The Big Restaurant (French: Le grand restaurant) is a French comedy thriller film from 1966, directed by Jacques Besnard, written by Jean Halain and Louis de Funès and starring Louis de Funès and Bernard Blier.

[1] Septime runs a top Paris restaurant, fawning to customers (unless they are German) and bullying his staff.

Novalès, head of a Latin American country who is on a state visit to France, comes to dinner and is served a speciality of the house, a flambéed dessert.

Enrique and Sophia, loyal aides of Novalès, also follow Septime to try to recover their boss.

Coming with his aides for a last celebratory dinner at Septime's restaurant, they are served the special flambéed dessert.