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Bar & bœuf
Style-setters hobnob in a minimalist wood-and-glass interior designed by Philippe Starck at this Ducasse venture. Bar & bœuf specialises in just that - sea bass (bar) and beef (bœuf). Fellas note: jacket required.
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Café de Paris
A sight in itself, Monaco's best-known café has been in business since 1882 and is the place in Monte Carlo to people-watch. A coke/ croque monsieur on its legendary terrace costs around €5 /around €13 .50; a nip to the loo to glimpse the original brasserie interior is a must.
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Fuji
With its Zen interior - natural hues broken with the odd splash of lime-green neon - this Japanese restaurant is a sleek crowd-pleaser. Find it beneath the escalator leading down to the Métropole shopping centre and, in July and August, beneath the stars at Le Sporting (26 av Princesse Grace).
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Häagen-Dazs
A prime spot for ice cream in a cone or a glass of soda is Häagen-Dazs in the Jardins du Casino.
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Huit et Demi
Eight and a Half is a chic, clean-cut place with an industrial interior and pavement terrace filling an entire street running off rue Princesse Caroline. The fare is a mix of Italian (lots of pasta) and local (think bagna cauda , lamb with Sospel olives).
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Il Terrazzino
Dried sweet-corn cobs dangle from the ceiling of this colourful eating space where traditional Neapolitan fare fuses with Italian charm. Pea green and turquoise chairs grace the mellow conservatory-style terrace, but the best bit is the eat-as-much-as-want antipastibuffet.
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L'intempo
Hotel restaurants in the principality are not second-best options, as this stunning eating space testifies. Take your pick from one of four dramatically different eating areas stuck in a glass tower on the seashore. Cuisine - some live - is Mediterranean.
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La Maison du Caviar
Going strong since 1950, the House of Caviar is that - and more. Savour blini with 30 mouth-melting grams of Iranian caviar (around €80 ) followed by pan-fried beef and caviar (ĕr48) or homemade gnocchi in a chive and cream sauce and 20g of the black roe (Euro60).
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La Rascasse
It changed its name to Café Grand Prix but the punters just wouldn't have it. It does, after all, sit inside the Rascasse bend of the F1 Grand Prix circuit and throbs with drivers' girlfriends and support teams during the race. The restaurant is on the 1st floor, the bar is on the ground.
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La Rose des Vents
Beach dining at its best. Sit on wooden decking arranged around a century-old palm tree on the sand and enjoy warm baby octopus salad, clams, or the catch of the day simply grilled.
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Le Castelroc
Opposite the Palace with an entrance ensnared by T-shirt and souvenir shops it might be, but incredibly Le Castelroc is no tourist trap. Spilling out to an al-fresco terrace, its twin dining rooms are the best place around to try authentic Monégasque specialities such as barbadjuan (a spinach and cheese-stuffed doughnut) and pissaladière (onion and tomato tart; France's version is tomatoless).
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Louis XV
Reputed to be the Riviera's best restaurant, Ducasse's legendary Louis XV is the height of sophisticated dining. Set jewel-like inside the opulent Hôtel de Paris, the dining room, which looks as though it's been teleported from 17th-century Versailles, sparkles with gold. Nice-born head chef Franck Cerutti uses seasonal ingredients in his themed French menus, with dashes of Italy, Bavaria, Scotland and the Far East to keep things peppy.
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Polpetta
Craving down-to-earth dining? Then hike uphill to this disarmingly old-fashioned trattorianext to a garage where eggs and veg are delivered each morning by a man in a little white van. The doing of the Guasco brothers for 20-odd years, Sinatra among others loved Polpetta. We love its osso bucco.
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Stars 'n' Bars
This American bar-restaurant just doesn't lose its touch. A long-time hot spot, its portside terrace remains one of Monaco's sexiest - as does its busy interior plastered with sporting memorabilia. TexMex platters, buffalo wings, burgers and a generous dose of vegetarian dishes plump out a family-friendly menu, while fusion is the essence upstairs at the grown-up sushi and cocktail club Fusion.
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