Restaurants at the Musée du Quai Branly

You might have noticed, but I really love the Musée du Quai Branly, and I regularly share news about it on the blog. I also wanted to write an article about the various restaurants where you can eat at the Musée du Quai Branly, because the location is very well-equipped in that regard!

Entrance to the Quai Branly museum, lush vegetation and the Eiffel Tower under a blue Parisian sky.

Musée du Quai Branly
37, quai Branly, 75007 Paris

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Café Jacques

This restaurant, managed by Musiam Paris, is located in the heart of the museum’s poetic garden designed by landscape architect Gilles Clément. The restaurant’s decor, focusing on transparency, was imagined by architect Aliénor Bechu. It naturally highlights the stunning view of the Eiffel Tower from inside the venue. This contemporary café offers a menu of fresh, seasonal products, mostly sourced from around Paris and its surrounding region. You can also come for breakfast or tea time with a wonderful selection of essential Parisian pastries. The restaurant’s terrace is particularly pleasant on sunny days, and you feel cut off from the Parisian hustle and bustle in this bucolic haven within the frantic city.

In 2024, for the exhibition MEXICA, gifts and gods at the Templo Mayor (running at the museum until September 8, 2024), the restaurant decided to showcase culinary specialties and creations inspired by Mexican cuisine in partnership with the Que Gusto festival (which I have already mentioned on the blog)! On the agenda: a Mexica menu signed by Café Jacques chef Florian Dannel in collaboration with Mexican chefs: Lydia González Aguilar; Othoniel Castañeda; Mercedes Ahumada.

Exterior facade of Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly.

Pastry counter and seating area of Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly.

Bar at Café Jacques Quai Branly, Paris, with stone counter and glass shelves.

Green iced drink with a wooden straw at Café Jacques Quai Branly Paris.

Pastry display case and counter at Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly.

Colorful tostada served at Café Jacques du Quai Branly, enjoyed with a fork.

Smiling woman enjoying a green drink at Café Jacques, Musée du Quai Branly.

And in 2024/2025, Café Jacques continues its thematic resonance with the museum for the exhibition “ZOMBIS, is death not an end?” (until February 16, 2025). This is an opportunity for Café Jacques Florian Daniel to collaborate this time with Caribbean chef Jean-Rony Leriche. The result: a menu offering a taste journey through Caribbean flavors with exclusive creations inspired by West Indian traditions such as Joumou soup, fried plantain salad, pikliz and griot, and sweet potato fondant with passion fruit caramel.

Tasting dishes at Café Jacques, restaurant of the Musée du Quai Branly.

Broth served over meat and vegetables in a bowl at Café Jacques.

Caramel and coconut dessert from Café Jacques, Musée du Quai Branly.

Colorful drinks at Café Jacques, Musée du Quai Branly.

Interior of Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly with customers and a waiter.

Interior of Café Jacques at Quai Branly with a waitress preparing a drink.

In 2025, we returned to test the address with my favorite photographer, but this time to discover the restaurant’s terrace, located in the heart of the Musée du Quai Branly garden. As for the cuisine, we were treated to a culinary journey across the globe, from Jakarta to the Antilles, with its new summer menu offering recipes from the four corners of the world, made with seasonal produce. We tried the Soba noodles with shrimp in satay sauce (24 €), as well as the chicken tostadas (24 € and in an XL version).

Modern interior of Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris.

Exterior facade of Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly with terrace.

Drinks and a client at Café Jacques at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris.

Seasonal velouté poured over a quenelle of cream at Café Jacques, Quai Branly.

Varied meals on a white table at Café Jacques Quai Branly Paris.

Café Jacques Quai Branly: woman with a hat having lunch with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

Spicy shrimp on dark noodles at Café Jacques Quai Branly.

Woman enjoying dishes at Café Jacques at the Quai Branly.

Tested in 2019, 2024 and 2025 - Invitations

Café Jacques
27 Quai Jacques Chirac, 75007 Paris
Price: Flavors of the World menu with main course + dessert + drink 31 € / child menu up to 12 years old 12 € / lunch set menu with main dish of the day + dessert 29 €
Link to the restaurant’s website

Les Ombres Restaurant

This second restaurant is located on the roof of the Musée du Quai Branly. We spent a lovely evening there enjoying a gourmet dinner with a view of the Eiffel Tower. On the plates of this other Musiam Paris address, you find French cuisine with Mediterranean accents, prepared by chef Alexandre Sempere.

On the program for this 6-course tasting meal (158 €): rock octopus in brioche, smoked beetroot with juniper berries, line-caught sea bass with semi-salted butter, and pigeon on the charcoal grill; and for dessert, Buddha’s hand with farm yogurt and lemon leaf granita, and chocolate composition with olive oil.

Night view of the Les Ombres restaurant with the illuminated Eiffel Tower from the rooftop.

Glass of white wine and a red cocktail glass on the table at Les Ombres restaurant.

White fish fillet and grilled vegetables on yellow cream in a blue plate.

Elegant dessert with green quenelle, fruit shavings, and granita on a white plate.

Chef in a white jacket speaking in front of customers and wine glasses.

Gourmet dish with truffles and sunflower seeds in a wooden container, Restaurant Les Ombres.

Interior of Les Ombres restaurant Quai Branly with a view of the Eiffel Tower, Nicolas Diolez 2022.

Sauce poured on a gourmet dish at Les Ombres restaurant at the Quai Branly.

Château Peybonhomme-les-Tours Énergies Grand Vin de Bordeaux bottle aged in amphora.

Tested in 2022

Les Ombres Restaurant
27 Quai Jacques Chirac, 75007 Paris
Link to the restaurant’s website

The Les Ombres cocktail bar, on the rooftop of the Quai Branly

This summer cocktail bar belongs to the Les Ombres restaurant by Alain Ducasse, set completely outdoors on the rooftop of the Musée du Quai Branly, facing the Eiffel Tower. On the menu in 2024, there were exclusive cocktails created in collaboration with Margot Combat, with whom I had the chance to take a cocktail class and whom I mentioned in my article on my selection of cocktail bars in Paris. In 2025, the cocktail menu is still just as great and is inspired by the sunny flavors of the Mediterranean. To accompany this, the chef of Les Ombres restaurant, Alexandre Sempere, signs a very nice menu of tapas and snacks (savory, icy, or sweet) to enjoy “at your fingertips.” The magic of the place really reveals itself at nightfall, when the Iron Lady lights up and sparkles, offering a magnificent spectacle!

Cocktails, olives, tapas, and mini burger on the terrace of Les Ombres restaurant.

Restaurant terrace with a view of the Eiffel Tower in the sun.

Blackberry cocktail on a Parisian rooftop with the blurry Eiffel Tower in the background.

Rooftop bar Quai Branly with view of the Eiffel Tower and cocktails.

Bartenders preparing cocktails on the rooftop of the Quai Branly in Paris.

Appetizer plate and cocktails on an orange table at the rooftop of the Quai Branly.

Rooftop bar Paris with view of the illuminated Eiffel Tower and diners.

Bramble cocktails on the rooftop of the Quai Branly Paris.

Red cocktail, appetizers, and thin fries on a rooftop table in Paris.

Cocktails, olives, waffle fries, and mini-burgers at the Les Ombres restaurant at the Quai Branly.

Tapas, burgers, olives, and cocktails at the Les Ombres restaurant at the Quai Branly.

Terrace of the Les Ombres restaurant on the rooftop of the Quai Branly.

Glass of champagne at sunset with the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the background.

Illuminated Eiffel Tower seen at night from a Parisian rooftop.

Tested in 2024 and 2025

Cocktail bar of the Les Ombres restaurant – Musée du Quai Branly
27 quai Jacques Chirac 75007 Paris
Open Monday to Sunday from 6 PM
Rates: mocktails and cocktails between 15€ and 22€ / tapas plates between 4€ and 15€
Reservations highly recommended
Link to the bar’s website

Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez
Photos not royalty-free, photographer's authorization mandatory before any use

Restaurants at the Musée du Quai Branly

Café Jacques

Les Ombres Restaurant

The Les Ombres cocktail bar, on the rooftop of the Quai Branly

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