Charly is a Mediterranean restaurant at 97 boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot. Organisers can hire the whole restaurant for a standing cocktail of 60 to 110 guests or a seated lunch or dinner of 60 to 80, or book a Moroccan lounge for up to 32 seated guests.
Seminars and company events
The official text lists business dinners and cocktail lunches or dinners among the events the restaurant hosts, next to weddings, engagement parties and henna celebrations. There is no meeting room, so the venue suits client dinners, year-end receptions and team meals rather than a working seminar. Its position opposite the Palais des Congrès makes it a practical choice for delegations attending an event there and wanting a private evening nearby.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, engagements and henna evenings are named on the privatization page. Both the cocktail and the seated formula can serve a reception. The cocktail formula includes a drinks buffet and a canapé buffet, and the seated formula includes a starter spread, a main course and dessert served to the table. The restaurant adds that its offers are suggestions and that a made-to-measure quote is possible for particular wishes.
Rooms and capacities
There are two spaces. The main room is the whole restaurant, set under a glass roof among olive trees. It takes 60 to 110 guests standing, with about fifty seats, for the cocktail formula, and 60 to 80 seated for a dinner or lunch. Full privatization is included from 90 guests for a cocktail and from 75 for a seated meal. The Moroccan lounge is a smaller, more private room for groups of up to 32 seated guests, with its own privatization included from 20 guests.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The cocktail menu is built around a drinks buffet with soft drinks, mineral water, a house orange wine and red, rosé and white wines, followed by a canapé buffet of savory and sweet bites. The seated menu opens with an aperitif and hot and cold starters, then offers couscous with roast lamb shoulder or a vegetarian version, and a chicken tagine with preserved lemons. Dessert is an orange salad with mint tea or coffee. The final guest count must be confirmed by email at least 24 hours before the event, and the last confirmed number is the one invoiced.
History and setting
The Drigues family has run restaurants since 1962, when Charly Drigues opened a couscous restaurant in the 15th arrondissement. His nephew Claude Drigues later opened his own restaurant at Porte Maillot, followed by a Provençal restaurant and then La Maison de Charly, a riad-style room under a glass roof with two palm trees. In 2024 the Provençal inspiration joined it, and the restaurant became Charly, with olive trees in place of the palms.
Getting there
The restaurant is at the Porte Maillot metro station, opposite the Palais des Congrès. Street parking is difficult, so the restaurant recommends the Palais des Congrès car park or the Q-Park Le Méridien Porte Maillot, both nearby. It is open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
