French Restaurants in Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, is home to 150 parks, greenways and other outdoor recreational areas. When in the area to visit the Cary Art Loop, the J.C. Raulston Arboretum and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, enjoy a leisurely lunch or dinner at one the city's restaurants that offer eclectic dining atmospheres and signature spins on classic French dishes.
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Saint Jacques French Cuisine
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Saint Jacques is the most well-known French restaurant in Raleigh. Co-owner Lil Lacassagne grew up in the south of France. He and his wife have created a menu of seasonal French cuisine complemented with wines from around the world, including those from North Carolina wineries. Wood accents and pressed white tablecloths adorn the restaurant's elegant dining room. Lunch menu items include crusted warm goat cheese medallions, duck confit and seasonal, house-made pate. Dinner menu items include seafood risotto, salmon in lobster sauce and almond-encrusted scallops. Saint Jacques French Cuisine hosts cooking classes and wine dinners. Reservations are recommended.
Bloomsbury Bistro
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Located in Raleigh's Five Points neighborhood, Bloomsbury Bistro presents a cozy, polished dining atmosphere embellished with pastel landscape wall murals. The restaurant's dinner menu changes approximately every six weeks to incorporate local produce into the chef's signature French dishes. Frommers.com suggests the Chinese-style pork dumplings "dim sum" appetizer. Other menu items include entrees such as game bird cassoulet and desserts such as hazelnut-encrusted dark Belgian chocolate terrine. Bloomsbury Bistro recommends reservations and can accommodate up to 65 people in its private dining room.
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Coquette Brasserie
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Coquette Brasserie boasts a stylish, cafe-style dining room decorated with shiny red leather booths, intimate bistro tables and warm terra cotta-colored walls. The casual restaurant serves Sunday brunch featuring banana and Nutella crepes, with chicken Paillard and roasted duck breast on its lunch and dinner menus. Coquette Brasserie's wine list is all French. The restaurant offers private dining for up to 60 people.
Restaurant Savoy
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Restaurant Savoy offers an open, contemporary dining room finished with sleek bamboo tables and wall screens and illuminated with soft white lights. Dinner menu highlights include pan-fried boudin noir sausage and North Carolina mountain trout. Brunch offerings include Florentine omelets with Parisian mushrooms, and lunch items include French onion soup and Monte Cristo sandwiches. Restaurant Savoy presents wine tastings and educational luncheon seminars throughout the year.
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