Restaurant in Reims, France
Seafood-forward fine dining, easy to book.
Le Millénaire is Reims's most focused creative fine-dining address, built around chef Benjamin Andreux's seafood-led cooking in a stylish city-centre room steps from Place Royale. At €€€€, it's easier to book than Assiette Champenoise and better positioned for a central Reims special occasion than Le Parc Les Crayères. Closed Sunday and Monday; book Saturday dinner three weeks out.
If you're weighing up where to spend serious money on a fine-dining dinner in Reims, Le Millénaire earns its place at the leading of the shortlist — but for a different reason than Le Parc Les Crayères. Where Le Parc trades on grandeur and a château setting, Le Millénaire is tighter, more focused, and built around a singular culinary vision: chef Benjamin Andreux's seafood-led creative cooking. If that format appeals, book it. If you want the full Champagne-country estate experience, Le Parc is the better fit.
Le Millénaire sits on Rue Bertin, within easy walking distance of Place Royale and Reims Cathedral, and the address matters: this is city-centre fine dining, not a destination outside town. The interior is described as stylish and fashionable — the spatial experience here is urbane rather than pastoral, more polished salon than country house. For a special occasion dinner in central Reims, that distinction is worth factoring in. If you want a dramatic setting, you'll need to travel. If you want serious food in a room that feels contemporary and composed, Le Millénaire delivers that without the commute.
The kitchen is led by chef Benjamin Andreux, whose cooking is framed around ambitious creativity with seafood at its centre. The Michelin description positions his dishes as intelligent and original, with execution that matches the ambition , seasonally driven, precisely crafted. For guests arriving from cities with deep seafood fine-dining traditions (think Le Bernardin in New York or Arpège in Paris), the benchmark is high and Le Millénaire is playing in that conversation, not beneath it.
The price category is €€€€, placing it at the leading of the Reims market alongside Assiette Champenoise. That positioning is worth taking seriously: at this price point, both venues require you to commit to the format. Le Millénaire rewards guests who are genuinely interested in creative seafood cookery. If your priority is the most celebrated name in the region, Assiette Champenoise (three Michelin stars) carries more weight by credential alone.
Le Millénaire is open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch (12:00–13:30) and dinner (19:00–21:30). It is closed Sunday and Monday. The dinner service ends at 21:30 , this is not a late-night option. If you're planning a Reims evening that extends past dinner, you'll need to factor that into your itinerary. The kitchen closes firmly at 9:30 PM, so post-theatre or late-arrival dining is not the format here. Arrive on time; service runs to a schedule. For anyone visiting Reims on a Sunday or Monday, Le Millénaire is off the table entirely , consider Racine or Arbane as alternatives with different scheduling.
Le Millénaire is well-suited to celebration dinners, business meals, and milestone dates , the combination of a sophisticated room, focused haute cuisine, and a central Reims address makes it a practical choice for special occasion dining. It is not the loudest or most theatrical option in the city, but for guests who want a serious meal over a dramatic performance, that restraint is an asset. Couples and small groups (two to four covers) are the natural fit; the format is unlikely to accommodate large party bookings without prior arrangement.
Booking difficulty at Le Millénaire is rated Easy by Pearl. Given the €€€€ price point and the limited operating window (lunch and dinner, five days a week only), availability tends to be reasonable by fine-dining standards. That said, Saturday dinner is the most sought-after slot , book that one with at least two to three weeks' lead time. Lunch on a weekday is your easiest entry point, and at this level of cooking, the lunch format often represents better value than dinner. Always confirm directly with the restaurant for current reservation availability.
| Detail | Le Millénaire | Le Parc Les Crayères | Assiette Champenoise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€€€ | €€€€ | €€€€ |
| Cuisine focus | Creative, seafood-led | Classic French | Creative (3 Michelin stars) |
| Location | Central Reims | Reims outskirts | Outside Reims (Tinqueux) |
| Sunday open | No | Check directly | Check directly |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Moderate | Hard |
| Leading for | Special occasion, date | Estate experience | Top-tier tasting menu |
See the comparison section below.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Le Millénaire | — | |
| Le Parc Les Crayères | €€€€ | — |
| Le Foch | €€€ | — |
| Assiette Champenoise | €€€€ | — |
| Brasserie Le Jardin | €€ | — |
| Bistro des anges | — |
How Le Millénaire stacks up against the competition.
Pearl rates booking difficulty as Easy, but don't take that as licence to leave it last-minute. At €€€€ with only five service days per week and a lunch window of just 90 minutes, popular slots — particularly Friday and Saturday dinner — will go faster than the overall rating suggests. Book at least one to two weeks out for a weekday lunch; aim for two to three weeks ahead for weekend evenings or special occasions.
Assiette Champenoise is the higher-stakes option if you want the full Champagne-country tasting-menu experience and are prepared to travel slightly outside the city centre. Le Parc Les Crayères sits in a similar €€€€ bracket with more formal surroundings. Le Foch is worth considering if you want fine dining closer to the €€€ range. For something less formal altogether, Brasserie Le Jardin or Bistro des anges cover a more relaxed register at a lower price point.
The kitchen's focus is seafood, treated with what the venue's own recognition describes as intelligent creativity and strong technical execution. The menu tracks the seasons, so the specific dishes on offer will shift across the year. Rather than targeting individual items, the format here rewards trusting the chef's menu — that's the context in which the cooking is designed to be experienced.
Yes. The combination of a stylish interior close to Reims Cathedral, a focused fine-dining format, and a kitchen with recognised culinary credentials makes it a credible choice for milestone dinners or business meals. It is not a high-volume celebration venue, which works in its favour for occasions where atmosphere and attentiveness matter more than scale.
Lunch runs 12:00–13:30 — a tight 90-minute window that suits a business meal or a lighter commitment to the format. Dinner (19:00–21:30) gives more room to settle in and is the more natural fit for a special occasion. If you're visiting Reims primarily for the cathedral and the Champagne houses, a lunch here is an efficient way to eat well without anchoring your evening.
There is nothing in the venue data that rules it out, but €€€€ creative fine dining is rarely designed around solo guests as its primary format. Solo diners are better placed at the lunch service where a shorter menu and a more compact sitting feel less asymmetric. If solo fine dining is a priority, confirm with the restaurant directly whether counter or bar seating is available.
Bar or counter dining is not confirmed in the available venue data for Le Millénaire. The address is 4-6 Rue Bertin, Reims — check the venue's official channels to ask about seating options if that format is important to your visit.
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