Paris’s most storied palace tea ritual gets a contemporary update as Le Meurice unveils a new afternoon tea by Cedric Grolet, served at Restaurant Le Dalí from February 18, 2026.
At Le Meurice, afternoon tea is more than a hotel ritual. It is part of the property’s identity. The Parisian palace, which began welcoming British travellers as early as 1835, has long held a natural connection to the teatime tradition. Now, that legacy enters a new chapter with the launch of a new afternoon tea by Cedric Grolet at Restaurant Le Dalí.
Available from February 18, 2026, the experience brings one of Paris’s most recognisable pastry talents into dialogue with one of hospitality’s most enduring customs. The result is a teatime offering that feels both grounded in Le Meurice’s history and unmistakably contemporary in execution.
Cedric Grolet Reinterprets Afternoon Tea at Le Meurice
Already an essential figure in the culinary life of Le Meurice since 2011, Cedric Grolet now turns his attention to afternoon tea, reworking the format through his own exacting and highly visual pastry language.
Served at Restaurant Le Dalí, the new experience begins, in classic British fashion, with a savoury course. Guests can expect an elevated selection of finger sandwiches, including a particularly Parisian variation made with 12-month-aged ham, fresh truffle slices, a browned-butter emulsion, and house-made bread. Also on the menu: a lobster roll-inspired brioche and a salmon sandwich topped with caviar, both designed to give the opening course more depth and ceremony than a standard hotel teatime spread.
Cedric Grolet’s Signature Trompe-l’Œil Fruits Take Centre Stage
The sweet course is where the experience moves fully into Cedric Grolet territory.
Guests are invited to discover six sculpted fruits of the season, presented as part of the pastry chef’s now-iconic trompe-l’œil desserts. For the launch, the selection includes yuzu, seasonal apple, mango, peanut, pistachio and pecan—a line-up that brings together freshness, texture and richness in Grolet’s signature style.
Throughout the service, guests will also be offered warm madeleines, cakes, sugar brioches and freshly baked scones, reinforcing the generous rhythm expected from a proper afternoon tea while giving the experience a more indulgent, palace-hotel dimension.
What Is Included in the Le Meurice Afternoon Tea?
The new afternoon tea at Le Meurice includes:
- a savoury sandwich course
- six seasonal Cedric Grolet trompe-l’œil fruit pastries
- warm madeleines
- cakes
- sugar brioches
- freshly baked scones
- a hot drink, with a choice of coffee, tea or hot chocolate from the Manufacture
- Champagne is also available at an additional cost, while the dining room team guides guests through pairings designed to complement each stage of the experience.
Le Meurice Afternoon Tea Price and Hours
Teatime at Le Meurice starts from €95 per person, including one hot drink.
It is served:
Monday to Saturday: from 12:30pm to 5:30pm
Sunday: from 4:30pm to 5:30pm
The setting is Restaurant Le Dalí, whose theatrical interiors and quietly opulent mood make it a particularly fitting stage for a tea service that leans as much into atmosphere as it does into pastry craft.
How to Book Cedric Grolet’s Afternoon Tea at Le Meurice
Reservations for the new Cedric Grolet afternoon tea at Le Meurice can be made:
by email at [email protected]
by phone at +33 1 44 58 10 44
through the hotel’s official website
A New Paris Afternoon Tea Worth Knowing About
In a city where palace hotels rarely lack polish, what matters is point of view. This new afternoon tea at Le Meurice appears to have one. It draws on the hotel’s deep-rooted connection to British-style teatime, but filters it through Cedric Grolet’s distinctly modern pastry universe—precise, sculptural and instantly recognisable.
For those looking for a luxury afternoon tea in Paris, this is not simply another elegant hotel service. It is Le Meurice doing what it does best: taking heritage seriously, then giving it just enough reinvention to make it feel newly desirable.
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