La Vieille Tour
Modern Cuisine · Cellettes
Restaurant in Cellettes, France
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Modern Cuisine in Cellettes
Price
$100–150per person
Dress
Smart Casual
Why go
La Vieille Tour is a Michelin-starred restaurant in Cellettes, a village near Blois in the Loire Valley. Chef Alexis Letellier's modern set menu features local produce and garden herbs, with wine guidance from sommelier Alice Letellier. Closed Sundays and Mondays: book well ahead.
About La Vieille Tour
Should You Book La Vieille Tour?
If you are weighing La Vieille Tour against the multi-star Parisian heavyweights Plénitude, Le Cinq, or Alléno Paris: the calculus shifts the moment you factor in setting. La Vieille Tour is a Michelin-starred restaurant in Cellettes that now trades as Granica in larger premises in a former barn. For a food-focused traveller passing through the Loire Valley or making a dedicated detour, its locally grounded modern cuisine offers a reason to visit Cellettes. Book it.
The Space
The couple have moved the restaurant across the road to larger premises in a former barn at 10 rue Nationale in Cellettes. Sommelier Alice Letellier provides wine guidance to accompany chef Alexis Letellier's short, frequently changing set menu of modern cuisine. The restaurant now occupies a larger former barn, with local produce and garden herbs shaping the kitchen's modern cuisine. For a solo diner or a couple, the setting does real work. The move across the road gives the restaurant larger premises in a former barn.
A Multi-Visit Strategy
La Vieille Tour offers a reason to return through chef Alexis Letellier's short, frequently changing set menu, built around local produce and garden herbs. Alexis Letellier leads the kitchen while sommelier Alice Letellier guides wine choices at the restaurant, which now trades as Granica in Cellettes. For a food-focused traveller, the changing set menu offers a way to explore Alexis Letellier's cooking over multiple visits, with local produce and garden herbs shaping what is served.
The restaurant serves modern cuisine through a short, frequently changing set menu. Lunch runs Tuesday through Friday, 12 PM to 1:30 PM, a tight 90-minute window that suits a focused midday meal, and likely at a lower price point than dinner given standard French practice. Dinner runs 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Tuesday through Saturday. A first visit introduces Alexis Letellier's modern cuisine, while a return offers another opportunity to explore the changing menu and ask Alice Letellier for wine guidance. Saturday dinner is the only service available on that day, so if your schedule only allows a weekend visit, that is your window.
The kitchen's use of local produce and garden herbs anchors its modern cuisine to the Loire Valley. Alexis Letellier prepares modern cuisine in house, using local produce and garden herbs on a short, frequently changing set menu. For travellers interested in French regional cooking, the restaurant's modern cuisine and use of local produce offer a reason to plan a meal in Cellettes. Like the mountain-driven produce logic at Flocons de Sel in Megève, La Vieille Tour's modern cuisine reflects its regional setting, with local produce and garden herbs shaping a short, frequently changing set menu in Cellettes, a Loire Valley village near Blois.
For context on how ambitious regional French cooking at this level compares across the country, it is worth knowing the wider field: Troisgros in Ouches, Bras in Laguiole, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern, and Maison Lameloise in Chagny each represent the benchmark for destination dining outside Paris. La Vieille Tour offers a reason to travel to Cellettes for Michelin-starred modern cuisine, with a short, changing set menu rooted in local produce.
Ratings and Trust Signals
La Vieille Tour is a Michelin-starred restaurant. The kitchen serves a short, frequently changing set menu of modern cuisine, with dishes made in house from local produce and garden herbs.
Booking and Access
Booking ahead is wise. The restaurant closes Monday and Sunday, serves dinner only on Tuesday, and opens for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Saturday. Find the restaurant at 10 rue Nationale in Cellettes, where it now trades as Granica, and check directly for reservation availability. If you are targeting a specific date, contact the restaurant before making travel plans to check availability for your preferred meal.
For a broader picture of what else is worth your time in the area, see our full Cellettes restaurants guide, our Cellettes hotels guide, bars, wineries, and experiences.
Granica (€€€, Modern Cuisine) is the current name of La Vieille Tour's restaurant in its larger premises across the road.
Planning details
- Hours
- Monday: closed · Tuesday: 12 PM-1:30 PM 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Location
- 10 Rue Nationale, 41120 Cellettes, France
- Website
- granica.fr
- Phone
- +33 2 54 74 67 15
The take
The Take
The Vibe
La Vieille Tour has moved across the road to larger premises in a former barn at 10 rue Nationale in Cellettes, where Alexis and Alice Letellier now run the restaurant as Granica. Cellettes, a village near Blois in the Loire Valley, is home to the restaurant. Sommelier Alice Letellier provides wine guidance to accompany the kitchen's short, frequently changing set menu. The kitchen prepares modern cuisine in house, using local produce and garden herbs, while the restaurant occupies larger premises in a former barn.
Best For
This is a restaurant for travellers planning a meal in the Loire Valley, with Michelin-starred modern cuisine in Cellettes, a village near Blois. Its Michelin-starred modern cuisine, short changing set menu and wine guidance from Alice Letellier make La Vieille Tour an option for a special meal focused on the cooking. Guests dine in the restaurant's larger former-barn premises, with local produce and garden herbs shaping the menu.
Ordering Tips
Follow the short, frequently changing set menu to explore Alexis Letellier's modern cuisine, built on local produce and garden herbs. Ask sommelier Alice Letellier for wine guidance to accompany the changing set menu, whose modern cuisine draws on local produce and garden herbs. Let the current set menu guide expectations for the meal, as Alexis Letellier's kitchen prepares its modern cuisine in house and changes the short menu frequently around local produce and garden herbs.
Venue details
Ambiance
La Vieille Tour occupies a renovated former barn with exposed wooden beams and contemporary design.
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At the Table
- Dress Code
- Smart Casual
- Noise Level
- Quiet
- Service Style
- Formal
- Meal Pacing
- Extended Experience
- Capacity
- Intimate
- Kitchen
- Seasonal
- Menu Format
- Tasting menu, Set menu
- Wine Program
- Deep wine list
- Drinks Focus
- Loire Valley wines, Natural wine
- Dietary
- Vegetarian friendly, Allergy accommodating
- Outdoor Seating
- Yes
Signature Dishes
- Oysters with peas
- Guinea fowl with Malabar spinach
- Trumpet mushroom dessert
- Pavlova with raspberry and pepper
- Feta and foie gras
Know before you go
Know Before You Go
- Getting there
- 10 Rue Nationale, 41120 Cellettes, France
Planning details
Hours
- Monday
- closed
- Tuesday
- 12 PM-1:30 PM 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Wednesday
- 12 PM-1:30 PM 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Thursday
- 12 PM-1:30 PM 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Friday
- 12 PM-1:30 PM 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Saturday
- 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
- Sunday
- closed
Location
Recognition and awards
Also consider
Also Consider
- Plénitude: Contemporary French, €€€€
- Pierre Gagnaire: French, Creative, €€€€
- Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen: Creative, €€€€
- Kei: Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine, €€€€
- Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V: French, Modern Cuisine, €€€€
Restaurant context
La Vieille Tour is a Michelin-starred restaurant serving modern cuisine in Cellettes. The comparison venues Plénitude, Pierre Gagnaire, Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Kei, and Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V: are all Parisian, all €€€€, and most carry two or three stars. If your benchmark is raw technical ambition and you are already in Paris, those names outrank La Vieille Tour on pedigree. La Vieille Tour offers a Loire Valley setting in Cellettes, with modern cuisine served in a former barn and wine guidance from Alice Letellier.
La Vieille Tour offers a short, changing set menu of modern cuisine. Plénitude and Le Cinq offer Parisian dining alternatives, while La Vieille Tour serves modern regional cuisine built on local produce and garden herbs in a former barn in Cellettes.
For La Vieille Tour, contact the restaurant directly to check reservation availability at its current premises, now trading as Granica. None of these restaurants are easy to walk into. The difference is that La Vieille Tour's limited weekly schedule, no Sunday, no Monday, no Saturday lunch, is the main friction point rather than a months-long waitlist. If you can be flexible on day and time, ask the restaurant which reservations are available before building your itinerary around a meal. For a food-focused traveller building a Loire Valley itinerary, La Vieille Tour offers Michelin-starred modern cuisine in Cellettes, near Blois.
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Compare La Vieille Tour
| Venue | Awards | Price |
|---|---|---|
| La Vieille Tour | Michelin Guide France & Monaco 20262025 Michelin 1 Star2024 Michelin 1 Star | €€€ |
| Plénitude | 2026 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #1Michelin Guide France & Monaco 20262026 La Liste Top Restaurants2026 Falstaff Restaurant Guide2025 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #12025 World's 50 Best Restaurants · #142025 The Best Chef Three Knives2025 La Liste Top Restaurants2025 Gault & Millau Exceptional Restaurant | €€€€ |
| Pierre Gagnaire | 2026 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #402026 Relais Chateaux RestaurantsMichelin Guide France & Monaco 20262026 Les Grandes Tables du Monde Members2026 La Liste Top Restaurants2026 Falstaff Restaurant Guide2025 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #902025 OAD Top Restaurants in Japan Ranked · #157We're Smart World Top Restaurants 2025 | €€€€ |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | 2026 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #35Michelin Guide France & Monaco 20262026 La Liste Top Restaurants2025 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #342025 The Best Chef Three Knives2025 Gault & Millau Exceptional Restaurant2025 Michelin 3 Stars2024 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #342024 World's 50 Best Restaurants · #79 | €€€€ |
| Kei | 2026 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #29Michelin Guide France & Monaco 20262026 Les Grandes Tables du Monde Members2026 La Liste Top Restaurants2026 Falstaff Restaurant Guide2025 OAD Classical in Europe Ranked · #262025 Michelin 3 Stars2025 Gault & Millau Prestige Restaurant2025 La Liste Top Restaurants | €€€€ |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | No published awards | €€€€ |
A quick look at how La Vieille Tour measures up.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the tasting menu worth it at La Vieille Tour?
La Vieille Tour's short, frequently changing set menu offers Michelin-starred modern cuisine by Alexis Letellier, with local produce and garden herbs at its centre. If you want à la carte flexibility, this is not the right venue. Expect a short set menu of modern cuisine built around local produce and garden herbs, with wine guidance from Alice Letellier.
Does La Vieille Tour handle dietary restrictions?
With a short, frequently changing set menu, guests with dietary restrictions or allergies should contact the restaurant before booking to discuss whether the kitchen can accommodate them. The bespoke nature of a one-star kitchen generally means advance notice gets accommodated.
Is La Vieille Tour good for solo dining?
Solo dining is possible at La Vieille Tour. The restaurant serves its Michelin-starred modern cuisine in larger premises in a former barn, now trading as Granica. A solo meal offers a lower-pressure way to experience chef Alexis Letellier's modern cooking through a short, frequently changing set menu built on local produce and garden herbs.
Is lunch or dinner better at La Vieille Tour?
Lunch runs Tuesday through Friday (12–1:30 PM) and is your only option mid-week; Saturday is dinner-only and Sunday and Monday the restaurant is closed. For a meal at La Vieille Tour, expect Alexis Letellier's modern cuisine in the restaurant's larger former-barn premises in Cellettes. If your schedule is flexible, ask the restaurant about availability and choose a reservation that fits your plans.
What are alternatives to La Vieille Tour in Cellettes?
La Vieille Tour is in Cellettes near Blois and now trades as Granica at 10 rue Nationale, across the road from its former premises. For a meal at La Vieille Tour, plan around its current identity as Granica, where Alexis Letellier cooks modern cuisine and Alice Letellier provides wine guidance. Paris-based alternatives include Kei and Le Cinq, though both operate in a very different urban context.
Is La Vieille Tour good for a special occasion?
Yes: La Vieille Tour's Michelin-starred modern cuisine, changing set menu and wine guidance from Alice Letellier offer a focus for a special meal in its larger former-barn premises. Book ahead to secure a table for your preferred meal. For a milestone meal, expect Alexis Letellier's modern cuisine and Alice Letellier's wine guidance in the restaurant's larger premises in a former barn.
