Coffee in the Louvre. The best vantage point to enjoy the view of the Louvre, to live the Louvre experience.
The name of Café Marly comes from Cour Marly in the Louvre, where French sculptures from the 17th century are on display.
Combining the grandeur of the royal past with the chic interior of today, Café Marly is simply unique.
With a refined ambience, exquisite continental cuisine and one of the most striking views in Paris, this superior restaurant offers a treat for all the senses.
Café Marly, founded in 1994, has one of the most enviable locations in Paris. Located under the arcades of the Richelieu wing of the Louvre, it overlooks this magnificent former royal residence and the famous inverted pyramid designed by Ieoh Ming Pei. The main courtyard of the Louvre and the glass pyramid are visible from the terrace and windows of this favourite haunt of impossibly chic Parisians.
The high columns, high vaulted ceilings and deep red and gold colours of the décor create an atmosphere of formality, but also a welcome change for those who have spent hours stumbling through the museum. The interior restaurant is two floors with a balcony terrace. The waiters dress in very thin black suits and a skimpy black tie, and numerous hostesses sit you down in outfits fit for a night out.
The best part of the museum can be seen through the windows in the restaurant, specially designed by Yves Taralon and Olivier Gagnère.
But Café Marly is also a sublime terrace under the arches that surround the Cour Napoleon, the best place in Paris to admire Ieoh Ming Pei's famous glass pyramid. Café Marly, one of the most beautiful secrets of the French capital. Located in the 1st arrondissement, always in fashion, certainly very Parisian, the Café Marly, this half-modern, half-Napoleon III era "brasserie" enjoys an exceptional view of the Louvre and its pyramids.
Models, journalists, fashion designers and others, in short "the jet set of Paris", come to this sophisticated restaurant and sit among the monumental wooden panelling for the view and to be watched, as well as to enjoy the Café Marly's cuisine, which is attractive and full of character without being pretentious.
Thierry and Gilbert Costes.
The restaurant is owned by The Costes brothersGilbert and Thierry, whose establishments are synonymous with style and elegance. The interior design is by renowned designers Olivier Gagnère and Yves Taralon and offers a clean, contemporary feel with padded benches, gilded wood panelling and high ceilings that recall the Louvre's past as a royal residence.
Refined and traditional French cuisine is served from 8 a.m. to late at night, with breakfast, snacks, lunch, brunch and evening dinner presented with style and confidence. The food is attractive, with plenty of character, and yet it is not pretentious.
Celebrities and the jet set come here to dine, and you never know who you might run into. But even this is dwarfed by the extraordinary view. Sit on the terrace and watch the world go by in true Parisian style.
Beaumarly sounds like music to your ears, a promise of the unique moment to come, something very different... A wind of elegance blowing through the French capital, the Beaumarly style is hard to define, as it is embodied in the unique character of each space, whether café, brasserie, restaurant, club or hotel. The only way to describe it is to say that each Beaumarly space is definitely an icon. From Café Marly to Café Français, via Germain or Matignon, Gilbert and Thierry Costes have been constantly reinventing the art of the international brasserie for over 20 years, with a focus on aesthetic appeal, architects creating the most beautiful spaces, design and gastronomy. A certain take on avant-garde. Beaumarly is above all a lifestyle.
Cuisine.
The Cafe Marly offers a daily breakfast from 08:00 to 12:00 and you can choose a fixed traditional French continental breakfast with a choice of a large coffee, cream, tea or hot chocolate, freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice and a choice of either viennoiseries or toasts with butter jam and honey, for €19.
Alternatively, you can opt for the à la carte breakfast, with the above items purchased separately, along with fresh fruit salad, a variety of omelettes or homemade granola and fromage blanc. Snacks are also available until 8pm, including various omelettes such as a ham or cheese, club sandwich, a croque-monsieur or croque-madame, a warm sandwich topped with a fried egg accompanied by Mesclun salad. You will find that the a la carte menu offers a wide range of different dishes, including salads such as lobster or whipped avocado and king crab, a traditional Caesar salad with chicken, chilled octopus and baby potato salad or a vegetarian quinoa salad for example, along with pasta dishes such as truffle ravioli from the famous Maison de la Truffelocated on the Place de la Madeleine, and these range in price from around €20 to €35.
A chic Parisian brasserie in a unique setting at the Musee du Louvre, the Petrossian Company uses fresh ingredients and most dishes are made in-house, although some specialities are prepared by reputable establishments outside, and you can enjoy a three-course menu of innovative plus traditional dishes. When it comes to appetisers or entrees, they may include gazpacho, Thai basilica-style chicken spring rolls, Galician sardines with Espelette chili butter, Tamara with truffles or Fois gras of duck, designed to be shared by two. You can also opt for Culatello, an Italian cured meat, something as simple as Japanese Edamame or Carrot Juice, or you can have Smoked Salmon or Caviar Alverta Royal, both from The Petrossian Companywhich range in price from around €10.
Please note that the regular cafe service is closed while serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. This means that you will not be able to sit down for a cup of coffee or a simple drink during meals.
You will be chased away in no uncertain terms. But apart from that small detail, there is nowhere else you can sit in a luxury café overlooking the glass pyramid of the Louvre
- Brasserie Café MarlyPalais du Louvre
93, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1er
Tel. 0033 (0)1 49 26 06 60
Metro Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre, lines 1 and 7
Thierry Stravers is co-owner of Masonic Store.
He likes to combine his passion for style and elegance with his Masonic activities.
Thierry is the owner of Trenicaa marketing agency and is a board member of Loge Enlightenment No.313 O: Hoofddorp.
