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Authentic Local Cuisine

In a relaxed atmosphere, the Rockastel café-auberge offers traditional cuisine.
The dishes are made with fresh produce from local producers.

The drinks menu offers a wide choice of Languedoc wines (organic, AOP, IGP, etc.) and local craft beers.

High Season = May to August, open for lunch and dinner. Closed on Thursdays.
Low Season = From September to April, Open for lunch from Monday to Friday, and on Friday and Saturday evenings, and on the eve of public holidays in the evening.

Location

Ideally located south of the Larzac causse, 20 minutes from Millau, 1 hour from Sète and Montpellier and on the road to Spain, the Rockastel café-auberge is the place to go with friends or family to discover historic sites, breathtaking natural sites and enjoy outdoor sports, or simply to stop off. The Templar and Hospitaller circuit, the Millau viaduct, the Abeil cirque, the Navacelle cirque, the Tarn, Jonte, Dourbie and Vis gorges, the Aven Armand and Dargilan caves. Heading further south, towards Montpellier or Bézier, you'll pass through the historic town of Lodeve, the Salagou lake and the Herault gorges.

A gourmet break

The Auberge du Rockastel is the ideal stopover for your weekend or holiday. Between the plains of the Hérault and the Aveyron, the stopover village of Le Caylar has always been a resting place for travellers to eat, relax and unwind.

Situated on the sunny village square, close to the legendary carved elm tree, the Auberge du Rockastel is also a well-known stop-off point for hikers, cyclists and motorcyclists.

At the foot of the historic village, a path leads to the ruins of a 12th-century castle, built into the rock and dominated by a small chapel and a spectacular panoramic viewpoint.

Suggested dishes

The dishes change with the seasons, the mood and the arrival of produce.
Every lunchtime, we offer a menu of the day with two starters, three main courses, including a vegetarian dish, and three desserts.

In the evening, we offer an à la carte choice.
Here are a few examples of our dishes, all made with produce from the farm and accompanied by seasonal vegetables cooked in the oven
- duck sausage with mashed potatoes
- duck confit, small potatoes in parsley sauce
- roast guinea fowl with chanterelle mushrooms
- slow-cooked veal, beef or pork roasts
- Gourmet vegetarian salad full of flavour (tomatoes, quinoa, hummus, avocado, grated carrots and other seasonal vegetables, fresh herbs: basil, coriander, spring onions)
- a generous selection of charcuterie and local ewe's milk cheeses
- country terrines, poultry rillettes
- herrings with apples in oil
- Bouzigues oysters
- in summer, plates of tomato basil, guacamole and prosciutto melon,
- homemade desserts: flaune, red fruit cheesecake, mango mascarpone, caramel cream, chocolate fondant, seasonal fruit tart...
- a menu of homemade sorbets and ice creams

The price of the menu and à la carte is very reasonable.
And if you've enjoyed your meal, you can take away a few bottles, honey, jams or authentic dishes cooked in jars selected by our inn's grocery shop.

Open Hours

• Low Season
from 2nd of April 2025 to 30th of April 2025
from 1st of September 2025 to 30th of April 2026

◦ Lunchtime Monday to Friday (12pm-2.30pm)
◦ Open evenings, Fridays, Saturdays and public holidays eve (7.15pm-9.30pm)
◦ Groups by reservation on other evenings of the week

• High Season
from 1st of May 2025 to 31st of August 2025

◦ Open for lunch and dinner, Every day (12pm-2.30pm and 7.15pm-9.30pm)
◦ Weekly closing on Thursday

Prices 2025

Set lunch (starter, main course or dessert): €17.90, (starter, main course, dessert): €19.90
A la carte average price (starter, main course, dessert): 28€.

Capacity
25 Couvert(s) in the dining room, 18 Couvert(s) on the terrace

Means of payment
- Credit card
- Cash

Facilities
- Wifi / Internet
- Terrace
- Accessible to the disabled
- baby seat

Events

- 1 cabaret evening one Friday a month from April to October, 7-10.30pm
◦ meal-show (1 dish, 1 drink) €25 on reservation
◦ free-access bar from 8.30pm subject to availability.

- Book the restaurant for your events: Group, Seminar, Birthday, Wedding, ... Contact us


Services

- Animals and children accepted
- Le Theil wildlife park
- Hiking and mountain biking
- horse riding
- Rockastel Festival: 4 days in the last week of July
- local producers' market with concert, every Wednesday in July and August


Langues

• French
• English