Le Park 45

Le Park 45 is the garden restaurant of the Grand Hôtel Cannes at 45 Boulevard de la Croisette, in Cannes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It serves modern French cuisine in the hotel's grounds, giving diners a quieter, greener setting than the terraces that face the Croisette traffic and promenade. The cooking is contemporary French and is organised around a seasonal menu, with the kitchen drawing on Mediterranean fish, Provençal vegetables, herbs and olive oil, and changing the dishes as the produce changes. Rather than a single emblematic plate, the restaurant is known for its setting and for refined, carefully presented seasonal cooking. Prices are in the top bracket, reflecting the hotel location and the standard of service, and dinner is the main service. The atmosphere is elegant and calm, with the garden setting providing shade and greenery, a low noise level, attentive hotel service and a smart dress code that favours elegant resort wear in the evening. The restaurant suits romantic dinners, celebrations and business entertaining during the film festival and trade weeks. A restaurant of this type normally maintains a wine list covering Provence, the major French regions and champagne, with wines by the glass and a choice of cocktails and aperitifs for the garden. Because the restaurant operates seasonally and mainly in the evening, visitors should check the current dates and hours with the hotel before planning a visit. Reservations are required, and tables for the festival in May and the summer season should be booked well in advance, while quieter months allow shorter notice. The Croisette location places the restaurant within walking distance of the Palais des Festivals and the beach, and the garden gives a calm retreat from the busiest part of the seafront.