Le Relais de l'Entrecôte
A no-menu institution serving one thing: steak with a secret sauce, frites, and a second helping.
The call
Worth it if you are traveling with kids and you are traveling as a couple.
Why
- 01
You sit, you state your doneness, and out comes a walnut-leaf salad, then sliced steak-frites under the famous green sauce — and the kitchen comes back with a hot second serving.
Our read - 02
Brilliantly simple and great value, but no reservations and queues are the norm, and the whole thing rests on whether that herb-and-butter sauce (its recipe a closely guarded secret often pegged to thyme, herbs and a touch of chicken liver) works for you — the people it doesn't land for find the meal monotonous by the second plate.
Our read
Is it a fit?
Go if
Think twice if
You are watching the budget
On a budget, weigh it — Le Relais de l'Entrecôte isn't cheap for what it is.
You only have one day
Le Relais de l'Entrecôte is a real time commitment — fit it in only if it's a priority.
You are traveling solo
Solo, it depends on the day.
You prefer local life to spectacle
For local authenticity, Le Relais de l'Entrecôte is hit or miss.
The plates that decide it
- The steak-frites under the secret green sauce — it's the only choice — just pick your doneness and let them refill the plate
- A glass of house red — does the job alongside the formula
- Asking for menu alternatives — there are none, and vegetarians have no main — go elsewhere
Plan it well
- Cost
- Fixed formula ~€30 incl. the second serving
- Timing
- Off-peak to skip the line; arrive at opening. The Marbeuf branch near the Champs-Élysées is the original
- Booking
- Generally no reservations
- Allow
- 1–1.5 hours incl. queue
- Accessibility
- Brasserie seating; no vegetarian main