New Year’s Eve 2026 in Monaco

By the ULTIMATE Monaco Editorial Team

Dinner at the Hôtel de Paris

On the Place du Casino, the Hôtel de Paris sets the tone. Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse serves a New Year’s Eve gala dinner, a single menu at €1,300 per person before drinks, with a Prestige Selection of wines at €500 more. Eight floors up, Le Grill serves a single menu at €1,090, with a glass of Champagne.

The Salle Empire holds a dinner show: five courses at €1,450 per person, with half a bottle of wine; the programme is still to be announced. In the Bar Américain, a live band plays through a tapas menu at €1,100 for two, with a bottle of Prestige Millésimée Champagne.

Our advice: the Hôtel de Paris does not print its times; book through the Société des Bains de Mer, and ask for a table near the windows.

Hôtel de Paris: Christmas and New Year →   Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer: New Year’s Eve restaurants →

The Hermitage, the Bay and the Place du Casino

At the Hôtel Hermitage, L’Abysse serves its omakase at €420 or its Collection menu at €290, and Pavyllon a six-course menu at €890 with a glass of Champagne. The Belle Époque dining room has a five-course dinner with half a bottle of Perrier-Jouët and live entertainment at €790 (€395 for children under 12); Bar Gustave is à la carte from 6pm, with a €150 minimum and live music from 9pm.

At the Monte-Carlo Bay, dinners start at 7.30pm: Marcel Ravin’s Blue Bay at €850, with half a bottle of Dom Ruinart 2013 and a pianist, and L’Orange Verte at €405, with Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs, a roving trio and close-up magic. The Blue Gin bar is open from 5pm to 10pm with a DJ and performers, then by reservation from 11pm (€350 minimum per table of two), with fireworks at midnight.

Around the Place du Casino, the Café de Paris serves a réveillon menu at €490 with a glass of Champagne (€245 for children); Buddha-Bar a set menu at €490, or dinner and clubbing in the lounge at €450; and Amazónico an early à la carte seating from 6pm (€200 minimum) or a late menu from 9pm at €700, food and drink included. Its terrace opens at 6pm (€60 with a drink). Marlow, on the port, serves a menu at €290 with live music.

Our advice: every table must be booked, and most are paid in advance; reserve as soon as you can.

Monte-Carlo SBM: New Year’s Eve menus →   Monte-Carlo Bay: Le Nouvel An →   Café de Paris: Saint-Sylvestre →   Monte-Carlo SBM: New Year’s Eve, clubs and hotels →

The Salle des Étoiles and Jimmy’z

At the Sporting Monte-Carlo, the Salle des Étoiles holds its réveillon dinner show: dinner at 8.30pm, then Lenny Jay’s Michael Jackson tribute from 10.45pm, with the greatest hits and the choreography. It is €665 per person with half a bottle of Champagne, in evening wear, and open to guests aged seven and over.

Next door, Jimmy’z opens from 11pm with DJ Cerrone at the decks. The dress code is elegant and chic.

Our advice: dinner at the Salle des Étoiles and the walk across to Jimmy’z is the classic Monte-Carlo New Year; book both.

Salle des Étoiles: New Year’s Eve dinner show →   Jimmy’z Monte-Carlo: New Year’s Eve →

Offenbach at the Opéra, Ma Bayadère at the Grimaldi Forum

The Opéra de Monte-Carlo ends the year with Offenbach’s La Vie parisienne, in the complete original version of 1866, staged and designed by Christian Lacroix, with Gianluca Capuano conducting Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco. The New Year’s Eve performance is at 6pm, early enough for dinner afterwards; it also plays on 23 (gala), 26, 27 and 29 December. When we checked, only the last seats were left.

At the Grimaldi Forum, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dance Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Ma Bayadère, to Minkus’s music played by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic under Garrett Keast, at 7.30pm on 31 December, with further performances on 28, 29 and 30 December and 2 January 2027.

Our advice: the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic had not published a New Year’s concert when we checked; watch its site in December.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo: La Vie parisienne →   Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Ma Bayadère →   Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra →

New Year’s Day lunch, Friday 1 January 2027

The year starts slowly here. Le Louis XV serves a New Year’s Day menu at €470, and Le Grill its Constellation menu at €260 or à la carte, both before drinks. Pavyllon has a five-course menu at €190; the Hermitage’s Belle Époque room a brunch with unlimited Champagne at €270 (€135 for children under 12); and Blue Bay a set lunch from 12.30pm at €370, with half a bottle of Champagne and a pianist.

Marlow serves a brunch at €90 or holiday dishes à la carte at €120, L’Hirondelle an à la carte lunch at €65, and the Café de Paris lunch à la carte.

Our advice: book New Year’s Day lunch when you book the night before; the terraces fill with the people who danced until dawn.

Monte-Carlo SBM: New Year’s Day lunches →

The public celebration and practical advice

The Mairie de Monaco’s Christmas Village, La Forêt enchantée, opens on Friday 4 December 2026 on Port Hercule, and the Mairie holds its New Year’s Eve evening there. When we checked, its 2026 programme, hours and any fireworks were still to be announced; the Mairie’s information line is +377 93 15 06 03.

Our advice: Monaco is small and walkable, but taxis are scarce after midnight; stay where you dine, or book your car home in advance. Dress up: on New Year’s Eve, Monte-Carlo expects it.

Mairie de Monaco: the evening of 31 December →   Mairie de Monaco: end-of-year programme 2026 →   Christmas in Monaco →

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