The Riviera's star restaurants 2026 – from Le Louis XV to La Vague d'Or

The Michelin Guide 2026 was presented in Monaco for the first time. From Le Louis XV and Mirazur to La Vague d'Or – here are the Riviera's starred restaurants, municipality by municipality, and this year's new stars.

On 16 March 2026, the Guide Michelin for France and Monaco was presented at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. It was the guide's 117th gala and the first time it was held in the principality, according to Le Journal des Palaces. More than 1,000 chefs, journalists and industry professionals were present. For the Riviera, it was a strong year: SBM's restaurants in Monaco retained all their stars, and eight restaurants in the region were awarded new ones. Here is the full list, compiled following Monaco Tribune's review on 17 March 2026.

Three stars: four addresses

Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse à l'Hôtel de Paris in Monte-Carlo retained its three stars. In 1990, the restaurant became the first palace restaurant in the world to be awarded three stars, according to Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer. Read more in our guide to Le Louis XV.

In Menton, Mirazur has three stars, and in Var the same applies to La Vague d'Or at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez and La Table du Castellet in Le Castellet.

Two stars: seven restaurants

In Monaco, three restaurants have two stars: Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe Cussac at Hôtel Métropole, Blue Bay Marcel Ravin and L'Abysse Monte-Carlo. In Alpes-Maritimes, this applies to La Villa Archange in Le Cannet, La Chèvre d'Or in Èze and Flaveur in Nice. In Var, La Voile at La Réserve Ramatuelle has two stars.

This year's new stars

Eight restaurants in the region received new stars in 2026, according to Monaco Tribune: Robuchon Monaco with head chef Jonathan Larrieu, La Table du Cap Estel in Èze-Bord-de-Mer, Épicentre in Nice, La Table de Pierre in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore, Les Oliviers in Bandol, L'Oursin at Hôtel Les Roches in Le Lavandou and Shanael in Toulon. All of them currently hold one star.

A star in Monaco and Alpes-Maritimes

In Monaco, Elsa Marcel Ravin, Le Grill at Hôtel de Paris, Pavyllon Monte-Carlo, La Table d'Antonio Salvatore at Rampoldi and Robuchon Monaco each have one star. In total, the principality has nine starred restaurants and fourteen stars.

In the Alpes-Maritimes, Nice has the most: Les Agitateurs, L'Aromate, Le Chantecler at Le Negresco, Épicentre, JAN, ONICE and Racines – Bruno Cirino. In Antibes, Louroc at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc and Les Pêcheurs have one star, in Juan-les-Pins La Passagère at Belles Rives, in Beaulieu-sur-Mer Le Restaurant des Rois at La Réserve, and in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Le Cap at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat. In addition there is La Palme d'Or in Cannes, Les Terraillers in Biot, Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup, Château Eza and La Table du Cap Estel in Èze, Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Mareluna and L'Or Bleu in Théoule-sur-Mer, La Table de Pierre in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, La Flibuste in Villeneuve-Loubet, as well as Auberge Quintessence in Roubion and Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore in the mountains.

A star in Var

In Saint-Tropez, three restaurants hold a star: Arnaud Donckele & Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton as well as Colette and La Terrasse at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez. In the rest of Var, this applies to La Palmeraie at Château de Valmer in La Croix-Valmer, L'Oursin in Le Lavandou, Les Oliviers in Bandol, Shanael in Toulon, Le Relais des Moines in Les Arcs, Chez Jeannette in Flassans-sur-Issole, Le Jardin de Berne in Flayosc, Bruno in Lorgues and Faventia in Tourrettes.

Plan the meal

Many of the restaurants above are open seasonally or closed on certain weekdays, so book well in advance and always check with the restaurant. More addresses in Monaco can be found in VERA PI's Monaco guide, and more destinations among our Riviera guides at metromode.co.

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