Le Millénaire — Restaurant in Reims

The restaurant is beautifully designed and decorated with contemporary art, and unlike some haute establishments, compliments it's elegance with great comfort and warmth.

Our party of four adults and a 3 year old visited for lunch to celebrate our wedding anniversary as well as a birthday. We had the very reasonable priced Discovery lunch menu for the adults, and a beautifully prepared plate of fish and fresh vegetables for our child.

The adult dishes were all you might hope for, fine fresh ingredients, artfully prepared, delivering classic French specialties in an innovative style. The dishes were unique and perfect in every way.

The child's meal was the surprise, as although it presented a vibrant color pallet we expected her to simply pick at the rather generous plate of food, but once she had been visited by the Chef, she ate every delicious morsel!

The chef visited the tables multiple times during the lunch service and it was clear that there were many regulars. As a family with a young child we were made very welcome. We will visit again when in the area, but the experience, quality and value are such that if we lived in the region, we would be regular diners.

We chose the desert with the Discovery menu and have no regrets, but I have to comment that the cheese selection looked to be phenomenal. We left more than replete but I will also try the cheese on...

Huge disappointment We called on the phone and told them that I can only eat gluten free. While noted, nobody knew that I can not eat gluten so were served with the first amuse bouche that contained gluten. The menu was also full of items containing gluten. After asking, There was no alternative given other than 2 items from the a la cart menu. While being disappointed that it was not taken care of in terms of offering alternatives and the staff knowing which guest is affected by food intolerances, I got served food with gluten again and again and again. While asking if the breadcrumbs that were in the amouse bouche contained gluten the waiter said no. I didnt eat it and I still think that was a big lie. Also after getting served some canélé for desert I asked if it contained gluten (which I knew it does obviously) I was told no. Only after reiterating that I cannot eat that I got served an alternative. One of the waiters made obvious comments about that issue that makes guest generally feel uncomfortable

The wine that was served was not poured for tasting.

As a guest you totally felt overlooked and not valued at all.

A michelin starred restaurant has to know upfront which guests need to be catered for. This was an unacceptable experience and I wont recommend that...

Millénaire is a Michelin rated 1-star restaurant. It is difficult to understand how that happened. First, the restaurant was 10-15 degrees Celsius warmer than was comfortable. Men who had worn jackets, immediately took them off and rolled up their shirt sleeves.

Service was good, but not great and certainly not Michelin star quality. The restaurant serves a delicious crusty bread and so there are often crumbs on the place setting. These were not cleared until the very end of the meal (I know it's splitting hairs, but these sort of things are what a Michelin star depends on).

The food was good, but not extraordinary. The one consoling consideration is that the 4 course prix fixe menu price I selected was very reasonable and the wine pairings by the glass prices were also very reasonable.

Aside from sweltering through the meal, I would probably have given it 5 stars (crumbs notwithstanding). I suppose I should have worn a t-shirt and jeans like some of the other customers and been comfortable, but I tried to show respect for their hard work to obtain that Michelin star and dressed...