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
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…
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…
Fontainebleau
Chef Kunihisa Goto has gained a Michelin star for his inspired flavour combinations: turbot with candied artichoke and yuzu-butter sauce, veal sweetbreads…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chantilly
This elegant white-shuttered townhouse serves classical cuisine such as meat, game and terrines accompanied by sweet onion chutney. A warming fire roars…
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…
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…
Île-de-France
Unexpectedly adventurous flavour combinations at this oyster-grey-fronted restaurant on a cobbled square range from Saint Rieul beer-marinated Welsh…
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…
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…
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…
Chartres
This welcoming spot has particularly good pizzas (try the Montagnarde with tomato, mozzarella, Reblochon cheese, potatoes, red onions, cured ham and crème…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Fontainebleau
Framed by an awning-shaded terrace, the 'little blackboard' has a beamed-ceilinged interior, stone walls and a scrumptious variety of daily changing…
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…
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…
Chartres
Soak up local life overlooking the open-air flower market. This tearoom-patisserie’s hot chocolate and macarons (flavoured with orange, apricot, peanut,…
Versailles
Eateries within the Versailles estate include tearoom Angelina, famed for its decadent hot chocolate. It also serves quiches, gourmet sandwiches, salads,…
Fontainebleau
Melt-in-your-mouth macarons, in flavours including poppy seed and gingerbread, are refreshingly inexpensive at this beloved patisserie-boulangerie (bakery…
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…
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…
Chantilly
Beneath the vaulted stone ceiling of the Château de Chantilly kitchens, La Capitainerie captures the palace's grandeur and romance. Fare is traditional…
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…
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…
Fontainebleau
Tucked away in a cobbled courtyard, this Breton hidey-hole cooks up authentic sweet crêpes and simple (single thickness) and pourleth (double thickness)…
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)…
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…
Versailles
Pick up sandwiches, salads, pastries and more for a quick bite on the go or picnic in the park.
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…
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…
Chantilly
Chantilly’s twice-weekly open-air market is good for picking up picnic fare.
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau's market sets up three times a week on place de la République.
