San Francisco’s own Dominique Crenn, the chef behind Atelier Crenn, has taken her talents to Beverly Hills, where she is now overseeing a Dior-curated dining experience. Monsieur Dior, perched above the fashion house’s Rodeo Drive flagship, offers a full tasting menu alongside a lounge stocked with amuse-bouche-sized bar bites, plated two per order. For Bay Area diners who track Crenn’s every move, the Beverly Hills address feels like a natural next chapter in a career that has long linked San Francisco to the world of haute cuisine.
Food writer Tamara Palmer stopped into the lounge in December and reported that the menu leans hard into two-piece items. Several of the sweet options land around $10, while the caviar service climbs into the triple digits, according to 48 Hills. Palmer also called out a notably generous bread service featuring laminated, spiraled brioche, and noted that staff refused to charge for it, a detail she made sure to include in her review.
Inside the Menu and Lounge
The published menu at Monsieur Dior lists savory lounge bites such as a uni tart finished with black truffle and a nori crab roll topped with caviar, plus petite desserts like a yuzu-matcha éclair, while the dining room serves composed plates including black truffle agnolotti and abalone Granville, per the restaurant’s site, Monsieur Dior. Eater LA adds that sit-down dinners typically run well over $150 per person, which makes the lounge a lower-commitment way to get a taste of Crenn’s couture-inspired cooking.
Why San Franciscans Care
Crenn’s culinary reputation was forged in San Francisco, where the Michelin Guide lists Atelier Crenn with three stars and Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn with one star, a pedigree that helps explain the excitement around any project that carries her name, according to the Michelin Guide. Her focus on ultra-precise pastry work and ingredients sourced from farms ties the Bay Area tasting rooms directly to the Dior dining room upstairs on Rodeo.
A Fashion-House Partnership
Dior brought Crenn into the fold as part of a wider push into the U.S. dining scene, following earlier collaborations that included Café Dior in Dallas. She told the Los Angeles Times that she dug into Dior’s archives and museum to turn couture motifs into dishes. The end result is a restaurant that openly weaves fashion references into plating and service while keeping Crenn’s exacting technical standards front and center.
Reservations and Visiting
Hours, reservations and the complete menu are available through Dior’s store page and the restaurant’s booking portal. The restaurant is located on the third floor of Dior’s Rodeo Drive flagship, where current hours and booking options are listed for both the tasting menu and the lounge. According to Dior, guests can lock in a full tasting menu experience or choose the more casual lounge route when they reserve.
