Au Crocodile is a restaurant in Strasbourg, France, serving French cuisine, holding a Michelin star in 2023.
The restaurant was named after a stuffed crocodile that a local general brought back from overseas whilst on Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria,[1] and which is hung over the foyer.
The restaurant has been used as a site for discussing international relations: in May 2010 the Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha and his opposition leader Edi Rama were summoned to a meeting there by two leading members of the European Parliament.
[7] Travel guide Fodor's described the dishes of chef Bohrer as "dazzling", and thought that the interior was "aglow".
[1] The review in travel guide Frommer's also thought favourably of the interior of the restaurant, and described the dishes as "inventive", saying their "major problem comes only when the bill ...