L'Atelier de Marc Meurin - Lens

Let’s get things straight from the start. We love France. We spend a lot of time here. But the french culinary scene is so over hyped it’s unbelievable. Service also is pretty much as bad as England. Another trip of virtually a month coming to an end and Lens was the stop off for the last dash home. We were struggling for somewhere to eat and eventually said..oh come on let’s just go opposite the hotel to the place attached to the Louvre museum Lens. What a good idea!!!! From the second we walked in the service was great, the staff were smiling and wanted to help. And gosh yes, we were actually asked immediately if we wanted a drink! Yes yes yes!!! Fabulous. The menu is very small but very good value if you go with their 2 or 3 course offerings. A la carte a little more expensive. But, it was great. Good food really well executed. A nice place to sit. All in all, I can’t think of a better evening dining wise in the last 25 days of travelling. Thank you very much to everyone.

This restaurant was built by the same architects as the Louvre Lens museum and is within its grounds. It is in the same style white, glass, clean and possibly a bit clinical by today's tastes (I guess it dates from 2012, like the museum). But the food was very good and beautifully presented. Very friendly staff. A good experience all around.

We were staying in Lens on our last nights journey before getting the Chanel tunnel back to the uk. We visited this restaurant for evening meal. Food was exceptional. We chose from the three course meal deal. Staff were very hospitable. The restaurant itself is all glass, superb quality in every sense. Great stop off to and from Calais.

The food is really wonderful here ! Nothing to complain ! Very creative and delicious !! Service is nice and professional! Love it !!

This restaurant, located next to Louvre Lens Museum, offers a weekly menu with two choices. You can also eat à la carte with three or four different choices by category. Drinks can be ordered separately but they also offer a package which includes an aperitif (incl. champaign), two glases of wine, a bottle of water and the coffee. We had chosen two menus with a different choice for each category. The soup as well as the Iberico porc were well prepared. Staff is very friendly, flexible and the setting of the restaurant is modern. I asked to remove shrimps from the soup when I ordered the menu and this was sorted out without any discussion.