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L’Assiette Champenoise
L'Assiette Champenoise holds three Michelin stars — one of only twenty-nine restaurants in France at the highest level — under chef Arnaud Lallement, who inherited the kitchen from his father Jean-Pierre in 2005 and earned the third star in 2014. The restaurant occupies a handsome Art Nouveau property in Tinqueux, a five-minute drive west of central Reims, surrounded by mature park grounds that also house the twenty-six-room Relais & Châteaux hotel that operates alongside the restaurant.
Le Parc at Les Crayères
Les Crayères occupies a Louis XVI-style château built in 1902 by the Marquise de Polignac — daughter of one of the founding families of the Pommery Champagne house — on thirteen acres of private parkland south of central Reims. The property opened as a Relais & Châteaux hotel and restaurant in 1983 under Gérard Boyer (who earned three Michelin stars before retirement); since 2009 chef Philippe Mille has held the kitchen, currently at two stars with a longstanding reputation as one of France's most refined technical practitioners.
Racine
Racine opened on Place Godinot in central Reims in 2016 under chef Kazuyuki Tanaka — Japanese, trained in the Kanto region before moving to France to work at L'Astrance in Paris and the Eleven Madison Park kitchen during its ascent. Racine earned its first Michelin star in 2017 and its second in 2021, making Tanaka one of the fastest chefs in the post-2010 generation to reach two stars outside Paris. The dining room seats twenty-four across a single space, with the kitchen behind a low pass visible from most tables.
Le Foch
Le Foch sits on Boulevard Foch, the grandest residential boulevard in Reims, a ten-minute walk from the cathedral. The restaurant held a Michelin star under chef Jacky Louazé from 2008 through the early 2020s and still operates at that technical level, though the guide moved the star elsewhere in a recent recalibration. Louazé — classically trained in the Alsace region before moving to Champagne — cooks a modern French menu with particular strength in seafood preparations, game in season, and a dessert programme that is among the most accomplished in the city.
Le Millénaire
Le Millénaire has occupied its current site on rue Eugène Desteuque — a quiet street running behind the Palais du Tau and the cathedral — for more than thirty years, serving a consistently evolving modern French menu that the Michelin Guide has long recommended without starring. The restaurant's name is a reference to the 1999 millennium celebration, and the dining room reflects that era's restrained elegance: cream walls, soft lighting, generous spacing, thirty-two covers.
Dining in Reims
The Dining Culture
Reims has always eaten to match the wine. Champagne houses have been entertaining foreign buyers, British brokers, and Russian aristocrats since the 18th century — a hospitality culture that pervades the city's serious kitchens. The dishes are precise, classical, and unafraid of the grande cuisine vocabulary. The pairings lean inevitably to the region's own vintages, including rarities impossible to find elsewhere.
Best Neighbourhoods
L'Assiette Champenoise sits in Tinqueux, a five-minute drive west; Les Crayères occupies a park estate south of the city. Inside Reims proper, Racine sits on Place Godinot near the cathedral, Le Foch on Boulevard Foch, Le Millénaire just behind the Palais du Tau.
Reservations & Practical Tips
L'Assiette Champenoise books six to eight weeks out. Les Crayères (Le Parc) requires three to four weeks. Racine is the hardest table in the city centre — book four weeks ahead for weekends. Le Foch and Le Millénaire are typically available within ten days.
Dress Code & Tipping
French custom: service compris. Additional 5-10% at three-star level is welcomed. At the best tables, many guests leave cash for the sommelier handling the Champagne pairings.