Hôtel le Grand Café — Restaurant in Autun

After a hard walk up the nearby hill to a lookout, we returned to town looking for somewhere for lunch and the Boeuf Bourguignon on the blackboard caught our eye.||The place seemed to be mostly locals as Madam obviously knew them, and in the way of other places we ate at in Autun, the atmosphere was plain and quiet.||My wife ordered and enjoyed a plate of Charcuterie, and I ordered the Beef Bourgogne with mixed vegetables, which appeared to be out of a frozen bag.||The Beef was ultra salty, and quite tough, and there was next to no gravy, a very poor example of the region's signature dish.||The pitcher of Domains Martin red was quite nice (from a cask).|With an espresso to finish off we parted with €35, a fairly standard cost, but not for a very...

After a hard walk up the nearby hill to a lookout, we returned to town looking for somewhere for lunch and the Boeuf Bourguignon on the blackboard caught our eye.||The place seemed to be mostly locals as Madam obviously knew them, and in the way of other places we ate at in Autun, the atmosphere was plain and quiet.||My wife ordered and enjoyed a plate of Charcuterie, and I ordered the Beef Bourgogne with mixed vegetables, which appeared to be out of a frozen bag.||The Beef was ultra salty, and quite tough, and there was next to no gravy, a very poor example of the region's signature dish.||The pitcher of Domains Martin red was quite nice (from a cask).|With an espresso to finish off we parted with €35, a fairly standard cost, but not for a very...

Located in a one way street in the central square of Autun. Our room at Le Grand Cafe was beautiful with huge windows overlooking the vast central square which is surrounded by even grander buildings. Minimal furniture enhances a clean, spacious elegant ambience, unusually there is no wardrobe. Nice bathroom but mascerator (noisy) WC. This cafe is a bar, but after dinner we were disappointed to find the bar closed. Breakfast is served at the table with very nice croissants. We squeezed our bikes behind a barrier next the...