When the constraint is a train time, the question is no longer “where to eat well in Angers” but “where to eat without risking the departure”. Les Variétés is at 33 boulevard du Maréchal Foch, on the way into the centre from Saint-Laud station, and is open from 9:30 am to 2 am Monday to Friday and from 10 am to 2 am on Saturdays.
From the platform to the boulevard, on foot
You can walk it, heading up towards the city centre. Allow plenty of time if you are dragging a suitcase over cobbles, travelling with children or walking as a group at the pace of the slowest. A bus or a taxi will also drop you outside. Boulevard Foch is one of the streets every local can place: asking the way puts nobody on the spot.
What being close really changes
It does not save ten minutes of walking, it buys peace of mind. You sit down without crossing the city, you keep some margin in case of a delay at the table, and you leave without working out a route back. For a business trip — arriving in the morning, having lunch, leaving in the afternoon — it is the only variable that really counts.
Arriving as a group by train
A team getting off the same train arrives all at once and leaves the same way. That takes preparation: the Bressigny room seats twenty-five people, the Salle Haute thirty, Arrière Foch seventeen and Entrée Foch thirteen — eighty-five seats indoors, plus forty-three on the covered terrace. Give the number of guests and, above all, the time of the return train: that is the constraint that shapes the service.
Your train times, live
Our guide “Where to eat after your train in Angers?” shows the next departures and arrivals published by SNCF for Angers Saint-Laud — times, delays, cancellations, platforms. Check it before ordering dessert: better to see a delay appear over coffee than to discover it on the platform.
What you find at the table
A French brasserie menu cooked on the premises: French meat, fish from Maison Savia, in Saumur, vegetarian dishes, home-made desserts. It can be viewed online with allergens dish by dish, before your train has even pulled into the station. Usually closed on Sundays.
Frequently asked questions
The answers
to your questions.
Is the restaurant convenient after arriving by train?
Yes, the brasserie is on boulevard Foch, in the centre of Angers. Check the directions before you come.
Can a group book after arriving?
Yes, with an advance booking and subject to availability on the day.