los franceses te piden como quieres la carne. Te dicen como la hacen en el restaurante, y luego te piden si está bien. Si el cliente fuese el centro del negocio, le preguntarían directamente como quiere la carne.
Y de postre me tomé la tarta de chocolate. Estaba muy buena, con un cierto sabor a huevos. La nata montada que llevaba al lado estaba exquisita. Solamente hubiese quitado los trozos de pistacho encima de la tarta.
Me tomé una copa del vino de la casa. Era un vino de la Côtes du Rhone y a 4 euros la copa tenía un precio muy bueno.
Un sitio muy recomendable con un menú por 30 euros con primer plato, segundo plato y postre y en pleno centro de Avignon.

Pas fou le Fafa et surtout très commerçant. Accueil style outré Manche et lieu souvent full up. Des plats hauts en couleurs bien positionnés dans l’assiette «Anglaise», des mélanges osés, sucrés salés condiments et très peu de légumes, dommage. Bonne cuisine réalisée par un chef Anglais accommodant très bien la cuisine Française, mais trop sucrée à mon avis. Service par une très sympathique Anglaise, agréable et courtoise. Ce n’est les meilleurs, mais c’est une bonne adresse avec une clientèles multilingues et bruyante quand il y a des Yankees, fait-​toi placer à au moins quatre tables d’eux, si tu veux un peu de calme avec Germaine.

Could not have been better. Service and food were both perfect. My wife and I had a wonderful and memorable time. I’ve never had fish that good before.
Price is also very reasonable for such a nice place.

Les +: très bon accueil, la patronne est vraiment gentille, adorable et à l’écoute. Le rapport qualité prix, la cuisine raffinée, les plats sont bien servis, bons. Les produits sont frais. L’ambiance est romantique, agréable.
Les —: le pavé de saumon n’était peut être pas assez cuit à mon goût, et je n’ai personnellement pas beaucoup aimé le gâteau au chocolat, qui était fort en chocolat! Mais ce n’est qu’une question de goût personnel.
Je recommande vivement ce restaurant! Et j’y retournerai avec plaisir si je reviens à Avignon!

Absurdly good. Arguably the best meal of a long trip. On arrival asked for a recommendation for a local place for that night at the front desk of the hotel. We were told that he would try to get us a reservation at Fou de Fafa but they filled up very quickly. A walk around the neighborhood showed us that it was right around the corner and had an appetizing menu. Getting back to the hotel, we found that we did indeed have a reservation. And, indeed, when we showed up there was a sign at the front saying that all of the seats for the night were full. We were not, honestly, prepared for this meal.
Our server (also the owner with her husband, who does the cooking, if I am reading the articles correctly) was incredibly friendly and switched effortlessly between French and English as we struggled with the language. She recommended wines and dishes as we pored over the menu.
Quick rundown of the dishes on offer that night that the three of us tried.
Delicious crusty bread with everything
Apps: Cream of Cauliflower soup and Beet Salad
Main Plates: Roast Duck, Filet in Mustard Sauce, and Leek and Cheese Potato Cake (vegetarian, though none of us were meat-​averse it looked so fantastic)
Desserts: Cheese Plate, Apple Bread Pudding, and Gluten Free (flourless) Chocolate cake
+plenty of wine
While the veg offering alone wouldn’t have blow me away as a main plate, nothing was anything short of astoundingly good. Not a single dish where all of us didn’t try it and pause in wonder.
Prices are certainly not everyday, but nothing close to what a restaurant with this level of quality could get away with if it wanted to be more pretentious.
Bonus points for the Flight of the Conchords reference, if I weren’t already giving it a perfect score!

Earned one of my rare 5.0’s.
Reservation can be made on Facebook – we made one before leaving for France.
The four of us dined here on our seventh and final night in Avignon. Great capstone for a wonderful visit.
SERVICE: 5.0. Attentive and delivered with a smile. (Fluent French and English.)
AMBIANCE: 5.0. We chose the table farthest in the back, which was very comfortable and private. Every table (other than the one closest to the entrance) positioned well for intimacy. While we were there the man at the table next to us got down on his knees with a ring, and the woman obviously accepted. We couldn’t hear any of what was said but it was nonetheless apparent.
FOOD: 5.0. Both a culinary and a visual treat.
Main Dishes
— Canard Magrit (duck leg) with raspberries and mashed potatoes: 5.0. Duck was outstanding, and many times better than what I had in another Avignon restaurant a few days earlier. The potatoes equally delicious.
— Vegetarian dish (eggplant, polenta, caprese salad.) 4.5. salad texture and simple taste perfectly complemented the complexity of the rest of the plate.
— Salmon dinner: 4.0
Appetizers
— cold tomato soup: 5.0. Wow!
— crispy goat cheese salad: 4.0.
Dessert
— caramel/​banana/​biscuit/​cream: 5.0
— Tiramisu: 4.5
— Pana Cotta with strawberry: 4.5
House red wine: 4.0. Great value!

Great restaurant, the food was excellent and the service outstanding. Making reservations using their Facebook page was a breeze.

The restaurant is amazing. I found it from Tripadvisor. The restaurant also has amazing reviews there too: 4.5 stars. The waitress is english. Sometimes it helps to have someone explain menu in details. I had beef capriccio for appertizer and duck for my entrée. The food portion is big. I was full without dessert. Both dishes are great. The restaurat is small. 6 – 7 tables in total. At one point (~8 pm), she needed to put the sign that the restaurant was full and only guests with reservations can come in. That’s pretty early for a restaurant. I would recommend this place again & again

Wir haben das Restaurant eher zufällig während unseres Avignon-​Aufenthalts entdeckt, nachem wir schon zwei oder drei mal daran vorbeigelaufen waren.
Das einladende Lokal ist nicht besonders groß und wird von einer liebenswerten Dame geführt, die mehrer Sprachen mächtig ist und vom Weinkenner bis zum Sparfuchs jeden exzellent beraten kann.
Dass die Auswahl der Speisen nicht ausufernd groß war kam uns sehr entgegen. Das Essen war kreativ zusammen gestellt und international ausgerichtet. Wir hatten unter andrem Ziegenfrischkäse in italienischem Schinken, Lachstartar, Ente mit Erdbeer-​Balsamico-​Sauce und Hühnchen auf Couscous. Was alles unglaublich gut geschmeckt hat!
Sollten wir nochmal nach Avignon kommen, gehen wir hier auf jeden Fall wieder hin!