Le Meurice Alain Ducasse

Dining room, photographed by Janine Cheung in 2010.

At 228 rue de Rivoli, opposite the Tuileries Garden, Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse makes its setting part of the experience. Gilding, chandeliers and classical lines recall the great French salons, while contemporary furniture gives the room a lighter touch. The dining room takes inspiration from the Salon de la Paix at the Château de Versailles, reinterpreted with designer Philippe Starck.

A grand room, a focused cuisine

The setting is theatrical, but the kitchen’s stated aim is restraint. Alain Ducasse’s “cuisine of the essential” starts with the ingredient: preserve its true flavour, then let technique recede behind it. Executive chef Amaury Bouhours now leads the kitchen. The restaurant describes its approach as creative cooking attentive to seasonality and the provenance of its ingredients.

That contrast between ceremony and simplicity gives the restaurant its character. It suits a celebratory dinner, but also a meal spent noticing how a familiar ingredient can become the centre of a carefully judged plate. The menu changes, so check the current offering before booking if you have a particular dish in mind.

When to go

The MICHELIN Guide currently awards the restaurant two stars and lists it among Paris’s creative-cuisine addresses. Dinner is served Monday to Friday, 7–9.30pm. Lunch is offered as the Chef’s Table, Monday to Friday, 12–1.30pm. Hours can change, so confirm them with the restaurant when booking.

This is a place for a meal you want to take your time over: a special occasion, a dinner for two, or an introduction to one of Paris’s grand dining rooms. The hotel lists the dress code as elegant. The restaurant is inside Le Meurice at 228 rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement, a short walk from the Louvre and the Tuileries Garden.

At a glance

• Cuisine: creative French cooking centred on the ingredient.
• Distinction: two Michelin stars.
• Executive chef: Amaury Bouhours, under Alain Ducasse’s supervision.
• Lunch: Chef’s Table, Monday to Friday, 12–1.30pm.
• Dinner: Monday to Friday, 7–9.30pm.
• Address: Hôtel Le Meurice, 228 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris.

Opening hours, menus and distinctions were checked on 22 October 2026. Check the official restaurant information and menus and the MICHELIN Guide listing before your visit.