Mon Plaisir

Mon Plaisir, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden 01.jpg
Mon Plaisir, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden 01.jpg
Restaurant information
Established	1943
Previous owner	Jean Viala
Location	19-21 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9DD, United Kingdom
Website	www.monplaisir.co.uk

Established1943

Previous ownerJean Viala

Location19-21 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9DD, United Kingdom

Websitewww.monplaisir.co.uk

Mon Plaisir at 19-21 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, is London's oldest family run French restaurant, founded by Jean Viala and his wife in 1943.^[1]

It was opened by Jean Viala and his wife in 1943, and bought by their head waiter Monsieur Alain Lhermitte in 1972 who expanded it from one to four dining rooms, retaining the zinc bar that came from a brothel in Lyon.^[2]^[3] In April 2022 Alain Lhermitte retired and the restaurant was acquired by Fabio Lauro & Family, making them the third family to successively run this venue.

The team behind BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze would have dinner on Wednesday evenings at Mon Plaisir, while Hugo Gryn (1930-1996), the rabbi and broadcaster, was alive.^[4]

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