la brochet' du sud — Restaurant in Chartres

Amusing restaurant whose highlight are hanging skillets with meat or fish. Beef had a hard texture, not good at all, duck was good and tender. All the rest of the meal was just ok but not something to remember. The place is small and a reservation is a must. This place is fine one time but not worth coming back as the menu does not have much choices. It faces the cathedral but there are other, very close restaurants that might be a tempting alternative. A caveat : parking in Chartres is a nightmare, very hard to find one and...

Excellent value-small menu plus dish of the day. We went for this-suspended brochettes of beautiful steak with potatoes and a mushroom sauce. Followed by their gorgeous homemade chocolate mousse and pears. This place is right by the cathedral and you’d be forgiven for expecting it to a tourist trap. Sure they have an English menu but the waitress barely spoke English and there were French eating there.

It was a wet afternoon and not very busy hence little atmosphere.

I would recommend this...

We actually wanted to visit that place because of the Andouillette. While my brother and I went into the cathedral, my mother sat outside the empty restaurant to wait for us. She was told off by a rude waitress that this was impossible (according to Google they were open). When my mother wanted to make a reservation for later, she was told this would not be possible since they were not yet open. Quite strange way to get...