The fine-dining restaurant of the Hôtel Martinez, reopened in May 2024 with Jean Imbert: one Michelin star, fish over a wood fire, a cinema decor. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday. A sourced entry, with what we'd check before going.
La Palme d'Or is the fine-dining restaurant of the Hôtel Martinez, 73 boulevard de la Croisette. It reopened on 14 May 2024, during the Film Festival, under Jean Imbert, who had taken over the hotel's kitchens a year earlier. The Michelin Guide gives it one star, awarded in 2025; the restaurant's own website shows it too.
The cooking looks to the sea: fish served raw or grilled over a wood fire, Mediterranean produce, à la carte or as a tasting menu. Michelin mentions octopus and tuna belly grilled over embers, and lamb cooked two ways. The decor is a tribute to cinema: posters and props, woodwork the guide compares to a Hollywood-era yacht, a menu presented as a screenplay illustrated with storyboards. Day to day, the guide names Christophe Nannoni in the kitchen and Loïc Voron on pastry. The website also mentions La Cabine du Chef, a space that can be privatised.
We have not dined there: this is a sourced notebook entry, not a review. First point: update your references. Many guides still talk about a two-star table. Those two stars belong to the period before the closure. Jean Imbert's Palme d'Or holds one, and Michelin revises its selection every year.
Second point: for anyone looking for fine dining in Cannes, this remains the reference address, but it serves dinner only, five days out of seven. Book it for an evening you can give it, not for the night you arrive. To place the other tables recognised by the guide, see our page on Michelin and Bib Gourmand in Cannes.
One star, not two: the decor has changed, and so has the guide.
Going for the two stars. They are no longer in the guide: you are booking a one-star table, with a decor and a kitchen entirely rethought in 2024.
Turning up in beachwear. The website asks for elegant dress: no sportswear, no shorts, no flip-flops. Animals are not admitted.
Aiming for the Festival fortnight without booking far ahead. The Martinez is then one of the most sought-after hotels in town.
Hours first: the restaurant's website gives service from Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30pm to 9.30pm; the Michelin Guide says 10pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. Then the budget: a listing from April 2025 put the menus at €140 and €220, and à la carte between €200 and €300. These are orders of magnitude: the online menu is the reference.
We would ask whether the terrace is open on our date and whether the restaurant has a seasonal closure. Booking is online from the website, or on +33 4 92 98 74 14. We will add our verified notes after a visit.