4 Best Restaurants in Monaco

Le Louis XV

$$$$ Fodor's choice

Only in Monaco can opulence be served on a plate, and only at Alain Ducasse’s flagship, three-Michelin-star restaurant in the Hôtel de Paris, can you taste it. At Le Louis XV, Ducasse embraces the Riviera’s art de vivre and simplicity, with dishes like grilled local fish and oysters from Maison Giol with salicornia (seaweed) and pistachio praline. Set menus are a better value: the Jardins de Provence menu is €260, or you can get four half dishes selected by the chef, along with cheeses and dessert for €380. Don't expect to save on lunch: the set menu will still put you back €210; tack on another €70 for two glasses of wine, water, and coffee.

Pl. du Casino, 98000, Monaco
377-98–06–88–64
Known For
  • meal of a lifetime from a celebrity chef
  • 350,000 bottles of wine with 3,700 references
  • restaurant manager Claire Sonnet picked up Michelin's 2023 Service Award
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Tues. and Wed. No lunch weekdays, Reservations essential, Jacket required

Club Bouliste du Rocher

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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.

Hostellerie Jérôme

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Prince Albert's country home, Roc Agel, is about 10 km (6 miles) outside Monaco in La Turbie, so it's no wonder that a restaurant with two of Michelin's coveted stars—plus a green star for Gastronomy & Sustainability—and an award-winning 40,000-bottle cave is also situated there. If chef Bruno Cirino's seasonal six-course €139 tasting menu and 10-course €185 extravaganza are too pricey for you, try his neighboring Le Café de la Fontaine, which is open year-round for lunch and dinner and has €25 main courses.

20 rte. Comte de Cessole, 06320, France
04–92–41–51–51
Known For
  • outstanding French wine selection
  • worth the detour from Monaco
  • experience of two-Michelin-star dining
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun., Mon., and Nov.–March. No lunch

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Quai des Artistes

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This warehouse-scale, neo–Art Deco bistro on the port packs in Monaco residents. The people-watching is optimal no matter where you sit while tucking into rich brasserie classics (think lamb shank on the bone with potato puree, rosemary, and spicy gravy) or the restaurant's renowned oysters and seafood platters. The lunch special and three-course €26 meal are excellent value. There's also an organic selection, but it is très expensive.

4 quai Antoine Ier, 98000, Monaco
377-97–97–97–77
Known For
  • boisterous ambience and great people-watching
  • big terrace
  • French brasserie classics with a twist
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Reservations essential