Chez Philippe

Chez Philippe at The Peabody Memphis hotel serves classical French cuisine.

The genteel Old South meets Versailles at Chez Philippe, a romantic restaurant inside downtown’s upscale Peabody Hotel. Chef Andreas Kisler uses locally sourced produce and meats wherever possible in the seasonal menus. Entrées rotate but are likely to include filet mignon, chicken roulade, or butter-poached Maine lobster. Each is served alongside vegetables prepared in the French style (i.e....

Unlike at many eateries in laid-back Memphis, jackets are suggested at Chez Philippe, the self-consciously refined restaurant of the Peabody Hotel. Although the restaurant lost its longtime chef-celeb, José Gutierrez in 2005, the establishment still turns out fine French fare, but now with subtle Asian variations. Chef Reinaldo Alfonso combines Harris Ranch short ribs and strip steak on one...

Still the most opulent dining room in Memphis (though The Peabody's palatial flagship restaurant has lost a bit of its cache in recent years), Chez Philippe still enthralls affluent gourmands who relish its Old South splendor. On the menu, Cuban-born, French-trained Chef Reinaldo Alfonso exploits Asian influences in dishes such as seaweed salad with soba noodles, cucumbers, and daikon radishes...

This almost intimate, three-tiered Versailles of a restaurant is the city's most opulent and romantic, though it's given a whimsical touch with murals of the Belz family, owners of The Peabody Hotel, dressed for a Venetian masked ball. The dinner menu changes seasonally, and might include dishes like cornmeal croquettes stuffed with shrimp Provençal or seared filet of salmon with potato and...

Serving classical French cuisine in a dramatic setting off of the Grand Lobby of The Peabody Hotel, Chez Philippe is the onl...y Forbes Four-Star, AAA Four-Diamond restaurant in the MidSouth. Serving Afternoon Tea and Dinner Wednesdays through Saturdays, and a Also, Philippe's Etiquette Academy for children 8-14. Available for private events. See More