Violon d'Ingres 2025, with Alain Solivérès and Jimmy Tsaramanana at the helm, is much more than a pleasant pastime. It's a professional affair, well framed and mastered, with a fine French cuisine, open to trends but respectful of its foundations, with a chic and seductive allure. While the €68 lunch menu does well, it's the evening à la carte menu that brings back the aura of bygone days: a fine salad of lobster, green beans, peach and coriander in vinaigrette, roast pigeon in puff pastry with salmis sauce, Grand Marnier soufflé or red fruits with Bourbon vanilla ice cream, all well served in a hushed atmosphere and sovereign comfort.