Its interior architecture and façade are characteristic of the Rococo Revival style of the early 1900s.

[1][2] The main room is decorated with large wall mirrors, stucco pilasters with garlands of foliage, ironwork, various light fixtures including a large bronze chandelier, a ceiling with an allegorical fresco, a glass roof and some wall paintings.

[2] Le Grand Café was listed as an official historical monument in February 1978.

In his novel Maigret Goes Home, a chapter is set in Le Grand Café but the 1959 movie Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre based on the book and directed by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin playing Maigret was not shot in the actual café but in interiors constructed in a Paris film studio.

The 2008 television movie Coco Chanel had scenes shot in the Grand Café.