Le Forum

While looking for a place to eat dinner and celebrate an anniversary, we were sort of lured in to Le Forum by a friendly waiter, who assured us this is the best restaurant in town with the best food. He was so wrong! He said the plate de jour that night was good - a steak with salad, fries and a desert for €17. We should have noticed there was no one else there - now we know why. The steak was a thin piece of hard, unchewable, inedible leather. The salad was a bit of lettuce on the plate. Instead of fries I ordered vegetables- what came was a small scoop of mush. After one bite of the leather, we returned it. They were shocked. How dare we? Manager came, took back the food and said choose something else from the menu. My wife chose a salmon dish, I chose an entrecôte done medium. It came raw. I asked for it to be cooked more, manager came and argued that that was medium. Really it wasn’t. We didn’t get the special prices, no desert, no apology, no one checked on us during the meal. What a very disappointing experience of French gastronomy in the heart of Avignon, steps away from the Popes Palace. I would never go back there again. We are sorry we wasted our money.

Truly awful, what a mistake going here for what we thought might be a quick bite to eat. Service was slow with agitated waiters shouting at each other. When the food arrived ( sorry no photos) salad of just lettuce leaves and tasteless Provençal tart. Then to pay the bill took numerous request not allowing me to escape this misery. Avoid

We enjoyed a Sunday lunch at Le Forum; friendly lady front of house, kind enough to help us with the menu and made suggestions, service was quick and the food was tasty. Great overall!

Great food: snails. The rest of the food we ordered was good. Service 2-3 stars. We could see our server rolling his eyes at our requests. Average price ice per person 20€. Just OK overall.

Without a question my worst dining experience in France. Painfully slow despite multiple kind requests for menus, water, to order, next course, bill, etc. Interactions from wait staff were standoffish & dismissive. Terrible all the way around.

Say it as I see it, I thought this place was fine, more than fine!
Our food was great, crepes and salad, with coffee and drinks (lunch) all told was 61 Euros, not bad.
It's right in the square, great for kids and the staff were lovely. Could see it got a little slow as they got busy but otherwise no issues.
It's a tourist spot, you expect gourmet, especially with a lasagne or something, prob a bit silly. But the food we had was huge, lovely and came out promptly. Service was lovely, got a little slow as they got busy, but nothing else.

Desperate waitress ushered my group into sitting, got microwaved beef lasagna that was not worth the price as a result, and it was scalding hot. A tragic excuse of a salad with nothing but lettuce. What makes it worse is that the place is surrounded by great-looking restaurants. Don’t go to the place where no one is sitting.