Les Grands Buffets cheese: the 111-cheese buffet and its Guinness World Record

Published 1 November 2026 · By GetTable

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Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne serve 111 cheeses on their cheese buffet, according to the restaurant's official page checked on 1 November 2026. Guinness World Records recognises that figure as the most varieties of cheese commercially available in a restaurant.

Key facts

• The Les Grands Buffets cheese buffet holds 111 cheeses in ten families, according to the official menu page (checked on 1 November 2026).
• The Guinness World Record covers the number of varieties (111), not the size of the platter. Guinness states that the cheese buffet opened in December 2018.
• The selection was designed by Xavier Thuret, Meilleur Ouvrier de France in the cheesemonger category, and Jane Privat.
• The cheeses are included in the single set menu at €65.90 per person; only drinks cost extra.
• The cheese buffet closes at 4:15 pm at lunch and 11:45 pm at dinner.

How many cheeses at Les Grands Buffets in 2026

Les Grands Buffets list 111 cheeses in 2026. The official English page, "The largest cheese selection in the world in a restaurant", announces a "selection of 111 cheeses" and calls the restaurant a "Guinness Record holder". That is the figure Guinness World Records holds for Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne. If you read a different number of cheeses or a platter length in metres elsewhere, those figures appear neither on the restaurant's page nor on the Guinness record page.

Les Grands Buffets Guinness World Record for cheese

The Les Grands Buffets record is titled "Most varieties of cheese commercially available (restaurant)". The Guinness World Records page gives 111 varieties, credited to Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne, France. It also states that the restaurant opened its cheese buffet in December 2018.

The French version of the restaurant's page speaks of "the largest cheese platter in the world". The certified record measures how many varieties are on offer, not the weight or length of the platter.

The ten cheese families on the buffet

The official Les Grands Buffets page sorts the 111 cheeses into ten families:

• the classics;
• local cheeses of Occitania;
• goat and sheep cheeses;
• the smelly cheeses;
• pressed cheeses;
• unusual cheeses;
• Roqueforts and blue cheeses;
• over-aged cheeses;
• cheeses served with a spoon;
• cheeses of the world.

The restaurant credits the selection to Xavier Thuret, Meilleur Ouvrier de France in the cheesemonger category, and to Jane Privat.

Les Grands Buffets cheese price

The Les Grands Buffets cheese buffet has no separate price. It is part of the "all-you-can-eat gourmet buffets" menu, at a single price of €65.90 per person, the same for everyone at the table whatever their age, according to the restaurant's official hours and prices page. Drinks are not included and are billed on the day. The price charged is the one in force on the date of the meal.

Cheese buffet opening hours

The Les Grands Buffets cheese buffet closes at 4:15 pm during the lunch service and at 11:45 pm during the dinner service, according to the official FAQ. The starter buffets close earlier (3:15 pm and 10:30 pm), followed by the rotisserie and hot dishes (3:30 pm and 11:00 pm).

Guests are welcomed from 12:00 to 1:45 pm for lunch and from 7:15 to 9:15 pm for dinner, and the restaurant allows about three hours for a meal. If you arrive late in the welcome window, save time for the cheese: its buffet closes last, at the same time as the desserts.

Booking a table to try the cheese buffet

When the booking calendar opens, what it costs and how to book are covered in our guide to booking Les Grands Buffets.

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