Restaurant in Monte Carlo, Monaco
Serious Provençal cooking, no ceremony required.
La Table d'Élise is Monte Carlo's most accessible Michelin Plate Provençal kitchen, earning consecutive recognition in 2024 and 2025. At €€€, it sits a full price tier below most of the Principality's guide-listed rooms and suits couples or solo diners who want focused regional cooking in an intimate setting without the ceremony of a starred house.
La Table d'Élise is the right call for food-focused travelers who want serious Provençal cooking in Monaco without committing to the full ceremony — and full price — of a three-Michelin-star room. If you are visiting Monte Carlo for a special occasion but find Alain Ducasse at Louis XV too formal or too expensive for the night you have in mind, this is a credible alternative that earned consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025. It suits couples marking an anniversary, solo diners who want a focused, quieter meal, and explorers who track regional French cuisine seriously and want to see how it reads in a Monaco context.
La Table d'Élise sits at 2 Rue du Portier in Monaco, a short walk from the Principality's most trafficked tourist corridors but positioned on a quieter street that gives the address a more residential, personal feel than you might expect from a Michelin-recognised room in one of the world's most visible cities. The kitchen works in the Provençal tradition , a cuisine defined by olive oil, herbs, seasonal vegetables from the Mediterranean hinterland, and the kind of restraint that lets ingredients carry the plate rather than technique bury them.
For the explorer who tracks regional French cooking, Provence is one of France's most coherent culinary identities: it draws from the same coastal and inland larder as neighbours like Hostellerie Jérôme in La Turbie and destination restaurants further west such as La Bastide de Moustiers and Alain Llorca. What La Table d'Élise offers is that tradition executed in Monaco , at a price point (€€€) that sits one tier below most of the Principality's headline names.
The spatial experience at La Table d'Élise reads as intimate rather than grand. Monaco's leading rooms , Blue Bay Marcel Ravin, L'Abysse Monte-Carlo , tend toward dramatic hotel settings with the scale to match. La Table d'Élise is more contained. That scale is an advantage if you want conversation to be the engine of the meal and not a competition with a large, busy room. It is a disadvantage if you are booking a group dinner that benefits from theatre and space.
Provençal cuisine rewards technique applied with a light hand, and that discipline is where a Michelin Plate recognition carries weight. The Michelin Plate , awarded in both 2024 and 2025 , signals that inspectors found cooking of sufficient quality to warrant inclusion in the guide, even without the elevation to one or more stars. In Monaco's context, where the competition includes one of France's most celebrated dining rooms in Louis XV, holding a Plate across consecutive years is a reasonable mark of consistency rather than a lucky snapshot.
The cuisine type positions La Table d'Élise within a tradition that prioritises seasonal produce and regional specificity over international fusion. For a diner who finds the global-creative menus at rooms like Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe Cussac less interesting than a kitchen committed to a single regional identity, this focus is a selling point. Provençal discipline, done well, is not a conservative choice , it is a harder one, because there is less creative sleight of hand to hide behind when the produce is the story.
Peer Provençal kitchens worth tracking for comparison include Maison Hache in Eygalières, La Bastide Bourrelly in Cabrìes, and La Bonne Étape further inland. La Table d'Élise is the Monaco representative of a tradition those rooms also serve, and for a traveller moving through the region, it is a reasonable stop in that itinerary.
Google rating: 4.3 from 288 reviews, which is solid volume for a room of this profile in Monaco. The Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 is the anchor trust signal , it places the kitchen inside the guide on merit. No star rating is listed in the current data, so do not book this expecting starred-level service formality or tasting-menu architecture. Book it expecting a well-executed Provençal kitchen at €€€ pricing in a city where €€€€ is the default.
Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated Easy , you are unlikely to need more than a week's lead time, and last-minute availability is plausible, particularly for smaller parties. Check via the restaurant directly at 2 Rue du Portier. Dress: Monaco norms apply broadly , smart casual is the floor, and anything you would wear to a business dinner in a European capital will be appropriate. No data confirms a formal dress code, but erring toward neat rather than casual is the right call. Budget: The €€€ price tier puts this below the majority of Monte Carlo's Michelin-tracked rooms, which cluster at €€€€. Expect a meaningful dinner spend without reaching the level of Louis XV or L'Abysse. Group size: The intimate room scale favours parties of two to four. Larger groups should confirm space in advance. Location: 2 Rue du Portier, Monaco. Timing: Consecutive Michelin Plate recognition through 2025 suggests the kitchen is currently in a stable, consistent phase , a good moment to visit.
If you want to explore the broader Monaco dining scene, our full Monte Carlo restaurants guide covers the complete picture. For stays, the Monte Carlo hotels guide and bars guide round out the trip. Within Monaco, Marius and La Mongolfière are worth considering alongside La Table d'Élise for a different price point or mood. For Provençal cooking in the wider region, Les Remparts in Èze is a short drive and a credible alternative if you are travelling the Côte d'Azur. The Monte Carlo wineries guide and experiences guide are useful companions for building the full visit.
At €€€ in Monaco, yes , with context. Almost every other Michelin-tracked room in the Principality sits at €€€€, so this is one of the few places where you get guide-recognised Provençal cooking without the top-tier price. If you are comparing against what you could eat elsewhere in France for similar money, the Monaco premium is real. But within Monte Carlo specifically, this is one of the more price-sensible options for a serious dinner.
The current venue data does not confirm a tasting menu, so this cannot be verified. What the Michelin Plate recognition does suggest is that the kitchen is operating at a level where a structured multi-course format would be consistent with the quality on offer. Ask when you book whether a tasting option is available , if it is, the consecutive Plate recognition gives reasonable grounds to take it.
It works for anniversaries and milestone dinners where the priority is good food and an intimate room rather than theatrical service. If the occasion calls for the full production , formal staff, grand hotel setting, a room with a famous name attached , Louis XV or Blue Bay Marcel Ravin deliver more ceremony. La Table d'Élise is the better call when intimacy and regional cooking matter more than spectacle.
Likely yes. The intimate room scale and Provençal focus both suit solo diners who want to eat well and pay attention to the food rather than manage a social occasion. Monaco has no shortage of larger, louder rooms , this is not one of them. If eating at the bar is an option (see below), that would make solo visits even more comfortable.
Smart casual is the safe choice. Monaco broadly expects guests at Michelin-listed restaurants to dress up rather than down , jeans and trainers will feel out of place. A dress or neat trousers and a collar will be appropriate. The restaurant has not published a formal dress code in the available data, but matching the standard of the city's dining culture is the practical approach.
No bar seating is confirmed in the current venue data. Given the intimate room scale, there may not be a bar counter in the conventional sense. Contact the restaurant directly at 2 Rue du Portier to confirm seating options , particularly if you are dining solo and want a more casual setup than a full table.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Table d'Élise | Provençal | €€€ | Easy |
| Pavyllon, un restaurant de Yannick Alléno, Monte-Carlo | Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Alain Ducasse- Louis XV | French - Provençal | Unknown | |
| L'Abysse Monte-Carlo | Japanese | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Blue Bay Marcel Ravin | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| La Table d'Antonio Salvatore au Rampoldi | Italian | €€€€ | Unknown |
A quick look at how La Table d'Élise measures up.
Bar seating is not confirmed in available venue data for La Table d'Élise. Given the Provençal format and the €€€ price point, this is a table-service restaurant. check the venue's official channels via 2 Rue du Portier before assuming bar or counter options exist.
Monaco sets a baseline expectation: neat, put-together clothing is the norm across the Principality's €€€ restaurants. La Table d'Élise holds a Michelin Plate — recognition for cooking quality, not ceremony — so the register is serious without being black-tie. A collared shirt or equivalent for men, smart dress for women is a safe call.
Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which makes last-minute solo reservations a realistic option — you are not competing for a scarce counter spot months out. The Provençal format lends itself to a focused single-diner meal. If solo dining in Monaco is the goal and you want something livelier, Pavyllon by Yannick Alléno has counter seating that suits solo guests well.
It works for a low-key special occasion where the food matters more than the spectacle. The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 signals consistent kitchen quality at €€€ pricing, which is credible for a celebratory dinner. For a higher-ceremony occasion in Monaco, Alain Ducasse at Louis XV or L'Abysse Monte-Carlo set a different stage.
Menu format and specific pricing are not confirmed in the venue data, so a direct verdict on the tasting menu is not possible here. At €€€ and with two consecutive Michelin Plates, the kitchen has earned the benefit of the doubt on value for money — but confirm current menu options directly with the restaurant before booking around a specific format.
At €€€ in Monaco with a Michelin Plate held across 2024 and 2025, La Table d'Élise delivers credible Provençal cooking at a price point that is mid-range for the Principality. If you want full grand-restaurant theatre, the Louis XV will cost more and deliver more ceremony. If you want honest, technique-driven southern French food without the ritual markup, La Table d'Élise is the more practical choice.
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