Versailles
Full-length windows frame the Cour d’Honneur and Cour Royale at this resplendent light-flooded restaurant inside the Château de Versailles. Created by…
Must-see restaurants in Île-de-France
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Île-de-France
Framed by blue shutters, this 17th-century stone house contains Senlis' best restaurant. Cutting-edge flavour combinations include Lozère sausage with fig…
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Chartres
Entered from rue du Cardinal Pie, this 17th-century townhouse framed by duck-egg-blue shutters has timber-panelled walls, beamed ceilings and up-close…
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Fontainebleau
Chef Kunihisa Goto has gained a Michelin star for his inspired flavour combinations: turbot with candied artichoke and yuzu-butter sauce, veal sweetbreads…
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Versailles
Every dish at this contemporary, bottle-lined bistro is based around a specific cheese, from starters such as Cantal mille-feuille (layered pastry), to…
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Versailles
For an appropriately sumptuous meal in this stately town, Michelin-starred La Table du 11 fits the bill. Dark-blue flooring matches its façade; dishes on…
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Versailles
Framed by a royal-blue façade and painted with giant flower murals inside, this charmer is hidden in a little courtyard that fills with tables in warm…
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Chartres
Tucked off the tourist trail and easy to miss even if you do chance down its narrow street, this atmospheric space with low beamed ceilings is a treat for…
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Chantilly
This elegant white-shuttered townhouse serves classical cuisine such as meat, game and terrines accompanied by sweet onion chutney. A warming fire roars…
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Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau has a raft of Italian restaurants but this one is hands down the best. Steaming crispy-crust pizzas include La Melanzana (topped with…
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Chartres
Even if you're not staying at lavish hotel Le Grand Monarque, its refined Georges restaurant is worth seeking out for its Michelin-starred multicourse…
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Île-de-France
Unexpectedly adventurous flavour combinations at this oyster-grey-fronted restaurant on a cobbled square range from Saint Rieul beer-marinated Welsh…
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Chantilly
In the grounds of Château de Chantilly, a half-timbered building dating from the late 18th century that was a favoured drinking den for aristocrats is now…
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Fontainebleau
Right by the château gardens entrance at the chic La Demeure du Parc hotel, this contemporary restaurant has 50 seats in its dining room (illuminated by a…
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Fontainebleau
With a timber-decked, canopied terrace that's heated in winter, this locals’ favourite has a cheerful red- and yellow-painted, bare-boards interior and…
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Chartres
This welcoming spot has particularly good pizzas (try the Montagnarde with tomato, mozzarella, Reblochon cheese, potatoes, red onions, cured ham and crème…
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Chantilly
As a certified partner of Parisian gourmet emporium Fauchon, you can be sure of the quality at this charming tearoom. With comfy sofas, a sunny pavement…
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Chartres
At this pistachio-painted, wood-beamed charmer, local products are ingeniously used in dishes such as snails with leeks and Nottonville Abbey goat's…
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Île-de-France
The five different spaces at Le Carre span a pavement terrace and rear stone-walled courtyard to a stylish piano bar, so it's an ideal place for a drink,…
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Chartres
Take a seat in the sleek interior or beneath a market umbrella in the rear courtyard to dine on superb dishes such as sea bream with potatoes and tomato…
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Fontainebleau
Framed by an awning-shaded terrace, the 'little blackboard' has a beamed-ceilinged interior, stone walls and a scrumptious variety of daily changing…
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Chartres
Just beyond Chartres' busy old town, this two-storey charcoal-coloured bistro has a sunny terrace out front with red blankets to wrap up in on chilly days…
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Chartres
Dishes chalked on the blackboard are all made from the fresh produce at Chartres' iron-canopied market, which the bistro overlooks (terrace seats give you…
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Chartres
Soak up local life overlooking the open-air flower market. This tearoom-patisserie’s hot chocolate and macarons (flavoured with orange, apricot, peanut,…
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Versailles
Eateries within the Versailles estate include tearoom Angelina, famed for its decadent hot chocolate. It also serves quiches, gourmet sandwiches, salads,…
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Fontainebleau
Melt-in-your-mouth macarons, in flavours including poppy seed and gingerbread, are refreshingly inexpensive at this beloved patisserie-boulangerie (bakery…
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Chantilly
If it's not market day (and even if it is), this deli is a fabulous spot to pick up ingredients for a forest picnic. Charcuterie, smoked and marinated…
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Chantilly
With its red-and-white checked tablecloths, simple wooden tables and classic bistro fare, this cosy, very friendly French affair is as much a wine bar as…
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Chantilly
Beneath the vaulted stone ceiling of the Château de Chantilly kitchens, La Capitainerie captures the palace's grandeur and romance. Fare is traditional…
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Versailles
There has been a market in this spot since the reign of Louis XIII. In addition to the 2000 sq m covered market (open every day but Monday), there's an…
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Fontainebleau
Locals pile into this bar-brasserie, which has a blackboard full of Auvergne specialities such as tripoux (sheep's tripe) with aligot (potato and melted…
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Fontainebleau
Tucked away in a cobbled courtyard, this Breton hidey-hole cooks up authentic sweet crêpes and simple (single thickness) and pourleth (double thickness)…
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Fontainebleau
With wooden panelling, red banquette seating and atmosphere to spare, the Franklin keeps locals well fed: the salades composées (salads with meat or fish)…
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Chartres
Food shops and restaurants surround Chartres' canopied market, just off rue des Changes south of the cathedral. The market itself dates from the early…
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Versailles
Pick up sandwiches, salads, pastries and more for a quick bite on the go or picnic in the park.
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Versailles
Rustic farm objects such as cartwheels strung from old wooden beams add a country air ‘At the Farm’. Cuisine inspired by southwest France spans dishes…
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Versailles
Wicker chairs fill the pavement terrace of this popular local bistro, which specialises in meat and seafood cooked on an open grill. It’s not fancy but…
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Chantilly
Chantilly’s twice-weekly open-air market is good for picking up picnic fare.
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Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau's market sets up three times a week on place de la République.
