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La Marmite DauphinoiseDauphiné cooking, simmered in-house

Lunch Tuesday to Saturday, dinner Friday and Saturday

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The dining room between its brick arches: tables laid in burgundy and white, hanging milk churns, pictures of the Alps

Dauphiné cooking, home-made

Frogs' legs, gratin dauphinois and a lunch menu of the day, a short walk from the banks of the Isère.

Everything here is home-made

Stéphane cooks fresh, regional produce, and every dish is prepared on site: the gratin dauphinois served with the meat and fish, the duck foie gras, the mustard and whisky sauce for the frogs' legs, right down to the chocolate sauce and whipped cream of the chocolat liégeois.

Thin apple tart with salted-butter caramel ice cream, coulis and fresh fruit
Thin apple tart
Golden trout fillet meunière with crisp vegetables: green asparagus, carrots, snow peas, cauliflower and cherry tomatoes
Trout fillet meunière
Chocolat liégeois sundae: chocolate and vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, home-made whipped cream and redcurrants
Chocolat liégeois (chocolate sundae)
Gratin dauphinois with a well-browned crust, in its dish
Gratin dauphinois
Slice of home-made duck foie gras, candied fig served in a spoon, redcurrants and lime
Home-made foie gras, candied fig
Tuna rillettes with lime in a small cast-iron pot, toasted bread, salad and endive
Tuna rillettes with lime
Iced honey nougat with dots of strawberry coulis, orange, blackberry and redcurrants
Iced honey nougat, strawberry coulis

On your plate, the Dauphiné and its neighbours: Vercors blue cheese and walnuts in the Dauphiné salad, a Saint-Marcellin roasted with honey, crispy reblochon, and to finish, a green Chartreuse ice cream sundae.

Golden frogs' legs with garlic and parsley, in a white casserole dish
Steaming frogs' legs in mustard and whisky sauce, in a casserole dish

Frogs' legs, our speciality

For years now, this has been the dish people come to us for. They arrive in a casserole dish, in a choice of two recipes:

  • Persillade butter, garlic and parsley, the traditional recipe
  • Mustard and whisky sauce the family recipe

Served with a gratin dauphinois

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Our menu

Everything is home-made. The menu changes with the seasons.

Set menus

The lunch formula

Tuesday to Friday

Starter + main, or main + dessert €17Starter + main + dessert €20

Starter of the day or mixed salad
Fish or meat of the day with its side dish
Cheese, fromage blanc or dessert of the day

Not during school holidays

Meal voucher cards (titres-restaurant) accepted (no paper vouchers).

Our dishes

Starters

  • Dauphiné salad green salad, tomatoes, chicory, Vercors blue cheese, walnuts€10
  • Duck terrine with green peppercorns€11
  • Chicken liver cake with fresh tomato coulis€11
  • Tuna rillettes with lime€12
  • Saint-Marcellin cheese roasted with honey, on a bed of greens€12
  • Alpine platter green salad, tomatoes, chicory, cured ham, crispy reblochon€13
  • Home-made duck foie gras with candied fig€18

Frogs' legs

  • Frogs' legs with garlic and parsley (persillade) 350 g, with gratin dauphinois€26
  • Frogs' legs in mustard and whisky sauce 350 g, with gratin dauphinois€26

Fish

  • Salmon escalope in a dill cream sauce€17
  • Trout fillet meunière€22

Meat

  • Free-range chicken supreme with fresh thyme€19
  • Grilled sirloin steak, maître d'hôtel butter€24
  • Roast duckling fillet, orange sauce€25
  • Grilled beef fillet, pepper sauce€28

Cheese

  • Cheese platter€6.50
  • Fromage blanc with cream or strawberry coulis€6.50

Desserts

  • Iced honey nougat with strawberry coulis€8
  • Vanilla crème brûlée€8
  • Chocolat liégeois (chocolate sundae) chocolate and vanilla ice cream, home-made chocolate sauce and whipped cream€8
  • Floating island with pralines€8
  • Thin apple tart with salted-butter caramel ice cream€8
  • Pères Chartreux ice cream sundae green Chartreuse ice cream and green Chartreuse€8

Fish and meat dishes are served with gratin dauphinois and vegetables.

Origin of our meat: France or European Union.

Allergens: just ask us and we will tell you. Net prices, service included.

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Brick niche at the entrance, with a black cooking pot and a « Bienvenue » (welcome) sign

Anne-Sophie front of house, Stéphane in the kitchen

Anne-Sophie welcomes you for lunch from Tuesday to Saturday, and for dinner on Fridays and Saturdays. Inside, a brick arch, old skis and posters of the Alps; outside, the terrace is set up on boulevard Gambetta when the weather allows.

After your meal, the city centre is a short walk away, and the cable car « bubbles » take you up to the Bastille, facing the Vercors, Chartreuse and Oisans mountains.

Old wooden skis and posters of the Alps on the dining-room wall
Old skis and posters of the Alps
The restaurant window, lettered « Spécialité cuisses de grenouilles » (frogs' legs, our speciality)
The window, on the square
The terrace under the awning, its tables and parasols, and the glass panel « Spécialité cuisses de grenouilles » (frogs' legs, our speciality)
The terrace, boulevard Gambetta

What our guests say

What comes up most often: the frogs' legs and their mustard and whisky sauce, the home-made gratin, Anne-Sophie's welcome, quick service and generous plates.

4.6out of 5 · 363 Google reviews

4.5out of 5 · 222 TripAdvisor reviews

Read the Google reviews · Read the TripAdvisor reviews

Passing through Grenoble for lunch, we were delighted to find a restaurant specializing in frog legs, and indeed they are experts.

Google review (translated from French)

The gratin dauphinois was delicious and the portions were generous. The welcome was warm and the service was incredibly pleasant.

Yannick B., Google review, 2026 (translated from French)

A very warm welcome, a comfortable dining room, impeccable service, and excellent dishes at a very reasonable price.

Google review (translated from French)

Excellent experience. The food is high quality and the place is very quiet. Excellent value for money. I recommend it.

Google review (translated from French)

A really friendly welcome, a dining room where you feel at ease.

Didier G., Google review, 2026 (translated from French)

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+33 4 76 53 09 01

Lunch Tuesday to Saturday, dinner Friday and Saturday

Lunch Tuesday to Saturday, 11:45 – 14:30
Dinner Friday and Saturday, 18:45 – 21:00

Find us

1 place Hubert Dubedout
opposite 2 boulevard Gambetta
38000 Grenoble

Getting here…

Trams A, B, D and E

Alsace-Lorraine stop, then a 5 to 6-minute walk: the route is shown on the map.

Bus C1

Docteur Mazet stop, a 2-minute walk away. Coaches C11, C12, 84, 86 and T83 also stop there.

Car parks

Montorge – Téléphérique, 12 rue de Belgrade: a 5-minute walk.

Estacade, 22 rue Colonel Denfert-Rochereau: a 9-minute walk.

Notre-Dame – Musée, 50 avenue du Maréchal-Randon, near the Musée de Grenoble: a 12-minute walk.

Street parking too, on boulevard Gambetta, along the banks of the Isère or in the nearby streets (dotted on the map).

The Bastille cable car

The « bubbles » station is on quai Stéphane-Jay, a 6-minute walk away.

Map: the restaurant on place Hubert Dubedout, near quai Créqui and boulevard Gambetta, with the walking route from the chosen way of getting here: tram, bus, car park or cable carBoulevard GambettaQuai CréquiCours Jean-JaurèsAvenue Félix-VialletThe Isère5-min walkTram E Alsace-LorraineTram A · B · D Alsace-Lorraine2-min walkC1Bus C1 · Docteur MazetStreet parking5-min walk9-min walkPMontorge car parkPEstacade car parkP12-min walkNotre-Dame – Musée car park6-min walkCable carto the BastilleLa Marmite Dauphinoise
Neighbourhood map. Data © contributors OpenStreetMap.
Opening hours
Mondayclosed
Tuesday11:45 – 14:30
Wednesday11:45 – 14:30
Thursday11:45 – 14:30
Friday11:45 – 14:3018:45 – 21:00
Saturday11:45 – 14:3018:45 – 21:00
Sundayclosed

Payment: cash, card or meal voucher card (titres-restaurant). Paper meal vouchers and cheques are not accepted.