Restaurant in Saint-Antonin-du-Var, France
La Table de Mentone
210Pearl PointsEstate setting, seasonal Provençal cooking, worth it.
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About La Table de Mentone
La Table de Mentone serves seasonal Provençal cooking from an estate winery cellar in the Var, with produce drawn directly from the property's gardens, orchard, olive groves. At €€, it delivers a level of setting and kitchen oversight that this price tier rarely produces in the region. A strong choice for a date or celebration dinner with wine from the estate's own organic vintages.
The Verdict
If you have been to La Table de Mentone once, the question on a second visit is not whether the cooking holds up — it is whether the setting still commands the same attention. It does. The combination of estate-grown produce, a cellar dining room with serious design intent, a kitchen operating under chef Sébastien Sanjou's supervision from his nearby Relais des Moines at Arcs-sur-Argens delivers a level of seasonal Provençal cooking that a €€ price point rarely produces in this region. At this tier, the closest Provençal comparisons — Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup or La Bastide Bourrelly - Mathias Dandine in Cabriès, ask you to spend more for a similar ethos. Here, the estate context does a lot of the work. Book it.
The Experience
The atmosphere here is what separates La Table de Mentone from a direct country restaurant. Downstairs, the designer-influenced cellar room keeps the energy calm and unhurried, the kind of space where a conversation does not compete with background noise. Outside, the panoramic view across vineyards and olive groves sets a tone before the first course arrives. The mood is relaxed without being casual in the negative sense: service matches the surroundings, the room has been thought through. For a date or a celebration meal in the Var, this combination of deliberate calm and genuine visual payoff is hard to find at €€.
The cooking is grounded in what the estate produces directly: the kitchen draws on the property's chicken coop, orchard, kitchen garden, olive groves, plus the estate's organic wine operation. That supply chain is not a marketing premise, it shapes what appears on the plate from week to week. Dishes such as a tartare of cucumber and fennel with fresh herbs, Mediterranean skipjack with a crunchy salad of quinoa and courgette spaghetti illustrate the kitchen's approach: produce-led, seasonal, assembled with a light hand that suits the Provençal context. The estate's organic vintages are the natural pairing choice, the wine list is built around them.
Chef Sébastien Sanjou is not based here full-time, his main kitchen is at Relais des Moines, a short distance away at Arcs-sur-Argens, but his supervisory role over the cooking is documented in the venue record. For a special occasion, that arrangement is worth understanding: you are booking into an estate restaurant with genuine culinary oversight, not a hotel dining room running on autopilot.
For guests who want to extend the visit, a small number of guestrooms and holiday cottages are available on the estate. That option makes La Table de Mentone a viable anchor for a longer stay in the Var rather than a standalone dinner booking. If that appeals, it is worth checking availability at the same time as the restaurant, since the accommodation operates separately. See our Saint-Antonin-du-Var hotels guide for context on lodging options in the area.
Who Should Book
This is the right choice for a date or anniversary dinner where setting matters as much as the food, for groups of two to four who want a relaxed but considered meal without paying €€€€ prices, for wine-focused visitors who want to eat well on the estate and work through the organic list without pressure. It is less suited to large groups seeking a lively room or anyone who needs a city-accessible location. Saint-Antonin-du-Var is a village in the interior of the Var, you need a car. Check our Saint-Antonin-du-Var restaurants guide if you are building a longer itinerary in the area.
For context on what serious Provençal cooking looks like at the higher end of the French spectrum, Mirazur in Menton and AM par Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille are the regional reference points. La Table de Mentone does not compete at that technical level, nor does it try to. What it offers, estate produce, organic wine, a well-designed room, a kitchen with genuine oversight, is coherent and worth the detour at €€.
Know Before You Go
- Cuisine: Seasonal Provençal, estate produce-led
- Price range: €€
- Booking difficulty: Easy
- Booking window: No hard minimum reported, but for weekend or celebration visits, a week or more in advance is sensible given the estate setting and limited covers
- Location: 401 Chemin de Mentone, 83510 Saint-Antonin-du-Var, France, a car is required
- Accommodation: Guestrooms and holiday cottages available on site, book separately
- Wine: Estate organic vintages feature prominently
- Dress code: Not specified, smart-casual is appropriate for the setting
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I eat at the bar at La Table de Mentone?
The venue data does not confirm a bar-dining option. La Table de Mentone operates as a sit-down restaurant in the cellar of the Mentone wine estate, with a focus on the full dining experience rather than casual counter service. Contact the estate directly to confirm current seating arrangements before planning around this.
What should I order at La Table de Mentone?
The kitchen leans hard on the estate's own produce — chicken coop, orchard, cottage garden, olive groves — so dishes built around those ingredients are the most coherent choice. Documented examples include a cucumber and fennel tartare with fresh herbs and a Mediterranean skipjack with quinoa and courgette spaghetti. Pair with one of the estate's organic Var vintages; the wine programme is the natural extension of the cooking here.
Does La Table de Mentone handle dietary restrictions?
No specific dietary accommodation policy is confirmed in the available data. The seasonal, produce-led menu — drawing on the estate's garden, orchard, olive groves — suggests flexibility around vegetables and fish, but call ahead if you have specific requirements rather than assuming the kitchen can adapt on the night.
Is La Table de Mentone good for a special occasion?
Yes, this is one of the stronger cases for a special-occasion dinner in the Var. The combination of a designer cellar interior, panoramic vineyard and olive grove views, organic estate wines, Sébastien Sanjou's seasonal Provençal cooking makes the setting do real work. Parties of two to four will get the most from it; the atmosphere is more intimate than celebratory, so it suits a milestone dinner over a large group booking.
Is La Table de Mentone worth the price?
At the €€ price range, yes — the setting alone (a designer-appointed cellar on one of the Var's leading organic wine estates, with outdoor vineyard views) would justify the spend even before the cooking lands. Chef Sébastien Sanjou, who runs the well-regarded Relais des Moines at Arcs-sur-Argens, supervises the kitchen, which puts the cooking above what the price point might suggest. For this part of Provence, the value-to-experience ratio is strong.
What are alternatives to La Table de Mentone in Saint-Antonin-du-Var?
Saint-Antonin-du-Var is a small commune, so the nearest meaningful alternatives sit outside the village. Chef Sébastien Sanjou's main restaurant, Relais des Moines at Arcs-sur-Argens, offers a point of comparison if you want to see what the same chef does with a fuller service model. For Provençal cooking at a higher register, Mirazur in Menton operates at a different price tier but represents the ceiling of the regional style.
Location
401 Chem. de Mentone, 83510 Saint-Antonin-du-Var, France
Compare La Table de Mentone
| Venue | Price |
|---|---|
| La Table de Mentone | €€ |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ |
| Kei | €€€€ |
| L'Ambroisie | €€€€ |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ |
| Mirazur | €€€€ |
Comparing your options in Saint-Antonin-du-Var for this tier.
Also Consider
- Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Creative, €€€€
- Kei, Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine, €€€€
- L'Ambroisie, French, Classic Cuisine, €€€€
- Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V, French, Modern Cuisine, €€€€
- Mirazur, Modern French, Creative, €€€€
How It Compares
La Table de Mentone sits at €€, a significant step below the €€€€ tier occupied by the most-cited French fine dining references. Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Kei, L'Ambroisie, Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hôtel George V, and Mirazur are all operating at a different level of technical ambition, service depth, price. If you are deciding between La Table de Mentone and any of those options for the same trip, you are effectively choosing between a relaxed estate lunch in the Var interior and a major tasting-menu event in Paris or on the Côte d'Azur. Those are different decisions entirely.
Where the comparison is more direct is against other Provençal estate and country restaurants in the South of France. At €€, La Table de Mentone offers a designed dining room, genuine estate provenance, a kitchen under documented supervisory oversight, a combination that typically commands higher prices in this region. Mirazur, the most celebrated modern French address on the Côte d'Azur, operates at €€€€ and requires planning months in advance. La Table de Mentone is easy to book and asks far less financially. The trade-off is technical ambition: if three-Michelin-star precision is the goal, these two venues are not competing. If a coherent, produce-led dinner in a well-considered setting is what you need, La Table de Mentone is the more accessible and arguably more suitable choice for the Var.
For a special-occasion dinner in the region, book La Table de Mentone if you want estate context, organic wine, a calm atmosphere at €€. Book Mirazur if budget is secondary and you want the highest technical level currently available on the French Riviera. Book Alléno or L'Ambroisie if the trip is Paris-based and classic French gastronomy is the specific objective. La Table de Mentone is the right call for visitors to the Var who want the occasion to feel considered without the cost or formality of a full fine-dining production.
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