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Restaurants and shops
The Palace of Versailles has many services to make your visit a real pleasure. Restaurants, takeaway outlets, souvenir shops, etc. - take a break between two visits!
Picnicking is not allowed in the gardens, only at certain dedicated locations in the Park.
Restaurants and shops
The Palace of Versailles has many services to make your visit a real pleasure. Restaurants, takeaway outlets, souvenir shops, etc. - take a break between two visits!
Picnicking is not allowed in the gardens, only at certain dedicated locations in the Park.
Le Dauphin
In the middle of the Garden, Le Dauphin welcomes you for a gourmet break or a sweet or savoury snack, to take away or to eat on the go.
Open every day until 31 October:
- 8am to 6.30pm on Mondays
- from 8.30am to 7pm from Tuesday to Sunday (early closing on Fountains night shows days).
Telephone: +33 (0)1 39 07 01 87
"Gourmandises De La Petite Venise"
Currently closed
This takeaway outlet proposes homemade ice creams, sweet snacks (waffles, crêpes), cakes and hot drinks.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12:30 to 5:30pm in high season (April to October)
Open Tuesday, Saturday and Sundays and during school holidays (except on Mondays) from 12:30 to 4:30pm in low season (November to March)
Telephone: +33 (0)1 39 53 25 69
La Petite Venise Restaurant
La Petite Venise offers refined Italian cooking in a bucolic setting at the heart of the Versailles park. It also caters for groups (50 pers. max).
The restaurant is open daily from 11:45 am to 6 pm (closes at 5pm from November to March). Lunch service is available until 3.30pm and our drinks selection until closing time.
Reservations: +33 (0)1 39 53 25 69
La Petite Venise Terraces
Italian-inspired takeaway with a terrace on the Grand Canal. Ice cream from the Manufacture Alain Ducasse. From April to October, the terrace is open every day from 10:30am to 6pm.
From November to March, the terrace is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.30am to 5pm.
La Girandole
Annual closure from 6 January to 27 January 2025.
Covered Picnic Area
This place is the only one where you can have a picnic in the gardens. Access to the gardens is free of charge, except for Fountains Shows and Musical Gardens days.
Picnicking is allowed in the Park.
La Flottille Restaurant
This brasserie-restaurant on the edge of the Grand Canal offers traditional French food in c.1900 setting (set menus and à la carte dining). La Flottille also caters for groups (200 pers. max).
The restaurant is open every day from 9am to 7.30pm (early closure during days of Night Fountains shows).
Reservations: +33 (0)1 39 51 41 58
La Flottille Takeaway
Takeaway of sandwiches, salads, home-made ice creams, crêpes, hot and cold drinks. Open every day from 9am to 6:30pm from April to October (closes at 6pm from November to March).
Sorbets Kiosk - Grand Canal
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 1pm to 6pm (depending on weather conditions).
Sorbets Kiosk - Trianon Crossroads
Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 1pm to 6pm (depending on weather conditions). Organic sorbets and jams are sold on the avenues of the park, at the south end of the Grand Canal and Trianon Crossroads. This kiosk also offers crêpes (organic ingredients and toppings).
During school holidays, open Tuesday to Sunday.
Where are the restaurants located near the Gardens?
Two restaurants (La Petite Venise and The Flottille) are located between the Apollo Fountain and the Grand Canal.
The Brasserie de la Girandole is in Gardens. It is open from April to October.
La Petite Venise Restaurant
La Petite Venise offers refined Italian cooking in a bucolic setting at the heart of the Versailles park. It also caters for groups (50 pers. max).
The restaurant is open daily from 11:45 am to 6 pm (closes at 5pm from November to March). Lunch service is available until 3.30pm and our drinks selection until closing time.
Reservations: +33 (0)1 39 53 25 69
La Girandole
Annual closure from 6 January to 27 January 2025.
La Flottille Restaurant
This brasserie-restaurant on the edge of the Grand Canal offers traditional French food in c.1900 setting (set menus and à la carte dining). La Flottille also caters for groups (200 pers. max).
The restaurant is open every day from 9am to 7.30pm (early closure during days of Night Fountains shows).
Reservations: +33 (0)1 39 51 41 58
Where can I buy a takeaway snack?
Le Dauphin is located in the Dauphin's Grove.
In the Park, the takeaway of the Flottille restaurant is located between the Apollo Fountain and the Grand Canal.
From April to October, La Girandole is located in the Girandole Grove.
Le Dauphin
In the middle of the Garden, Le Dauphin welcomes you for a gourmet break or a sweet or savoury snack, to take away or to eat on the go.
Open every day until 31 October:
- 8am to 6.30pm on Mondays
- from 8.30am to 7pm from Tuesday to Sunday (early closing on Fountains night shows days).
Telephone: +33 (0)1 39 07 01 87
"Gourmandises De La Petite Venise"
Currently closed
This takeaway outlet proposes homemade ice creams, sweet snacks (waffles, crêpes), cakes and hot drinks.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12:30 to 5:30pm in high season (April to October)
Open Tuesday, Saturday and Sundays and during school holidays (except on Mondays) from 12:30 to 4:30pm in low season (November to March)
Telephone: +33 (0)1 39 53 25 69
La Petite Venise Terraces
Italian-inspired takeaway with a terrace on the Grand Canal. Ice cream from the Manufacture Alain Ducasse. From April to October, the terrace is open every day from 10:30am to 6pm.
From November to March, the terrace is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.30am to 5pm.
La Girandole
Annual closure from 6 January to 27 January 2025.
The Girandole Grove
The Girandole Grove, which forms a pair with the Dauphin Grove, has seen few modifications since its creation. It is decorated with terms commissioned by Nicolas Fouquet, once Superintendent of Finances to Louis XIV, for the Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte and made in Rome after models by Poussin.
The Dauphin’s Grove
The Dauphin's Grove, also known as “The Two Groves” along with the Girandole, is one of the very first designed by André Le Nôtre around 1660. At the end of the 17th century, the sculptor Théodon completed the series of sculptures dedicated to the seasons and mythological gods.
Starting June 12th, the arboretum will be open daily from 9 am to 7 pm.
La Flottille Takeaway
Takeaway of sandwiches, salads, home-made ice creams, crêpes, hot and cold drinks. Open every day from 9am to 6:30pm from April to October (closes at 6pm from November to March).
Sorbets Kiosk - Grand Canal
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 1pm to 6pm (depending on weather conditions).
Sorbets Kiosk - Trianon Crossroads
Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 1pm to 6pm (depending on weather conditions). Organic sorbets and jams are sold on the avenues of the park, at the south end of the Grand Canal and Trianon Crossroads. This kiosk also offers crêpes (organic ingredients and toppings).
During school holidays, open Tuesday to Sunday.