Le Bœuf à la Mode

A brasserie with 1930s decor on Rue au Pain, a pedestrian street in the Notre-Dame district, a stone's throw from the market. It is one of the places where Versailles locals eat, and it is open every day without closing at midday.

The menu

Traditional French cooking, home-style and seasonal. The set menu, with starter, main and dessert, costs €40 without drinks, and there is a two-course formula. Starters include Burgundy snails and house foie gras terrine; mains include braised veal cheek, beef tartare or steak, with a supplement if you want it Rossini-style. There is a children's menu up to age 12 for €13.50 and high chairs for babies.

When to go

With continuous service, from 8:30 to 23:00 (23:30 Friday and Saturday), it is the easy table if you come out of the palace at three in the afternoon hungry. At weekend lunchtimes it fills up: book on its website. If the weather is good, ask for the street terrace.

Getting there

From Place d'Armes it is about fifteen minutes' walk north along Avenue de Saint-Cloud and the market. From Versailles Rive Droite station, where the train from Saint-Lazare arrives, about ten.