LOULOU Restaurant by Joseph Dirand at Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris.

“LOULOU has been conceived as an aesthete’s abode, a collector’s dining room, decorated gradually with the time and the spoils of many voyages… Versed in the art-de-vivre, LOULOU receives his guests with wit, measure and elegance. Together, they enjoy organising business lunches and extraordinary dinners. A delicate and frivolous address where the good and the beautiful are shared, by day as by night, with both sensuality and unending grace. Sunny days are spent strolling in the gardens, while parties linger long into the night.”

LOULOU, the new restaurant at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs designed by Joseph Dirand, boasts a unique and privileged location at the heart of the Palais du Louvre, in the busy Rue de Rivoli. This environment has inspired the architecture and the culinary identity of LOULOU: an unusual synchronisation of place, plate and service, providing the best possible experience. From the splendid facades of the Rohan Pavilion unfolds one of Paris‘ most sumptuous terraces. Amidst Olympian calm, the visitors are able to admire the gardens encircled by the most beautiful of monuments: the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, its gardens and its Pyramid.

The interior experience imagined by Dirand is sophisticated, subtle and softly sensual. Within a series of unaccommodating spaces, Joseph Dirand has composed a sequence of sensorial moments that showcase the art of savoir-vivre. The food, by French Benoit Dargère and Italian Diego Compagno, offers a sun kissed menu of generous and familiar cuisine inspired by French and Italian Riviera.

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[Images courtesy of LOULOU. Photography by Adrien Dirand.]