The Best Restaurants in Monaco, by Neighbourhood

Place du Casino & the Carré d’Or

The golden quarter is where Monaco keeps its legends. Le Louis XV — Alain Ducasse at the Hôtel de Paris remains the benchmark: the Riviera’s produce cooked with three-star discipline in one of the great dining rooms of the world. At the Hôtel Hermitage next door, Pavyllon brings Yannick Alléno’s counter-style fine dining to a terrace over the gardens, while back at the Hôtel de Paris, Le Grill serves rotisserie classics under a roof that opens to the sky on the eighth floor.

Across the square, the Café de Paris is the terrace — the point of it is watching the Place du Casino perform. Rampoldi, a few steps up Avenue des Spélugues, has been the neighbourhood’s Italian salon since the 1940s; Buddha-Bar does late, lacquered pan-Asian glamour in the casino’s former cabaret hall.

Places

Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse

The crown jewel of Monaco dining, this three-Michelin-star temple of French Mediterranean cuisine has been helmed by Alain Ducasse since 1987. Seasonal menus built on pristine Riviera ingredients inside a breathtaking Belle Époque dining room.

Pavyllon

Yannick Alléno's Michelin-starred counter-dining restaurant at the Hôtel Hermitage. Chefs work eye-to-eye with guests along the long counter, sending out precise, seasonal Mediterranean plates — fine dining with the formality dialled down and the terrace facing the sea.

Le Grill

Book online on the official website of Michelin-starred restaurant Le Grill for a culinary experience at the top, with breathtaking panoramic views over Monaco.

Café de Paris Monte-Carlo

The iconic brasserie on Casino Square for 150 years. Famous for inventing the Crêpe Suzette, it serves classic brasserie fare with a terrace overlooking the casino.

Rampoldi

A Monte-Carlo institution since 1946, a few steps from Casino Square. Rampoldi's leather banquettes and tableside service have hosted royalty and film stars for generations — Italian-French classics, crêpes Suzette flamed in the room, and a bar that remembers everything.

Buddha-Bar

Since its creation in 1996, Buddha-Bar has established itself as a pioneer of a genuine art of living concept, drawing on the convergent influences of the Pacific Rim movement. Born from the visionary imagination of its founder Raymond Visan, then owner of the celebrated Barfly in Paris and in constant pursuit of novelties through his numerous travels, particularly to California, this restaurant-bar-lounge in the very chic Faubourg St Honoré quickly became an essential fixture of Parisian nightlife.

Larvotto & Avenue Princesse Grace

The seafront avenue runs on fish and view. Song Qi is the principality’s gastronomic Chinese — white-tablecloth Cantonese with couture manners. Further east, Maya Bay pairs a Thai and a Japanese room under one roof, and Avenue 31 is the reliable all-day Mediterranean table locals actually return to.

At the Monte-Carlo Bay resort on the Larvotto point, Blue Bay is chef Marcel Ravin’s two-star Caribbean-Mediterranean dialogue — perhaps the most personal tasting menu in Monaco, built around the resort’s own kitchen garden.

Places

Song Qi

Song Qi brings focused Asian cuisine to Monaco's dining landscape, where restraint and precision matter most. The meal unfolds through thoughtful service and measured flavors—quiet attention and the kind of hospitality that lets the food speak for itself.

Maya Bay

Twin dining rooms — one Thai, one Japanese — have made this Avenue Princesse Grace address a Monte-Carlo fixture since 2006. Take a stool at master Ryuji Kakizaki's sushi counter, or settle in for refined Siamese classics in a theatrical, elegant setting.

Avenue 31

An understated address on the Rocher's quieter eastern slope, where French technique meets Monégasque restraint. Precise, seasonal small plates in a dining room that prizes discretion over spectacle.

Blue Bay Marcel Ravin

Chef Marcel Ravin's two-Michelin-star flagship blends Caribbean roots with Mediterranean flair. The panoramic sea-view terrace overlooking the bay is one of Monaco's most romantic dining spots.

La Condamine & the port

Monaco’s everyday quarter eats best at lunch. The counters of the Marché de la Condamine are the single best value in the principality — socca, fresh pasta, roast chicken, barbagiuan — shoulder to shoulder with office workers and yacht crews. Polpetta on Rue Paradis is the trattoria residents guard jealously; Huit & Demi covers the Italian waterfront with a proper terrace.

On the port itself, Brasserie de Monaco brews its own beer at the water’s edge on Route de la Piscine, and Quai des Artistes on Quai Antoine 1er does big-hearted brasserie classics — shellfish platters, steak frites — facing the superyachts.

Places

Marché de la Condamine

Monaco's lively daily market on Place d'Armes, in operation since 1880. Fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers, and the legendary "barbagiuans" stand. The covered hall hosts cooking workshops and cultural events.

Polpetta

Unpretentious Italian comfort meets Monaco refinement. Polpetta nods to Roman traditions—tender meatballs, housemade pasta, the kind of food that tastes like it's been perfected over decades rather than designed by committee.

Huit & Demi

Spare interiors, precise French technique — a dining room of studied restraint where ceremony steps aside. The kind of place where the wine list is as considered as the plating, and arrival feels less like spectacle than relief.

Brasserie de Monaco

Brasserie de Monaco captures understated Monégasque elegance—burnished wood, attentive service, and classic French bistro fare rendered with quiet assurance. The kind of place where locals settle in for lunch and the wine list speaks to the Côte d'Azur's own seriousness about the bottle.

Quai des Artistes

A grand Parisian-style brasserie on Quai Antoine 1er, feeding Port Hercule since 1999. Seafood platters, steak-frites and white-aproned service with the yachts a few steps away — dependable, generous, and busy for a reason.

Monaco-Ville: eating on the Rock

The old town is tourist territory at noon and residents’ territory at night. Castelroc, directly opposite the Palace square, has served Monégasque specialities — stocafi, barbagiuan — since the 1950s. In the lanes behind, U’ Cavagnetu keeps the local repertoire honest, and La Montgolfière on Rue Basse is chef Henri Geraci’s tiny, personal dining room — book ahead.

Places

Castelroc

Facing the Prince's Palace across the Place du Palais, Castelroc has the best terrace seat for the changing of the guard. The kitchen keeps Monégasque tradition alive — barbagiuans, stocafi — alongside polished Mediterranean cooking.

U’ Cavagnetu

Since 1967 this old-town address — its name is Monégasque for “picnic basket” — has served the Principality's own cooking: barbagiuans, pissaladière and sunny Mediterranean staples at gentle prices, a short stroll from the Prince's Palace.

La Montgolfière

La Montgolfière sidesteps ceremony without sacrificing grace. A kitchen of quiet conviction moves with Mediterranean restraint; the room—lived-in, unhurried—is where Monaco's knowing diners linger.

Fontvieille: the quieter harbour

The reclaimed quarter’s marina quays are Monaco at its most relaxed. Beefbar — the original of the now-global brand — faces the boats on Quai Jean-Charles Rey with the best meat in the principality; La Salière and Amici Miei keep the same quay Italian, generous and unhurried.

Places

Beefbar Monte-Carlo

Born in Monaco in 2005, this harbourside meat bar serves premium Wagyu and Black Angus alongside creative street food. Gorgeous views over the Fontvieille marina.

La Salière

Where Mediterranean ingredient and classical technique meet without flourish—clarity of flavor, discretion of manner. A Monégasque dining address that rewards attention and loyalty in equal measure.

Amici Miei

An intimate Italian refuge where old-world tradition softens into the Monégasque light. Warm, unhurried service; the perfume of slow-simmered ragù—this is where dining becomes something genuine.

How to book and what to expect

Book the grand rooms days ahead (weeks in summer), and note that the top tables enforce dress codes in the evening — jackets for Le Louis XV, smart-casual elsewhere. Lunch is the value play everywhere: several of the starred rooms run midday menus at a fraction of the evening price. For the full listing — 145 restaurants with hours, phones and maps — browse our restaurants index or the interactive map.