Restaurant Monarh | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | December 5, 2014 |
Owner(s) | Danny Kovacevic |
Chef | Paul Kappé |
Food type | French/ International |
Rating | ( Michelin Guide) |
Street address | Bredaseweg 204-08 |
City | Tilburg |
Postal/ZIP Code | 5038 NK |
Country | Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51°33′20.0″N 5°04′10.5″E / 51.555556°N 5.069583°E |
Seating capacity | 60 |
Website |
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Restaurant Monarh is a restaurant located in a former monastery in the Dutch city Tilburg. It received one Michelin star in the 2019 Michelin Guide and thus became the first such restaurant in Tilburg. [1]
Construction of Monarh started in 2013 in the former kitchen in the semi-basement of a monastery, called Missiehuis. [2] That monastery was used by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (locally called "rooi harten", meaning "red hearts") since its completion in the 1890s. [3] It was later designated as a rijksmonument and was sold in 2010 after its closure in order to be transformed into a residential and office complex. [4] Monarh opened on December 5, 2014, and its name is a contraction of Monastère Rooi Harten. [5]
The restaurant is owned by Danny Kovacevic, and the chef is Paul Kappé. [2] His brother, Ralph Kappé, is the sommelier. [6] Monarh serves both lunch and dinner, and the dishes belong to the French and international cuisines. [2] The white interior of the restaurant is characterized by groin vaults, that are supported by square columns, and arch windows. [7] Monarh has an open kitchen and an outdoor section and can seat over 60 people. [5]
The restaurant received attention after announcing a floating amuse-bouche in 2016. This dish is served on a superconductor, that is cooled with liquid nitrogen and levitates above a magnet for up to three minutes due to the Meissner effect. [8] Subsequently, the owner and chef made an appearance on the talk show RTL Late Night. [9]
Monarh plans to open a second restaurant with a capacity of 150 in Plan-t, a planned office building in Spoorzone. The owner said that restaurant, that would offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner, is aimed to be more affordable and would have a more extensive menu. [10]
On December 17, 2018, Michelin announced at theater DeLaMar that Monarh was among the restaurants that would receive one star in the 2019 Michelin Guide. [1] Head inspector Werner Loens called it a notable entrant in an interview with Misset Horeca and lauded the maturity of the recently opened restaurant. [11] Restaurant guide Gault Millau gave Monarh a score of 14 out of 20, saying the chef cooks with courage and turns "every dish [into] a painting (...) and a feast". [6] Monarh first appeared in the Lekker500, a list of 500 Dutch restaurants, in its 2018 edition. [12] Mac van Dinther wrote a review for the newspaper de Volkskrant in 2015, describing the food as well-prepared and well-presented "but not extraordinarily creative". [7]