Jacques' Brasserie - Great Falls, Virginia

Andre A.

Love the brasserie downstairs at Chez Francois restaurant. Highly recommend. Super old school classic French restaurant. Feels like it’s been here 50yrs, because it has. Menu includes French country classics and the atmosphere is French country chic. Not cool hip downtown restaurant. Everyone here comes in once a week, knows the staff and has been coming for 20yrs. Makes it feel like high end neighborhood place. Really enjoyed the experience and highly recommend. Try to garlic bread, lobster bisque, escargot, Dover sole, and pre order the soufflé - requires 45min notice.

Andrea C.

Old fashioned elegant brassiere. (brunch) food and service disappoint.

Try: lobster omlette, unusual pairing that works, even if the mushrooms both in the omlette and on the side with hollandaise sauce don't jive.
Avoid: filet Benedict: two Benedict eggs on bread with two pieces of filet on the side.

Try: chocolate suffle

Slow service despite the abundance of staff

Jon H.

Had a very nice lunch on a Saturday in Sept 2020. We made reservations the day before. They have a very large tent which provides for many outdoor tables. You can eat inside if you want, but I found it a bit too dark in the main building. They had a pre fixe lunch menu. I had the mussels, Caesar salad, and the seafood bouillabaisse. And the chocolate soufflé for dessert. All of it was very rich (lots of butter), but delicious. Great place for a nice, long lunch. Not a good choice if you’re looking for a quick bite. We were there for over 2 hours by the time the desserts were served.

Erica

A solid 4.5 star for food (wish I could give those but there’s no such option). Old school vibes meaning the waiters could be a bit snobbish but not too bad. Loved their soufflé and tomato salad. Other things are good but not super impressive.

Their basement seats are quite awful so your experience could vary given where you sit. In one of my dining experiences with them, we had a window seat in the basement but spending half of the meal time preventing the fly family landing on our food. The staffs were helpful and got rid of them fairly fast - however another fly family quickly filled in.. My experiences with other seats (outdoors or upper level) were good tho.

Steve D.

My birthday dinner! Had a great time with friends. The beef cheek appetizer was fantastic - super tender! The burger was honeslty somewhat pedestrian, but the gruyere and addition of Nueske's bacon sealed the deal. Seafood entree was delicious, but only 3 shrimp and 2 scallops (I was told there would be 3). Could not get enough of the garlic bread they provide! Server was personable and knowledgable. Drinks were phenomenal - especially the manhattan! Order the souffle in advance - both the grand marnier and the chocolate were fantastic - you will not be disappointed!

thomas B.

We decided to splurge a little and visit Jacques Brasserie - and we were not to be disappointed!

Three of us cane and enjoyed the great food on a wonderful Saturday evening on the back patio, when it wasn’t even too hot!

The breads were delightful, especially the garlic bread, wow! Then we had lobster bisque and beef cheeks for starters and we were off to the races!

We had mussels and halibut for our main course and soufflé for desert, of course!

Our chauffeur (my son) even joined us for a twenty dollar prime beef cheeseburger that was wonderful!

Jeffrey C.

One of my favorite places in Northern Virginia. The food is impeccable and the service is equally great. We are never disappointed. I especially recommend the wild mushroom crepe and the chocolate soufflé.

J C.

*** Best side dish to order >>> French Fries ***
*** Best dessert to order >>> Soufflé ***

Get the fries ..... REALLY, GET THE FRIES. Pretty much every other table did. If you've never had gourmet double-fried, properly prepared fries, then you really want to try the fries here at least once in your life. I typically smother any fries in a pool of ketchup but these fries absolutely taste best "neat" (ie. without any ketchup, mustard, or any condiments). These are crazy good on their own. As for dessert, there is almost no restaurant around the Fairfax/Loudoun area that cooks a classic risen soufflé .... an absolutely divine way to end your classic French meal. See our pics.

Even though we've dined at L'Auberge several times, this is our first time dining at Jacque's Brasserie. Even though both places are within the same physical building, Jacque's Brasserie feels more laid back and I didn't have to wear a suit jacket just to walk to our table ...... then again, it was lunch at the time. This place is perfect for those who want to eat in a throwback setting (as if you've traveled back in time) at a quaint, cozy French restaurant surrounded by mature forest trees ..... where you may call it romantic, then this is the place.

Keep in mind, the food is old-school (.... Like back in the 60s or 70s) French in my opinion. There is no nouveau, fusion, or super-unique flavor foams covering hard to find ingredients sourced from a unique farm located in some far far away land. This is classic French - meaning multi-course plates of traditional French prepared food.

The lunch menu seemed smaller compared to the L'Auberge full menu but we didn't mind. This feels like casual fine dining in local French cafe somewhere in the suburbs of France. The service did not seem any different than L'Auberge and we got to try several dishes that incorporated the locally grown produce just a few dozen feet away from the restaurant.