Les Ombres can host business lunches, gala dinners and cocktail receptions for up to 130 seated guests or 270 standing in the restaurant, and up to 900 standing when the event uses the theater foyer of the museum. The restaurant sits on the roof of the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, at 27 quai Jacques Chirac in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Eiffel Tower.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant takes business meals and group bookings, and companies can hire it in full for a dinner, a cocktail or a client evening. Tables for 10 guests or more are booked through the sales manager. For a private hire, the events team handles the project from design to delivery: personal welcome of guests, access to the museum collections, a menu built for the event, floral decoration and entertainment. Access to the collections lets a company pair a dinner with a visit of the museum, a format that suits client receptions and incentive evenings. Brochures for private hire and for groups are available, and the sales manager organizes site visits before booking.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant hosts private events as well as professional ones, from a cocktail dinner to a gala dinner. In fine weather, the large planted terrace adds an outdoor area to the event. The website does not describe a wedding offer, so couples should ask the events team directly what is possible.
Rooms and capacities
Three spaces are offered for events. Restaurant Les Ombres seats 130 for a dinner and takes 270 for a standing cocktail. Café Jacques seats 80 and takes 150 standing. The Foyer du Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss, inside the museum, seats 350 and takes 900 standing. The restaurant room is fully glazed and opens onto a terrace planted with Mediterranean species, laid out like a hanging garden. During dinner, the ceiling turns into a starry sky every hour.
Catering
The kitchen offers a modern take on French cuisine with Mediterranean influences, mixing Paris brasserie classics with more technical dishes. Most suppliers belong to the Collège Culinaire de France, and products come from responsible fishing and farming, sustainable agriculture and craft producers. For events, the menu is built with the sales team, from a seated dinner to a cocktail dinner. A bar on the terrace serves signature cocktails created each season by the restaurant's mixologist. In winter it opens from 7 to 9 p.m., without reservation and weather permitting.
History and setting
The museum building is the work of the architect Jean Nouvel, and the restaurant is part of the same design, set on the roof terrace above the museum garden. By day, the Eiffel Tower casts the shadow of its metal lattice on the tables, which gives the restaurant its name. At night, the lit tower fills the glazed room. The restaurant is run by Musiam Paris, which operates several other addresses in Paris, and its events team works from the museum.
Getting there
The address is 27 quai Jacques Chirac, 75007 Paris, on the left bank of the Seine near the Eiffel Tower. The nearest car park is Saemes Quai Branly-Tour Eiffel. The RER C station Pont de l'Alma is a short walk away. The restaurant is open seven days a week, from noon to 2 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m., which leaves room for evening events after the lunch service.
