Monaco Restaurants
With eight Michelin stars, there is no shortage of lavish dining in the principality, so wear something presentable and don't forget your wallet.
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With eight Michelin stars, there is no shortage of lavish dining in the principality, so wear something presentable and don't forget your wallet.
With eight Michelin stars, there is no shortage of lavish dining in the principality, so wear something presentable and don't forget your wallet.
With eight Michelin stars, there is no shortage of lavish dining in the principality, so wear something presentable and don't forget your wallet.
In Monaco, cosmetic surgery extends even to buildings, and no better example can be seen than at Le Louis XV at the Hôtel de Paris, where Alain Ducasse’s flagship restaurant has undergone the architectural knife of Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku, in the hopes that visitors will always be wondering if they're in the glamorous past or the modern future. Mission accomplished: a custom-designed circular chandelier with 800 pieces of Murano glass hovers over the “Office,” an open metal-and-wood kiosk that serves as the central service station. The makeover harmonizes with Ducasse’s overhauled dinner-only menu—a return to the Riviera’s art de vivre and simplicity. Try the Provence garden vegetables cooked with black truffle or baked locally caught fish, tomatoes, and olives from Nice. Set menus are a better value: the Jardins de Provence menu is €230, or you can get four half dishes selected by the chef, along with cheeses and dessert for €390.
The landmark Belle Époque "Brasserie 1900"—better known as Café de Paris—offers the usual classics (shellfish, steak tartare, matchstick frites, and fish boned tableside). Supercilious, superpro waiters fawn gracefully over titled preeners, jet-setters, and tourists alike. Open daily at 8 am, there's good hot food until 2 am. To claim "I've been there," grab a chair outside in Place du Casino, order a €7.50 coke or a €15 sundae, and sit back to watch the show.
If you want insight into the life of a Monaco native without paying for it, follow Avenue des Pins before the oceanography museum, just next to the Pavillion Bosio until you see the sign on the gate for Club Bouliste du Rocher. You won’t find a more local vibe than here, as members sit on plastic purple chairs sipping pastis or eating the traditional dish, barbajuans (fried chard-filled ravioli) at the club restaurant, which is open to the public daily 8–8. Members are top priority but anyone can book in advance, which is highly recommended seeing as a three-course lunch is only €21. Or pop in for a coffee and the views of Port Hercule.
Paoli Sari is not the first chef to earn a cherished Michelin star, but he is the first to be awarded the honor for an all-organic restaurant. The Venetian-born chef uses the produce of 30 local growers from around France and Italy, and just as many winemakers. The seafood on his menu comes from small inshore fishermen, and he chooses the best fair-trade coffee and chocolate and makes his own mozzarella. Breads made with organic flour are baked daily before lunch and dinner. Start with assorted summer vegetables from the chef’s own garden, finished with extra-virgin olive oil and fleur de sel from Camargue. Mouthwatering main dishes include gold risotto with saffron, juicy roasted suckling pig with caramelized shallots and potatoes, or roasted rack of lamb coated with honey celeriac and licorice puree. If your wallet permits dessert, the soufflé with almonds or the three-chocolate and caramel mille-feuille with caramelized figue sauce will leave you wanting nothing else. The terrace views are cruiseworthy, but don’t let the nautical casualness deceive you; the service is first-rate and the food inspired.
Prince Albert's country home Roc Angel is about 10 km (6 miles) behind Monaco in La Turbie, so it's no wonder a top-notch dinner restaurant (read: expensive, expensive, expensive) is situated here as well. In addition to the regular menu, the four-course prix-fixe is €78, while the famous 10-course extravaganza is €138. Chef Bruno Cirino's scampi Mediterranean in an almond crust with dates or roasted local white figs, sugared black olives, and buffalo milk sherbet has become a signature dish for a reason. Too rich for your blood? Try Cirino's bistro next door, Le Café de la Fontaine, open year-round for lunch and dinner with €18 main courses.
Packing well-heeled diners shoulder-to-shoulder at banquettes lined up for maximum people-watching, this warehouse-scale neo–Art Deco bistro on the port is the chic-est of the chic with Monégasque residents. Rich brasserie classics (lamb shank on the bone, potato puree with rosemary, and spicy gravy) are counterbalanced with high-flavor international experiments (salmon served sushi-rare with warm potatoes, pickled ginger, and wasabi sauce). The terrace's palatial view can be enjoyed June through mid-October, and may be even more memorable than the service.
This gastropub "devoted to adventurers" has stone walls lined with photos of intrepid folks (including Prince Albert II), plus a year-round terrace perfect for sampling roast pig or lamb shank. Wash your meal down with one of the 150 well-priced beers. Premium spirits, world wines, and Café de Monaco freshly roasted on-site, are also available. For your late-night munchies, the pub serves food until 5:30 am on Friday and Saturday in summer.
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