Belle de Mars

Rating: 13.5
Author: Gault&Millau

13002 MARSEILLE

13.5/20
Chef's Restaurant

BOOK

4 PHOTOS

Chef: Michel Marini
Cooking: French
Style: Romantic | With family

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

27 to 69

Gault&Millau's review 2026

There's no showboating at this discreet little address in the Joliette district. A perfect pairing, Michel Marini, trained by Christophe Moret at Lasserre, and Kim-Mai Bui, pastry chef at Passedat, offer an aerobatics act worthy of a great table. For starters, fish flan with wild fennel and bouillabaisse emulsion, mullet tarama with ginger-lemongrass sauce and citrus tartlet. Snacked octopus of exemplary tenderness, mandolin radish slices and granny smith julienne, all enhanced by a gazpacho-style salmorejo cream. A Mas de Cadenet 2023 from the foothills of Mont sainte Victoire goes well with monkfish steak cooked to perfection on an airy cauliflower purée with squid ink. A perfect match, right through to the refreshing dessert of poached pear with bergamot meringue chips. A fluid, graphic cuisine that favors local products.