Adelaide Cafe - Versailles

Looking for a specific restaurant but finding it closed down, we stopped off here for drinks while deciding where else to go to eat. A long days travelling, a very hot October evening and a thirst, led to my succumbing to advertising and going against the norm while in France of ordering a large beer. The sign on the street by our table said Happy Hour, 1700 1930, 0.5L Kronenbourg €4.50 I succumbed and ordered, my wife perhaps more sensibly chosing a simple glass of red. The 0.5L arrived, I drank..... don 't know what they had done to the Kronenbourg didn 't taste like that beer to me... had it gone off ? Don 't know, didn 't taste vinegary but was not pleasant. Surly owner/barman who served us didn 't encorage me to complain. Drank some, then left. My wife 's red was actually not bad.

The restaurant is situated slightly away from all of the quaint tourist ones. It is quite spacious which I like and was not very busy when we visited. The menu has a nice variety and our starters were very nice with generous portions. Conversely the main course was only average size portions and my filet mignonette could have been a bit more tender. Overall not bad but there are probably better restaurants to choose from.

I was surprised to see that most of the reviews were by English speakers, though it is in a very prime position for tourists walking back from the Palace. But having read the reviews, if I owned the cafe I'd employ a few more English speaking staff. Mind you, it wasn't a problem. The waiter laughed when we commented on the menu item of kangaroo, and said we were Australian, and we had an excellent rapport from then on. The food is not bad value considering the location we had the plat du jour of bavette steak, frites, salad, dessert. Bavette is a tricky steak to make edible unless you cook it long and slow. So medium medium rare in effect) was OK, so long as you don't mind cutting off small pieces and chewing them. But the flavour was great, the pepper sauce was very tasty and the chips were much better than most. Not soggy, crisp and double fried. The creme caramel was lovely. And we were are) in France when the new Beaujolais is in, so we had a half carafe of that. Quite a treat. And nice clean toilets unusually, separate male and female toilets). I would go back here, because it's not small and cramped, the staff are friendly, and they let me got back and use the toilet later on before I got the bus back to St Remy les Chevreuse that's not the only reason, but it is a plus)

Early morning, and after wandering the streets of Versailles and being in need of sustenance, my wife and I flopped onto the first set of chairs available and ordered a coffee each. It was The Adelaide. Good coffee, pleasant service, sun shining, excellent. Later that day, daughter and granddaughter wanted Pasta for lunch. Finally found... yes, you've guessed it.. The Adelaide. An excellent pasta all round. Good service, friendly bi-lingual staff, clean toilets. Excellent. Next day.. After a hard treck in the Chateau, and after walking out of another restaurant after being ignored for half an hour, we arrived at The Adelaide. Salads for the vegetarians, a nice bit of meat for me. Our waiter remembered us from yesterday and was very pleasant with it. Next time we go to Versailles, (and there will be a next time! we will be at The Adelaide again. An excellent place all round.

Birthday visit (not that we told them). But we picked this restaurant as we live in Adelaide. Waiter and owner very excited to hear and see we lived in the namesake of the cafe, although many many mile away in australia and not related to Queen adelaide.Food was nice - pizza and pasta and a mojito. First restaurant meal in a 6 week trip around Europe.