✦ Est. 1998 ✦

Our Story

A family table that grew into a neighbourhood institution — yet the heart of Maison Doré has never changed.

Our Story

A Family Table,
Open Since 1998

What began as a six-table bistro on a quiet cobblestone corner has grown into a neighbourhood institution — yet the heart of Maison Doré has never changed. We cook the way our grandmother did: with patience, the best the season offers, and a little more butter than strictly necessary.

Founders Henri and Camille Moreau opened the doors with nothing but a wood stove, a hand-written menu, and a belief that a good meal should feel like coming home. Three decades later, their daughter Élise leads the kitchen — still baking the bread at dawn, still greeting regulars by name.

Every loaf is baked in-house at dawn, every sauce reduced slowly, and every guest welcomed like family. It's not just dinner. It's an evening you'll want to remember.

1998Since
120+Dishes crafted
4.9★Guest rating

The Chef

Meet Élise Moreau

Raised in the steam of her parents' kitchen, Chef Élise trained in the great houses of Lyon and Paris before returning home to take the pass. Her cooking is rooted in classic French technique but unafraid of a playful, seasonal twist.

"I want every plate to taste like an invitation," she says. "Of somewhere warm, of someone who cared." Under her direction, Maison Doré has earned a reputation for food that is at once refined and deeply comforting.

  • Trained at Institut Paul Bocuse, Lyon
  • Former sous-chef, Le Cinq, Paris
  • Champion, Regional Chef of the Year 2021
  • Author of Slow & Golden (2023)

Our Philosophy

Seasonal, Local, Honest

Great food starts long before the kitchen. It starts with knowing exactly where everything comes from.

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Market-Led Menus

Our menu shifts with the seasons. If it isn't at its best this week, it isn't on the plate. We buy what's ripe and let the produce lead.

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Local Growers

We work hand-in-hand with farmers, fishers, and foragers within a hundred miles — relationships built over decades, not transactions.

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Slow Technique

Stocks simmered overnight, doughs proved for days, sauces reduced by hand. Some things simply can't be rushed — and shouldn't be.

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Whole & Mindful

We honour the whole ingredient and waste as little as we can — peel to root, nose to tail — composting the rest with our growers.

Recognition

A Few Kind Honours

We cook for our guests first — but it's lovely to be noticed.

2024

City Dining Guide

Restaurant of the Year — Editor's Choice

2023

Golden Fork Awards

Best Fine Dining, Old Town Quarter

2022

Sommelier Society

Outstanding Wine List, Regional

2021

Culinary Federation

Regional Chef of the Year — Élise Moreau

Behind the Warmth

Meet the Team

The people who make every evening at Maison Doré feel effortless.

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Élise Moreau

Executive Chef & Owner

Second-generation custodian of the family kitchen and the soul of the menu.

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Marco Bellini

Head Chef

Master of the pasta station and Élise's right hand on the pass since 2014.

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Sofia Lambert

Head Sommelier

Curator of our award-winning cellar and the perfect pairing for every plate.

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James Okafor

Maître d'

The warm welcome at the door and the reason regulars feel like family.

Come Be Part of the Story

There's always a place for you at our table. We'd love to cook for you.

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