Ore - Versailles

Very friendly staff and food was good. Loved the golden colored tables! Lovely experience with the antique windows opened : Tip: if you go for champagne, don’t go for the international “famous” brands, bit try a less famous one like the “Champagne Alain Ducasse” that...we had. The bubbles are natural and therefore more smooth, what makes it a pleasure to drink more than a glass!

Special lunch offer via The Fork's Retournons au Restaurant was very good value , a glass of champagne included. Nice courteous service . Note that the only way to get to the restaurant is to walk in to the Chateau via the main front grille..., past security and then follow the signs. Some menus include tickets to the Chateau which avoids the need to queue to buy tickets,

Very disappointed on various points. personal, service, dishes, we command aperitifs (which means that ns would like to taste them ...) hardly served aperitives, the waiter serves us the entries!Happyly they have cold ...... ouf, ns have been able to taste our aperitives. For menus: 2 entries (molecules of the garden or melon!!!); Merlu back or fermière pintade.Price: 39 Euros.The service was deplorable, no smiles, no hello (except a waiter). However, there is a world for service.For bread, don't be pressed.What about the wine served (good my faith), I had to call back the server, because I would have had it at dessert.It would be wise to clean the reception desk because gold or copper requires to be rubbed from time to time ... and to fill the soap dispenser.Mr ducasse spends time checking his/her restaurant

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.

Excellent refresher after a walking tour through the castle and a golf cart ride and tour around the gardens. Cuisine, champagne, wines... service all excellent. Beautifully elegant setting.