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{{about|a Los Angeles restaurant chain|the original restaurant in Miami's Little Havana|Versailles Restaurant(restaurant)}}

'''Versailles''' is a [[restaurant chain|chain]] of fivethree [[Cuban cuisine]] restaurants in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]. The first restaurant in this chain opened in 19811971 in [[West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California|West Los Angeles]], specifically in Culverthe CityPalms district on Venice Blvd, just north of Culver City.

The ''Lonely Planet'' guide to California calls it "Country-style Cuban at its finest".<ref name="Schulte-PeeversBenson2006">{{cite book|author1=Andrea Schulte-Peevers, |author2=Sara Benson, Tom Downs, Robert ''|title=California''. pEdiz. 542 Inglese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK6_LUZkB5oC&pg=PA542&dq|year=Versailles+Cuban+Los+Angeles&lr2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-951-1|pages=542–}}</ref> In a guide to law schools, the Versailles near UCLA is called a favorite<ref>[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IhyHjHTaKQC&pg=PA79&dqq=Versailles+Cuban+restaurant+Los+Angeles Vault Editors &pg=PA79|title=The Law School Buzz Book|first=Vault|last=Editors|date=February 7, 2006|publisher=Vault Inc.com|via=Google page 79]Books|isbn=9781581314014}}</ref> and restaurant critic [[Jonathan Gold]] wrote in ''Counter Intelligence'' that "everybody but me" adores the chicken, black beans, avocado salad and other offerings.<ref name="Gold2000">{{cite book|author=Jonathan Gold ''|title=Counter Intelligence'': p.Where 312to Eat in the Real Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yn4SXNojnEMC&pg=PA312&dq|date=Versailles+Cuban+Los+Angeles1 December 2000|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-27634-8|pages=312–}}</ref> The''Resident Tourist'' guide calls it a "Cuban-cuisine dream of a local chain that is good and cheap.".<ref name="MayfieldMindenhall2002">{{cite book|author1=Kelly Mayfield, |author2=Chuck Mindenhall, |author3=Aaron Fontana ''Resident Tourist:Los Angeles'' page 97 |title=Resident Tourist: Los Angeles Macmillan 2002 ISBN 978-0-312-29060-3, 288 pages [|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pI1hypmOyYUC&pg=PA95&dq|date=Versailles+Cuban+restaurant+Los+Angeles&lr13 December 2002|publisher=]St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-29060-3|pages=95–}}</ref> ''Best Places Los Angeles'' describes several of the dishes as very good, and calls the chicken with garlic sauce a must, giving it two stars and noting "garlic lovers gather at Versailles, where they often wait in line for a table to order the signature Cuban chicken ... at this casual, dark, divish Havanah style restaurant ..."<ref name="Yates2001">{{cite book|author=Stephanie Avnet Yates|title=Best Places" Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVxuLeTVcFEC&pg=PA44|date=November 2001|publisher=Sasquatch Books|isbn=978-1-57061-278-7|pages=44–}}</ref> Meals are commonly served with rice, black beans and fried [[Plantain (cooking)|plantainplantains]]s.<ref name="Best PlacesYates2001">[https://books.google.com/books?id=iVxuLeTVcFEC&pg=PA44&dq=Versailles+Cuban+Los+Angeles&lr=#PPA133,M1 Stephanie Avnet Yates ''Best Places Los Angeles'']</ref>

British actress [[Helen Mirren]] described an ideal weekend in Los Angeles as going to the beach and having dinner at Versailles.<ref>"{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3638060/My-perfect-weekend-Helen-Mirren.html|title=My perfect weekend: Helen Mirren|last=Swann|first=Yvonne|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2008-10-03|access-date=2019-10-30|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|quote=The day would end with a lovely dinner. My favourite kind of evening would be to go to a Cuban restaurant, called Versailles, with all my family: my nephew, my two stepsons and my sister. Nothing could be better. The Versailles is a very casual restaurant - notrestaurant—not posh at all - andall—and the food is fantastic."}}</ref>

As of 2009 there were five locations including the original in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] on Venice Blvd., and additional branches in Los Angeles on [[La Cienega Boulevard]] ({{coord|34.0526|N|118.3764|W|type:landmark_region:US-CA|display=inline,title|name=Versailles Cuban restaurant at La Cienega Boulevard}}), [[Encino, Los Angeles, California|Encino]], [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]], and [[Universal City, California|Universal City]] Citywalk. The Manhattan Beach and Universal City locations have since closed.

* [http://www.versaillescuban.com/history.html CompanyOfficial website historyWebsite]

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