Versailles
Ore

Ore

pl. d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

Café • Français • Européen • Végétarien


"Thanks to works on RER line C I arrived at Versailles about an hour later than I'd planned to and I missed the guided tour I'd bought a ticket for to avoid the long lines to get into the palace. Since I had skipped breakfast to get there early I was hungry and I decided to try Ore. The hostess downstairs was very friendly and promptly pointed me to the elevator. When I arrived upstairs in the restaurant I was show to a table with a nice view of the courtyard. I had the "Le Lever Du Roi" breakfast, which at 20€ was good value. It consisted of a basket of three pastries, a toasted baguette, butter, jam, honey, sausage, a fried tomato and two fried eggs. It also included a glass of juice and a coffee of choice. The food was of good quality and the eggs were cooked to perfection. Service was ok, but nothing special. I felt a bit like they weren't thrilled to have a single guest, obviously a tourist (which I guess 99% of their guests are..). In retrospect it really annoys me that no one informed me of the possibility of ordering the "Le Grand Lever" breakfast that included "shortcut" access to the palace. Yes, it's listed on the menu, but not really "advertised", it's in quite small print, and I missed it. Which meant I missed getting into the palace on this visit.The regular line to get in to the palace was very long, someone told me to expect a two-hour wait in line, I decided to skip the palace and just seen the gardens and the Trianons. Although I'd pre-bought a passport ticket online before going there I would've happily paid another 20€ to avoid the long line and get inside. Lesson learned for my next visit to Versailles I guess."