Where can you enjoy the best game dishes in France this fall?
Royal-style hare, grouse, mallard… From Kaysersberg to Quissac, eight restaurants are celebrating hunting season this fall. Dates, prices, and menus from our 2026 selection.
When the first autumn mists envelop the forests, France’s finest restaurants turn their attention to game. Game birds and game animals, hare à la royale, wild mushrooms: from Alsace to the Gard, via Sologne, Burgundy, the Alps, and Paris, chefs are offering menus and special evenings dedicated to game.
For fall 2026, Gault&Millau has selected eight restaurants where you can book a game menu, along with the season’s dates and prices.
Le Gabriel in Paris
At Le Gabriel, in Paris’s8th arrondissement, Jérôme Banctel— our 2027 Chef of the Year—will offer his “On the Trail of Feathers and Fur” menu, featuring seven or nine courses, from October 5 through December 18, 2026. With this menu, he pays homage to his favorite season and the wild. Sourced from private hunts and approved suppliers, the game is paired with seasonal vegetables, carefully crafted sauces, and nods to the chef’s native Brittany. A menu that strikes a balance between bold flavors and subtlety, for game enthusiasts and the curious alike.
- Rating: 19/20 (5 toques)
- Price: “Sur la piste des plumes et des poils” menu at €410 for seven courses, €485 for nine courses
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La Table d’Olivier Nasti in Kaysersberg
At Le Chambard, Olivier Nasti is hosting the fourth edition of his Hunting Festival from October 12 to November 17, 2026. A hunter himself, the chef serves local game, brought in by him or his family and friends from the surrounding area. Each week has its own theme: after large game, game birds, and game pie, it’s time for hare à la royale from November 2 to 8, featuring an evening event on Tuesday, November 3, with Camille Delcroix and Mathieu Silvestre, followed by furred game from November 9 to 17. The festival concludes on Tuesday, November 17, with a gala dinner featuring Alexandre Gauthier, Franck Pelux, and Emmanuel Renaut. Throughout the festival, a “Hunting” menu will be served at La Table d’Olivier Nasti and at the Winstub du Chambard (2 toques), and the hotel is offering themed stays.
- Rating: 19/20 (5 toques)
- Price: Special evenings at €345, Winstub’s “Chasse” menu at €95
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Fleur de Loire in Blois
On the edge of the Sologne region, Christophe Hay celebrates the season every fall with his six-course “Return from the Hunt” menu. Depending on the day’s catch, partridge, venison, wild boar, mouflon from the Chambord estate, or hare à la royale are paired with vegetables from the garden, grown just two hundred meters from the restaurant. A menu that tells the story of Sologne through its game.
- Rating: 18.5/20 (4 toques)
- Price: “Retour de chasse” menu at 230 €
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Omar Dhiab in Paris
Near Place des Victoires, Omar Dhiab is offering a “Hunting” menu from October 13 to December 4, 2026. True to his signature style, the chef pairs the robust flavors of game with herb-infused seasonings and vegetable-based sauces—the common thread running through his cuisine.
- Rating: 14.5/20 (2 toques)
- Price: Game menu at 175 €
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L’Oiseau Blanc in Paris
On the sixth floor of The Peninsula Paris, with a view of the Eiffel Tower, David Bizet presents an “Autumn Hunting Journal” in six courses. The menu features, among other dishes, kombu aged with grapes, capers, anchovies, and oscietra caviar; a gray partridge; a medley of porcini mushrooms with grain-fed XO and a woody concentrate; and a young grouse.
- Rating: 16.5/20 (3 toques)
- Price: set menu at €345
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Château de Vault-de-Lugny in Vault-de-Lugny
In the Yonne department, near Vézelay, Chef Franco Bowanee is serving his game menu through November 11, 2026. The menu begins with wild boar in puff pastry with foie gras and wild mushrooms, or mallard in a truffle consommé with fall vegetables. Next comes hare à la royale—a recipe the chef has been perfecting for over ten years—or a Scottish grouse roasted with foie gras, wrapped in cabbage, and served with a whiskey sauce. Cheeses aged by Maison Bordier and a dessert by pastry chef Karina Laval round out the meal. The dishes are also available à la carte.
- Rating: 13/20 (2 toques)
- Price: “Chasse” menu at €198, €238 with two appetizers
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Chalet Flachaire in Abondance
In the heart of the Abondance Valley, in Haute-Savoie, Thomas Flachaire works with local ingredients and Alpine-inspired flavors. Every Thursday in October and November, he replaces his “Menu des Cimes” with an eight-course “Chasse & Forêt” menu, dedicated to game and the flavors of the forest floor. In this small chalet with a view of the mountains, game is paired with local ingredients and herbal notes.
- Rating: 13/20 (2 toques)
- Price: “Chasse & Forêt” menu for €120, Thursdays through the end of November
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Melba in Quissac
In Quissac, in the Gard region between Nîmes and Montpellier, Léa and Elouan Trehin—a self-taught couple—run Melba: she works front of house, while he works alone in the kitchen. In November, the restaurant dedicates its Sundays to game with a special menu. On the menu: game bird pâté en croûte, wild boar ravioli with confit of cacao pods, venison loin marinated in squash miso, followed by hare à la royale, Antonin Carême style.
- Rating: 12.5/20 (1 chef’s hat)
- Price: Hunting menu at €96, on Sundays, November1, 8, 15, and 29 for lunch (12:15 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.). Reservations at 04 66 77 74 90
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In the mood for game all season long?
Beyond the game menus, many restaurants feature game on their menus all fall long. Check out our selection of restaurants where you can enjoy game.
