Café des Ministères Paris: menu, prices and reservations in 2026

Published 6 November 2026 · By GetTable

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At the Café des Ministères, the bistro at 83 rue de l'Université in Paris 7th, starters cost €8 to €23, main courses €23 to €47 and desserts €9 to €16, according to the restaurant's "Cartes & Menus" page, checked on 6 November 2026. Reservations are made on the Café des Ministères website, 21 days ahead, with a card imprint of €40 per person.

Key facts

• À la carte only, with no set menu on the restaurant's page: starters €8 to €23, mains €23 to €47, sirloin for two at €70, desserts €9 to €16.
• The "Grande Tradition" vol-au-vent (veal sweetbreads, free-range chicken, spinach, truffle jus) costs €47.
• Open from Monday evening to Friday lunchtime: dinner Monday to Thursday, lunch Tuesday to Friday, closed Saturday and Sunday.
• Reservations on the restaurant's website, open 21 days ahead; in the Zenchef booking module, lunch opens at 12 pm and dinner at 7.15 pm.
• Card imprint of €40 per person; online cancellation up to 6 hours before lunch and 8 hours before dinner (module checked on 6 November 2026).

Café des Ministères menu in 2026

The Café des Ministères publishes an à la carte menu, shown "as an example": the restaurant updates it regularly and warns that not every dish is guaranteed on the day of your visit.

Starters, as listed on 6 November 2026:

• Egg mayonnaise with mesclun: €8
• House terrine of Gascon black pork and chicken liver, pickles: €12
• Herring fillets with potatoes in oil: €14
• Pork belly and cockles with persillade: €17
• Landes duck foie gras terrine, Menton lemon chutney: €23

Main courses:

• Calf's head with ravigote sauce, vegetables in broth: €23
• Basque-style tripe ("gras double"): €24
• Stuffed cabbage "façon Reine", Morteau sausage: €29
• Traditional cassoulet, in limited quantities at each service: €31
• Normandy scallops "à la parisienne", duchess potatoes, in season: €33
• Grande Tradition vol-au-vent: €47
• Beef sirloin of about 600 g for two, pepper sauce: €70

Desserts: crème caramel €9, cheeses matured by Claire Griffon €9, Parisian flan with Madagascar vanilla €10, pavlova with Corsican clementines and chestnut ice cream €13, profiterole with chocolate sauce €13, whisky baba €16.

Café des Ministères prices per meal

At the Café des Ministères, a starter, main course and dessert costs from €40 (egg mayonnaise, calf's head, crème caramel) to €86 (foie gras, vol-au-vent, baba), drinks not included, at the menu prices listed on 6 November 2026. The sirloin is ordered for two people, at €70. The restaurant takes bank cards, American Express and cash, according to its home page.

Café des Ministères opening hours

The Café des Ministères serves on Monday from 7.15 pm to 9 pm, Tuesday to Thursday from 12 pm to 1.30 pm and from 7.15 pm to 9 pm, and on Friday from 12 pm to 1.45 pm. The restaurant is closed on Saturday and Sunday, so there is no lunch on Monday and no dinner on Friday.

Café des Ministères Paris reservations

The Café des Ministères asks guests to book on its website, and reservations open 21 days in advance. The booking module, run by Zenchef, opens each service at its starting time: lunch at 12 pm and dinner at 7.15 pm, three weeks earlier. On 6 November 2026, the module showed every dinner in its calendar as full, up to 26 November; only a few lunches on the last open days still had times available.

The module takes a card imprint of €40 per person. You can cancel online up to 6 hours before the lunch service and 8 hours before the dinner service. The restaurant can also be reached on +33 1 45 33 73 34.

For the opening dates of other hard-to-book Paris tables, the guide booking a starred or in-demand table lists them table by table.

Café des Ministères reviews

The Café des Ministères reviews page shows an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 160 reviews, left only by guests who booked.

If the three weeks of the calendar are already taken, GetTable watches the Café des Ministères booking module and texts you as soon as a table opens up on your date.