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Where to eat at and around Columbus Hotel Monte-Carlo

You are in Fontvieille, the reclaimed district at Monaco's western end, with the Princess Grace Rose Garden in front of the hotel and the small port two streets away. It is the least showy part of the principality and the easiest to eat in: the quay of Port de Fontvieille, Quai Jean-Charles Rey, holds a run of terraces that locals use, all within six minutes on foot, and the district's own Monégasque canteen is a few minutes the other way. You do not need a car, and unless the casino is the point you do not need the bus either.

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  • La Salière

    4 min walk

    Italian classics on the quay since 1982 · €€

    The Fontvieille institution, on the port since 1982 and now with siblings in Florida, serving vitello tonnato, pappardelle and a proper Milanese on a terrace over the boats. Its own contact page gives noon to 10.30pm, Monday to Sunday, with a happy hour from 2.30pm to 6.30pm, so it also answers the question of where to sit with a glass at five. Reservations by phone or email; the terrace fills on summer evenings.

    Reserve ahead28 Quai Jean-Charles Rey

  • Amici Miei

    5 min walk

    Venetian trattoria since 1994 · €€

    An Italian on the port that cooks Venice rather than generic Italy: veal liver alla veneziana, sardines in saor, polenta, and fresh pasta. Its own site gives noon to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm every day, which makes it a reliable Sunday dinner five minutes away, and prices a raw seafood platter at 48 euros and marinated anchovies at 22. Five minutes from the door, and the first place to try when you arrive late.

    Reserve ahead42 Quai Jean-Charles Rey

  • Beefbar Monte-Carlo

    5 min walk

    Marina steakhouse, in the Michelin selection · €€€

    The original Beefbar, open here since 2005 and now a chain, in the 2026 Michelin selection without a star: a butcher's counter of beef cuts and breeds, plus the street-food dishes the brand is known for, on a terrace facing the marina. Its own site gives lunch daily from noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 7.30pm, to 10.30pm Sunday to Thursday and 11pm Friday and Saturday. Book online, and book ahead in season; it is the one Fontvieille table that fills.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks out42 Quai Jean-Charles Rey

  • Les Perles de Monte-Carlo

    6 min walk

    Oyster refiner's own harbour bar · €€

    Monaco's oyster refiner, started in 2011 by two biologists, with a bar on the pier where the shellfish are refined: oysters, clams, sea urchins and langoustines, with organic wine. Its own site gives lunch Monday to Saturday from noon to 2.30pm and dinner Wednesday to Friday only, 7pm to 10pm, and calls reservation mandatory. Six minutes from the hotel, and oysters refined a few metres from your plate.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outPort de Fontvieille

  • Le Barbagiuan

    6 min walk

    Monégasque home cooking, weekdays only · €

    A family canteen in a shopping gallery on the hotel's own avenue, named after the chard-stuffed pastry that is Monaco's national dish, and cooking it alongside pissaladière, courgette tart and a tiramisu the owners are immodest about. Its own site gives 8am to 10pm Monday to Friday and closed at weekends, which makes it the cheapest breakfast near the hotel on a working day. Local office workers at lunch, takeaway at the counter, and the only Monégasque food on this page.

    Walk in6 Avenue des Papalins, Galerie Princesse Stéphanie

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Breakfast

Breakfast is served in Tavolo, in the dining room or on the terrace over the rose garden, from 6.30am to 10am on weekdays and 10.30am at weekends on the hotel's dining page; the facilities page says 10.30 every day. Whether it is included depends on the rate you book, and the hotel does not publish the buffet price on its own site, so check at booking. Guests report homemade cakes and pastries on the plus side and the buffet being cleared early, with eggs charged as extras, on the other; the lobby menu prices two fried eggs at 7 euros and an omelette from 8. The nearest alternative on a weekday is Le Barbagiuan, open from 8am, six minutes up the avenue.

What to skip

The café terraces on the casino square, half an hour away on foot or a bus ride. You would pay Monte-Carlo prices for a coffee with a view you have already travelled to see, and the same money buys oysters on the pier at Fontvieille six minutes from your room.

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You are in Fontvieille, the reclaimed district at Monaco's western end, with the Princess Grace Rose Garden in front of the hotel and the small port two streets away. It is the least showy part of the principality and the easiest to eat in: the quay of Port de Fontvieille, Quai Jean-Charles Rey, holds a run of terraces that locals use, all within six minutes on foot, and the district's own Monégasque canteen is a few minutes the other way. You do not need a car, and unless the casino is the point you do not need the bus either. La Salière, 4 min walk. Amici Miei, 5 min walk. Beefbar Monte-Carlo, 5 min walk.

Our verdict

If the grand hotels make no sense for your trip, book this and spend the difference at dinner.

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Last checked: September 2026

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