Real food. Big plates. No fuss.
The menu is on the wall, the kitchen is open, and lunch lands in minutes without ever tasting like it hurried.
Cooked this morning
Veggie options every day
Groups and kids welcome
A canteen, the way it should be
We shop like your grandmother and plate like your favourite food truck. Everything is made here, every morning: the bread, the sauces, the dessert of the day. When it is gone, it is gone.
Long tables, loud coffee machine, kids drawing on the paper tablecloths. Come as you are, the food dresses up so you do not have to.
The deal
- Lunch on the table in under ten minutes
- Producers named on the wall, not in a brochure
- Nothing on the card over thirty euros
"If the plate does not make you smile, send it back, we will eat it."
Plates people point at
Burrata, roasted figs & lovage
Creamy burrata over figs roasted in their own syrup, lovage oil and toasted sourdough.
Natural wine of the week (glass)
One grower, one cuvée, changing every Tuesday, ask what is open tonight.
Onion soup gratinée
Six-hour caramelised onions, beef broth, a raft of toasted bread and melted Comté.
Trout gravlax, cucumber & dill
River trout cured 24 hours in beetroot and gin, pickled cucumber, dill crème fraîche.
Duck breast, cherries & smoked beets
Dry-aged duck breast, sour cherry jus, beetroot smoked over oak, potato mille-feuille.
Line-caught hake, mussel butter
Thick hake fillet roasted on the bone, mussel and cider butter, charred leeks.
Let the kitchen decide
Three set menus, priced once, the simplest way to eat here, and the way the regulars do it.
Lunch set
€24
Two courses from the day's market, weekday lunch only. In and out in under an hour if you need to be.
Daily special
€14
One hot plate, whatever's best today. No menu to read, no waiting, just today's plate.
Saturday lunch
€29
Three courses served family-style, one long service from noon. Children welcome, high chairs ready.
Straight from the tables
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.
Hours & how to find us
Opening hours
- Monday – Friday11:45 – 14:30
- Thursday – Saturday19:00 – 22:30
- SundayClosed
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
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.