05 Services

Dining & Experiences

The table that was no longer available. Laid for two.

A table laid for two in an empty dining room before service.

We obtain tables where there are none left, including on the evening itself. We telephone ourselves, and we come back to you with the answer.

Your allergies, your dietary requirements, the table you prefer and the wine you drink are passed on before you arrive. You need not repeat them to the maître d’hôtel, and service begins already knowing.

At home the logic is the same: the chef arrives with his team, the kitchen is returned as he found it, and there is nothing for you to clear away.

What we coordinate

  • Table reservations

    Including when the service is announced as full, or at a few hours’ notice.

  • Chef and service at home

    Menu agreed in advance, team, equipment and clearing away included.

  • Private receptions

    Catering, service, setting up and coordination at the place you choose.

  • Tastings and estates

    Private visits, meetings with the growers, shipping arranged.

  • Cellar

    Bottles sourced, your cellar built and kept track of.

  • Diets and allergies

    Passed to every house, at every booking, without your asking again.

What we are asked

  • How do you get a table when a restaurant is full?

    A service announced as full is not always full to the end: tables are released late, and not all of them go through the booking platforms. You give us the address, the date and the hour that suits you, and we come back with the answer. Your table preferences and any dietary constraints go ahead of your arrival.

  • Do you obtain tables that are fully booked?

    We obtain tables where there are none left, including on the evening itself. We telephone ourselves, and we always offer you a table of the same standing.

  • Do you account for diets and allergies?

    Yes, they are passed to the kitchen before you arrive, not announced at the table. Your habits are remembered from one time to the next, so you need not repeat them.

  • Do you arrange a reception at home?

    Yes: chef, service, table, cellar, and the clearing afterwards. We coordinate the whole and remain reachable through the evening.

The other worlds

Access is
by introduction.

An introduction comes from a member. If you know none, write to us all the same: we take the time for a conversation.

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