Bistro cuisine opposite the abbey
open for lunch & dinner
Open every day for lunch 12-14hrs & dinner 19-20.15hrs
We have been award the Tripadvisor Travellers Choice Award for 2025:
La Croix Blanche is proud to be in the top 10% of best restaurants in the world!
A relaxing moment opposite Fontevraud abbey and the magnificent art museum. Relax in our informal, cosy restaurant and enjoy a meal, an aperitif in our Lounge-bar or a relaxing lunch or dinner with friends and family on our flowered terrace.
Choice of our local specialities menu or our à la carte choices.
Keywords: French traditional bistro cuisine, a relaxed & authentic atmosphere, regional recipes, traditional home cooked French food served with a smile!
Our drinks menu offers many Loire Valley wines, local craft beers, cocktails and good coffee & tea
The wine list is 100% Loire Valley with many wines by the glass to choose from or try our food & wine pairing
In summer we also serve our meals in the historic court yard full of flowers, in winter enjoy a table close to the log fire.
There is something for everyone - Bon appétit!
- open every day
- however closed for dinner on 12th & 30th of December 2025
- closed lunch & dinner on 24th + 25th + 26th + 31st of December 2025
- lunch from 12-14hrs
- dinner between 19-20.15hrs
- vegetarian dishes are marked with 🌱
- some dishes can be adapted for gluten free diets
- however vegan, halal, kosher diets not possible
- book your table on line here
MENU for lunch & dinner
| Local speciality menu - l'Ardoise du Terroir | 39€ |
| La Gouline - a local pie with mushrooms, rillauds (=pork), shallots and local white wine served with a light goats cheese sauce | |
| Farmhouse chicken in a cream sauce with mushrooms and local Anjou wine accompagnied by carrot purée | |
| Crémet d’Anjou, THE local dessert: whipped cream, fromage frais, fruit coulis 🌱 |
À la carte
Starters
| La Gouline – a local pie with three kinds of mushrooms, shallots, rillauds (=pork) and local white wine served with a light goat's cheese sauce | 13€ |
| Chef's duck liver paté – served with seasonal chutney and toasted country bread | 19€ |
| Organic poached egg in a red Saumur wine sauce with onion and bacon pieces | 13€ |
| French onion soup with Comté cheese 🌱 | 13€ |
| Butternut squash cream soup with chopped hazelnuts and ham crisp | 13€ |
| Smoked salmon & salmon rillettes, pickled vegetables, cream sauce with kitchen herbs and preserved lemon | 14.5€ |
| Cream of mushroom soup with scallops, Parmesan shavings and ham crisp | 15€ |
Main courses - meat, fish or vegetarian
| Winter burger from Charolais beef (170g): bacon, raclette de Savoie cheese, pickled onion, chef’s sauce, French fries | 19.5€ |
| Farmhouse chicken in a cream sauce with mushrooms and local Anjou wine, creamy carrot purée | 21.5€ |
| Today’s cut of beef (200g) & French fries: choice of homemade herb butter, Béarnaise or pepper sauce | 22.5€ |
| Real French ‘steak tartare' (170g): chilled chopped raw beef with traditional condiments, French fries | 18.5€ |
| Half a duck breast, Port and cranberry sauce, creamy parsnip purée | 22€ |
| Wild boar stew in red Saumur wine: with fresh tagliatella pasta with lemon zest | 21€ |
| Catch of the day, creamy risotto with Mascarpone cheese and preserved lemon | 22€ |
| Gouline de la mer: a hearty pie with salmon, scallops, mushrooms, leeks, Noilly Prat sauce | 23€ |
| Three mushroom risotto: shiitake, mushrooms, oyster mushrooms and Parmesan cheese 🌱 | 18€ |
Cheese & desserts 🌱
| Today’s three French cheeses | 11.5€ |
| My grandmother's French toast *, mulled wine sorbet and vanille ice cream | 10.5€ |
| Crémet d’Anjou – THE local dessert made with whipped cream, fromage frais, fruit coulis | 10.5€ |
| Traditional French yeast cake – in a sugar syrup with dark rum | 11€ |
| Baked pineapple * served with a scoop of passion fruit sorbet | 10.5€ |
| Chocolate lava cake * with tonka spice, vanilla cream | 10.5€ |
| Upside down apple pie * served on a shortbread biscuit | 10.5€ |
| Gourmet coffee: a Lavazza expresso with 3 small desserts - baked pineapple, financier & Crémet d’Anjou | 11€ |
| * = order at start of the meal |
