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Guide MICHELIN

La Réserve — Metz

La Réserve, the restaurant of the La Citadelle Metz MGallery hotel, is listed in the MICHELIN Guide France.

Le blog de Gilles Pudlowski — Les Pieds dans le Plat

Metz: the neo-Lorraine pleasures of La Réserve

"Aurélien Person, faithful to his native Lorraine, presides over a young, smiling and relaxed front-of-house and a serious kitchen team. The house plays a regionally rooted, bistronomic, neo-Lorraine composition, blending tradition and modernity with flair."

Le blog de Gilles Pudlowski — Les Pieds dans le Plat

Metz: summer at La Réserve

"Summer arrives in dishes and drinks at La Réserve with the ideas of chef Aurélien Person and his second-in-command Guillaume Hieulle, plus the wines of sommelier Julien Becker and the sweet creations of pastry chef Quentin Nollez."

Le blog de Gilles Pudlowski — Les Pieds dans le Plat

Metz: a return to La Citadelle

Gilles Pudlowski returns to La Réserve and praises the work of chef Aurélien Person and his team within the La Citadelle Metz MGallery hotel.

Les Mots Voyageurs

Aurélien Person, chef of the king's former pantry

"In Metz, the restaurant La Réserve welcomes discerning gourmets in an imposing 16th-century building. The fortress's former victualling store today houses the elegant MGallery hotel and a gastronomic restaurant."

July 2021

Gault & Millau

Restaurant La Réserve — traditional food in Metz

La Réserve is listed in the Gault & Millau guide for its revisited traditional cuisine.

Office de Tourisme — Inspire Metz

Restaurant La Réserve

The restaurant La Réserve is featured by the Metz tourist office among the city's essential dining spots.

Explore Grand Est

Gourmet getaway at La Réserve — Metz

"The warm, authentic cuisine of Aurélien Person and his team — a new menu concept of bistronomy à la Lorraine, with all dishes rigorously selected from local producers."

Le Républicain Lorrain — Découvertes estivales

Restaurant La Réserve in Metz: refined, accessible and committed cuisine

"Set within the hotel La Citadelle Metz — MGallery, a historic building dating from 1559, La Réserve brings together heritage, elegance and gastronomy. Its rare setting is a draw, as is its terrace with its privileged view over the Palais du Gouverneur."

June 2026