Seasonal French cooking
The menu changes. The welcome does not.
A short card rewritten with the market, bread from the bakery two doors down, and tables you are never hurried off. Lunch and dinner, Tuesday to Saturday.
The house
We opened with one conviction: a bistro should feed its street before it feeds its reputation. So the card stays short, the produce comes from growers we can call by name, and the prices let you come back on an ordinary Tuesday, not just for occasions.
The kitchen is half-open, you will hear the pans, and that is on purpose. Everything is cooked to order, the stocks are made here, and dessert is never an afterthought.
From this week's card
A few things we are cooking
Burrata, roasted figs & lovage
€14Creamy burrata over figs roasted in their own syrup, lovage oil and toasted sourdough.
startersVegetarianNatural wine of the week (glass)
€8One grower, one cuvée, changing every Tuesday, ask what is open tonight.
drinksVegetarianOnion soup gratinée
€11Six-hour caramelised onions, beef broth, a raft of toasted bread and melted Comté.
startersTrout gravlax, cucumber & dill
€13River trout cured 24 hours in beetroot and gin, pickled cucumber, dill crème fraîche.
startersDuck breast, cherries & smoked beets
€28Dry-aged duck breast, sour cherry jus, beetroot smoked over oak, potato mille-feuille.
mainsLine-caught hake, mussel butter
€26Thick hake fillet roasted on the bone, mussel and cider butter, charred leeks.
mainsLet the kitchen decide
Three set menus, priced once, the simplest way to eat here, and the way the regulars do it.
Lunch set
Two courses from the day's market, weekday lunch only. In and out in under an hour if you need to be.
Tasting menuChef's choice
Five courses, the whole table plays. Tell us what you cannot eat; the kitchen writes the rest of the evening.
Saturday lunch
Three courses served family-style, one long service from noon. Children welcome, high chairs ready.
What the tables say
We came for a birthday and stayed until they stacked the chairs. The duck was the best I have had in years, and the staff treated our late table like the first of the night.
The menu is short and that is exactly the point, everything on it earns its place. The celeriac steak converted a table of committed carnivores.
Booked for six on a rainy Thursday. Warm room, patient service, and the onion soup alone was worth crossing town for. One star kept for the day they add more desserts.
Our regular table since the opening. The card changes with the market and there is always one dish we argue over sharing. Book ahead, the dining room fills fast.
Opening hours
- Tuesday – Friday
- 12:00–14:00 · 19:30–22:30
- Saturday
- 19:30–23:00
- Sunday & Monday
- Closed
The kitchen takes its last order thirty minutes before closing.
Getting here
18 Rue des Tanneurs, city centre
- Five minutes on foot from the central station
- Public car park on the square, free after 19:00
- 01 23 45 67 89
- Get directions
Your table
Book a table
Tell us when and how many, we confirm by phone within the hour during service days.
Tables are held for fifteen minutes past the booked time.