La Petite Chaise in Paris, France

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Telephone:	+33 1 42 22 13 35
Website:	www.alapetitechaise.fr
Address:	36 rue Grenelle, Paris, France, 75007 Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 7ème
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	360 ftVarenne- Raspail 550 ftSaint-Guillaume 830 ftRue du Bac
Categories:	French

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Takes Reservations	Yes
Delivery	No
Take-out	No
Accepts Credit Cards	Yes
Good For	Dinner
Bike Parking	Yes
Wheelchair Accessible	Yes
Good for Kids	No
Good for Groups	No

Attire	Casual
Noise Level	Average
Alcohol	Full Bar
Outdoor Seating	No
Wi-Fi	Free
Has TV	No
Dogs Allowed	Yes
Waiter Service	Yes
Caters	No

Today

Today	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Open now
Local time (Paris)	21:31 Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Business hours

Monday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Tuesday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Thursday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sunday	12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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32 reviews of La Petite Chaise

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Hailey D.

Place rating: 2
Zürich, Switzerland

This was a very disappointing dining experience for my husband and I. I don’t understand why so many people have given LPC five star reviews??? It took all of three seconds to realize that we had entered a tourist trap, but hoping for the best, we stuck it out. Unfortunately, the food was mediocre and just ok. The wait staff was friendly enough, earning them the two stars I’m giving this establishment.

Felicia S.

Place rating: 5
Shawnee Mission, KS

Just had dinner there tonight. The place is tiny and for that reason we waited to have a 9:15 sitting. We started with The escargot and froid gras, perfection! My husband had the rabbit in mustard sauce and I ordered the duo fish cod/salmon under a cape of julienne vegetable steam beautifully. This was our first time here and it just happened to be a couples of blocks from our flat on 7^th arrondissement. Let me just say that after coming to Paris for the last 35 years and visiting all the trending spot with acrobatic food displays and incongruous combinations, I much prefer the true and tried. I know the hipsters are always looking for the latest adventures in dining and that’s just fine but me, I’ll take the usual, well prepared comfort french food anytime!!!

Kelly R.

Place rating: 4
Panama City, FL

Beautiful, classic restaurant. We had a party of six and everything everybody ordered was EXCELLENT.
Nicolas our server was especially attentive, funny, and helpful.
The caramel custard was divine.
Dress code is upscale casual (button down shirt or open collar with a blazer).

Eugene H.

Place rating: 5
Baltimore, MD

good food! great duck! st germain and rue de bac area. i didnt have a reservation but the restaurant was very accomodating. they didnt get on my case or say anything but try not to eat there in a t-shirt on like me; its business casual ambiance i think.

Jean M.

Place rating: 2
Longueuil, Canada

If you have no other choice, don’t!!! This was the only restaurant open on a Sunday night in our neighborhood. You are better off going to a brasserie or a café. This is without a doubt a tourist trap. The limited menu should mean good dishes that are mastered. They are not!
Poor service with a waiter that pours white wine in my water filled glass without any excuse… Waiting for 10 mins for the check and then being shoved out of the restaurant because they were now in urgent need of the table.
It may be the oldest restaurant in Paris but you can find better, I assure you!

John M.

Place rating: 5
Wantagh, NY

Highly recommended by the hotel, so we gave it a go during the June 2013 birthday week event. Boy were we happy we did. Turns out it is the oldest restaurant in Paris — founded in 1680, and it was our first upscale dinner in Paris.
We ended up going with the pre-fixe dinner menu. Like previous reviewers have mentioned, there are a lot of choices on the pre-fixe, about 8 to 10 of both appetizer and entrée. The French soup wasn’t what you would normally get in the states, and we didn’t expect it to be. Much lighter on the cheese, not necessarily less cheese, just tasted light. Had the duck breast as an entrée and it was clear we were no longer in the states. I always heard the food was better in Paris, yada yada yada — they were so on the money. The food is much better, and this was the start of an epic journey of food for us. Almost nothing is average. Everything should get washed down with wine in Paris, a Chateauneuf du Pape did the trick here, along with some port. We were pleased with the service, and how could you not appreciate being in a restaurant that is over 300 years old.
When I do head back there are a lot of places I will revisit, this without question will be one of them.

Kathleen S.

Place rating: 4
New York, NY

Tried to review every notable restaurant we visited while in Paris and realized I was remiss in forgetting this one. I’m not sure I realized it was the oldest restaurant in Paris when I was there (although it does clearly state it on the menu, apparently). It is very cozy and the service was excellent. I had the salmon and cod dish. I’ve never had that combo before and it was quite nice. I think it’s a great place for a date or to catch up with friends over a delicious meal. I recall the prices being quite reasonable, by Paris standards.

Michelle D.

Place rating: 5
Houston, TX

Crème de la crème. OLDEST French restaurant in town, everything was DELICIOUS. BEST French food I’ve ever had
Foie gras
French onion soup
Escargots
Lamb chops
Filet
ALL BEAUTIFULLY PREPARED

Bob M.

Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL

The fixed price menus are terrific with lots of choices. We each had the escargot, my wife had the Duck I had the Lamb. Both are meals included potatoes with cheese. The sauces and gravy was delicious.
I like the escargot out of the shell in the ceramic (hot) dish. Dipping bread to soak up that garlic is a must. The restaurant was founded in the 1600′ and is the oldest restaurant in Paris. Reservations… A must. The restaurant is moly open a limited number of hours in a day… Love this place it’s on my Paris bucket list.

Boris F.

Place rating: 2
Sunnyvale, CA

I strongly advise looking for good French food elsewhere. This place uses frozen ingredients, salts their food too much and the décor is dowdy. And it’s expensive! You can do a lot better, especially in Paris. In fact, you can get much better French food in USA, where I am from.
My dessert was apparently canned fruit. The potatoes au gratin were absolutely mushy and salty. The vegetables on my fish were probably from a frozen package like the fish itself. The mozzarella with the tomatoes had a strange taste and that is a dish we love and in fact had good renditions of in France.
The onion soup was pretty good and very large.
We were in Paris for eight days and France for two weeks and this meal was the poorest value we had the entire time.

Holly G.

Place rating: 5
Berkeley, CA

We visited all the Paris hot spots and were ready for dinner — now. We were starving and didn’t care where we ate as long as it was amazing and memorable.
After searching and searching without finding inspiration we decided to pop into a hotel and ask for recommendations. We were given the name of only one restaurant — «A la Petite Chaise» and were told we could have a reservation. When I asked for more details I was told, «It’s French and it’s good.» (with a French tone that made it clear that I had no right to question).
We took our chances and arrived to an empty restaurant. We started with champagne — perfect. Next we had the French Onion Soup. It was honestly one of the things we will remember most about this trip. So good. Wow, wouldn’t it be great if the whole meal is this good?
Guess what — the whole meal was that good. We split the citrus salad and we each enjoyed our own main course — veal, cod and lamb. The sauces were just how you would hope a French sauce would be.
Halfway through our meal the restaurant filled up with a ready crowd. Turns out this is the oldest restaurant in Paris. Who knew? We really lucked out with this special dinner.
Not cheap but so worth it.

Naomi T.

Place rating: 5
Berkeley, CA

Delicious. We were starving and in search of a place to eat. The hotel concierge made a reservation and sent us off without much info. What a nice surprise. Everything was delicious, French onion soup was the beast, even the avocado and grapefruit salad tartness good. Stick with Crème brûlée for desert.

Mike P.

Place rating: 4
Barton Hills, Austin, TX

My first dinner in Paris was our fave at the oldest restaurant in the city. The servers/garçon were more than helpful when guiding us thru the menu. A cozy, quaint place with great escargot, fantastic steak and potatoes.

Arturo F.

Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA

Before my trip, I read guides and books about discovering the real Paris. I came to La Petite Chaise after reading a thorough review on David Lebovitz’s (a Californian pastry chef who moved to Paris) website. As he mentioned, the restaurant is one of the oldest in the city and has an unapologetically simple menu. The décor was quaint, pastel wallpaper, floral tablecloth, and a poised on a wall watching me eat. Sure, it was a little cheesy (or au beurre to be more relevant) but the service and the food was phenomenal. The menu has about 5 different classic options for each course; every one of the plates come out looking beautiful. The bread was some of the best we’ve had in our short trip.
It’s an upscale restaurant, but don’t expect outrageous prices; they are quite moderate. Looking around the restaurant, we didn’t hear a word of English, which was a very good sign. An even better sign were the older French couples around us eating escargot. Upon walking in, they offer to take your coats and assist in putting them on after dinner. Servers are older, extremely polite, and welcoming.
It was a wonderful experience that I want to have times again. I highly recommend bringing a date or a close travel buddy.

Tiziana A.

Place rating: 5
White Plains, NY

Excellent restaurant, food is top notch, and the service is spectacular as well as the French onion soup :-)

Keith B.

Place rating: 3
Ashburn, VA

I want to echo the sentiments of many of the other reviewers. The food is well executed and traditional French fare. Its a safe option restaurant with reasonable prices which is probably why it is popular with tourists. I found it to be a great introduction to what French cuisine has to offer and enjoyed it although it wasn’t the best meal I had while in Paris. It is very small and cozy as befitting its old pedigree, but still very charming. If your French language skills are not very good, like mine, there was a waiter who was able to communicate in English which helps as well. The onion soup is great and although a pedestrian dish, is still nice on a cold Parisian night.

Bill E.

Place rating: 3
Albany, NY

Back again today. Never great, but always good. Had the onion soup, skip it, you can find better. Had the smoked salmon with dill spread. Very tasty with the toast and light after a day of other things. A bottle of Badoit (water) and a glass of red and white and on to the main course. Lamb for me and salmon and cod for my friend. The sauce on the fish is butter based and heavy but correct and the lamb had a potato cake that was great. I had the mango and black current sorbet. Truly delicious and I recommend as a finish to heavy meals. The coffee was just what I needed. All together $ 125.

Kelly C.

Place rating: 3
San Francisco, CA

Hands down best french onion soup.
We arrived in Paris starving, checked into the hotel and walked an hour to eat at this… the oldest restaurant in Paris. Did I mention we were starving. I guess it took a bit to settle into Parisian living. We didn’t realize it would take us an hour to have bread at our table. I was ready to eat the tablecloth. Our bread arrived and it was delicious. I ordered a salad with seafood which was fresh and nice to start. I received the french onion soup on a cute plate that said a la petite chaise the name of the restaurant moments later and was extremely happy. All that melted cheese — who wouldn’t be. It was heavenly and the best meal I would eat in Paris. The rest was history

Wendy C.

Place rating: 3
Thornhill, Canada

This restaurant has the honor of being «the oldest restaurant in Paris». Textbook-classic french food, nothing fancy or trendy, just traditional food done right. If you want a slab of foie gras, escargots, or a nice roasted rack of lamb au naturel, this would be a good place to go. The 3-course prix-fixe dinner presents an excellent value.
On the other hand, if you are looking for more creativeness or haute cuisine, go somewhere else.
A rather small place, so reservation is recommended especially for dinner.

Robert A.

Place rating: 5
Spring Branch, États-Unis

c’est magnifique !!! Enough Said… My first visit 1986 and I’ve never forgotten. Eat with the locals. Don’t Forget Hotel St Germain at 88 rue du Bac.

Daniel D.

Place rating: 4
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine

bon service, bonne cuisine, peu d’antiquités
Nous avions choisi le 17 septembre, journée du patrimoine, pour essayer ce restaurant. Le souvenir de l’année 1680 se limite à la grille de la façade et à un texte d’une page retraçant l’historique du restaurant. Mais la cuisine, classique, est soignée et le service est efficace. Nous avons apprécié un très bon vin de Bordeaux à 15,50 euro la demi-bouteille. Le menu (entrée, plat et dessert) est à 32 euros, un bon rapport qualité-prix.

Daphhh

Place rating: 4
Paris

J’ai mangé à l’étage en amoureux, nous étions seuls dans la salle du fond, le cadre est très beau et le diner très bon.

Erica U.

Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom

Said to be the «oldest restaurant in paris», the history just leaking out of this quaint and cozy place. Its warm and inviting and very proud to be the oldest restaurant in Paris, in business since 1600’s.
The lighting a bit bright in the main room, but the food made up for it.
The pre-fixe meal deal was a good deal and enough food to stuff a horse. The escargot’s were very tasty, the fois gras was also very creamy and a bit gamey for me but i still liked it. I’m not so much a fois gras person, but I’ll taste it.
Their wine was good, I didn’t select, but the waiter made a suggestion and we went with it. It was good and not too crazy pricey.
Overall, A good meal.

Scott L.

Place rating: 3
New York, NY

This restaurant definitely played it safe. Nothing special. Just the classic, french dishes done right. That is to say, they taste ok. I was not impressed with anything though.
My nordic fish with sorbet was interesting, but not particularly good. The gf had the french onion soup, which was good, but not anything more.
I had the beef with potatoes in a wine sauce, which was appetizing. The crème brûlée was nothing special, but I didn’t want to finish it.
Not the worst meal in Paris, but not the best. Just because it’s the oldest restaurant in Paris does not mean it’s the best. Still, it seemed like a difficult area to find a good meal, so it is a good place in a pinch.

Joel F.

Place rating: 5
Roinvilliers, Essonne

Satisfaction totale
Ce restaurant de quartier traditionnel ouvert sept jours sur sept vous offre la possibilité de déguster une bonne cuisine française. L’on vous y accueille fort aimablement et le service est rapide.

Michèle P.

Place rating: 4
Paris

Située sur la rue Grenelle, A La Petite Chaise vous propose des plats typiquement français pour faire plaisir aux papilles. Avec un riche passé historique, ce restaurant est parmi les plus anciens de Paris. A La Petite Chaise propose plusieurs formules. Sur la carte nous y retrouvons des grands classiques comme les escargots, le saumon mariné, le magret de canard ou un parmentier de canard confit.
Si vous êtes comme moi, que vous aimez beaucoup le poisson, vous serrez ravi de trouver plusieurs propositions appétissantes à base de poissons. Aux tons bois, ce restaurant dégage une ambiance très chaleureuse. Pour les personnes qui aiment prendre le temps pour savourer de la bonne cuisine traditionnelle, A La Petite Chaise est pour vous.

Helldo

Place rating: 4
Paris

Rien à redire
L’accueil dans ce restaurant est très chaleureux et le service très efficace. Un menu à 30 euros où l’on peut se régaler avec une cuisine traditionnelle. J’avais toujours entendu parler de ce restaurant car c’est le plus vieux restaurant de Paris. Vraiment pas déçu j’y retournerai avec plaisir.

Fabien

Place rating: 5
Paris

Très bon endroit !
J’ai été séduit par ce lieu ! L’accueil y est chaleureux et professionnel. Le menu à 30 euros est plus que satisfaisant, surtout dans ce quartier où l’on peut être habitué à payer plus cher sans pour autant manger mieux ! A la petite chaise, la cuisine est de qualité, le service irréprochable. Bref, des connaisseurs. Carte des vins bien choisie ! A recommander !

Drupo

Place rating: 2
Paris

Banal
Menu à 30 euros le soir, aubaine parfois, mais là j’ai été déçue, par la simplicité des plats. Mais ceux qui apprécient ce lieu l’aiment sûrement pour ça ! Le canard à l’orange n’avait pas du tout de goût d’orange… Service très long. Mais points positifs: ils font le meilleur tartare que j’ai jamais pu goûté, et la glacé au miel est vraiment top…

Joker

Place rating: 3
Paris

Pas emballé
Bien sûr, un beau passé historique, un beau décor, un service capable, un menu à 29 euros correct, mais beaucoup de touristes et au final pas un bon rapport qualité prix, je préfère largement aller un tout petit peu plus loin sur la rue du dragon !

Alexte

Place rating: 3
Paris

Vieille branche
Quel restaurant sympathique, l’accueil y est des plus agréables, ce restaurant est l’un des plus vieux de Paris, allez-y, en plus c’est dans un quartier des plus sympas !

Lazoui

Place rating: 2
Paris

Un kleenex dans l’assiette
Le décor est canon mais le service est malheureusement prétentieux …et un kleenex dans mon assiette… et un!!! Des excuses du bbbbbout des lèvres … né pensez quand même pas que dans ce cas là, on vous offre le dessert!!!