Monsieur Lancaster, the restaurant of the Hôtel Lancaster at 7 rue de Berri in Paris 8e, can be hired for private lunches, dinners and receptions. The restaurant is privatizable from 25 guests and seats 50. The hotel adds two private salons, a patio, a small alcove and two suites, so a company can combine a working session, a meal and a cocktail under one roof.
Seminars and company events
The hotel's events team handles breakfasts, aperitifs, lunches, dinners, cocktails, brunches, tea times, meetings, executive committees and conferences. A request goes through a quote form, and a brochure can be downloaded from the events page. For a board meeting or a small seminar, the two ground-floor salons are the natural choice. Salon Fontenoy measures 30 m² and seats 20; Salon Berri measures 30 m² and seats 18. The two connect, which allows a meeting in one room and coffee or lunch in the other. Both are air-conditioned and have daylight, and a video projector is available on request.
Weddings and receptions
The official event pages describe receptions, cocktails and private dinners but do not present a wedding offer. For a family celebration or a corporate reception, the restaurant offers a modern setting with a view onto the outdoor patio. In a cocktail format the restaurant takes 60 guests, according to the capacity table.
Rooms and capacities
Monsieur Lancaster seats 50 and takes 60 standing. The bar, with its half-moon counter and glass roof, is listed for 30 seated at round tables and 45 in a cocktail format. The patio takes 10 seated or 15 for an aperitif. The alcove called La folie is a corner of the restaurant closed off by large yellow velvet curtains and holds up to 7 guests for a confidential meal. Suite Marlène Dietrich covers 85 m² and takes 40 for a cocktail, 35 in theatre layout or 20 around an oval table. Suite Monsieur covers 66 m² and takes 40 for a cocktail, 20 in theatre layout or 18 around an oval table.
Catering
The restaurant serves neo-bistro cooking built on ingredients from small local producers, under executive chef Sébastien Giroud. Dishes are made to be shared at the table. The hotel bar opens from 7:30 a.m., and the CopperBay cocktail bar takes over from 5 p.m. until 1 a.m. under the glass roof, which gives a drinks option before or after a private dinner.
History and setting
The name refers to Marlène Dietrich, who lived in a suite of the Lancaster for three years. The hotel presents the restaurant as a place to eat, drink and meet rather than a formal dining room. The bar keeps its original Art Deco atmosphere, with velvet sofas in an eighteenth-century style and a palette of grays, blues and touches of orange.
Getting there
The hotel is on rue de Berri, a short walk from the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement. The nearest Metro stations are on Line 1 and Line 9, and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport is the main airport for international guests.
