L'Escale des Vins - Lambesc

Fantastic restaurant with a nice courtyard out the back don’t let the roadside location put you off! We stopped en route to Aix en Provence. The set menu was €16 for 2 courses and super They also had a very good selection of main dishes.

Maybe today was an off day for this restaurant. What a charming sunny day at a near full patio. Awesome! We ordered wine, salad, beef, and salmon. Wine arrived. About 40 minutes later, no tables we’re getting their food. None. Even tables asking for ice or a drink were getting nothing even after asking repeatedly. Service? Nowhere! Locals were upset. People started to leave. We didn’t complain not wanting to be “those” people but our neighbouring tables (locals) were appalled on our behalf and told them so. We speak French so I quietly appreciated their intervention. About an hour later when the starter/salad arrived it was delicious. About another half hour later our mains arrived and were also delicious. Service was so atrocious locals were expressing to one another how disappointed and dissatisfied they were. I cannot recommend this restaurant even though the food we eventually got was quite nice.

We were en route from Marseille to Avignon on the N7 and stumbled on this roadside restaurant which has plenty of parking. There is a menu plus a chalk board to choose from so plenty of choice. As you might guess from the restaurants name there is a large selection of wines but we just chose a pitcher of red which for €8 was excellent value. We all had the rouelles de Sanglier (slices of wild boar), cooked to perfection. Service was friendly, quick and efficient. If in the area would recommend here to anyone

We did a bike tour around the Abbaye du Silvacane on a Sunday. All restaurant in Lambesc were closed...and someone recommended us L'escale des Vins. And was a perfect choice. Although we arrived late(for french lunch hours) we managed to get a table and to be served a delicious lunch. Good wine choices by the glass also. Had a good Chardonnay and a rouge from Languedoc with the steak. Nice wine glasses(much better that many restaurants in Aix-en-Provence), and very nice owner and staff. Totally recommended.

Route Nationale 7 is an unlikely spot for an elegant wine bar and first-rate restaurant, so we were surprised when we stopped by at the end of the lunch hour and were warmly welcomed despite the late hour. The menu is short, typically three or four appetisers, five or so mains, and a few home-made desserts. Our party of four enjoyed an excellent fish soup with toast à la poutarge , a sweet-corn risotto, and grilled flank steak with chimichurri. All were excellent. The restaurant offers a wide range of wines by the glass, all very reasonably priced.