Skip to content

Café Boulud

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bar area with tiled flooring.

Restaurant

Rockwell Group partnered with Four Seasons and Dinex Group to develop the Middle East debut of Daniel Boulud’s acclaimed Café Boulud. To capture the restaurant's singular blend of contemporary elegance with old-world charm, Rockwell Group took inspiration from classic French brasseries and elegant, daylit conservatories. Natural light streams into the main dining area from a glass-enclosed sun room, bringing a golden radiance to accents of marble and brass. Lush greenery creates a tranquil, garden-like setting for Chef Boulud’s French fare.

Client
The Dinex Group
Project Category
Restaurant
Room with greenery and tiled flooring.
Café Boulud seating with tiled flooring.
Café Boulud room with large table.

Natural light streams into the main dining area from a glass-enclosed sun room, bringing a golden radiance to accents of marble and brass. Lush greenery creates a tranquil, garden-like setting for Chef Boulud’s French fare.

Lounge and dining area with tiled flooring.

A compressed hallway leads to one of the restaurant’s most distinctive features: a faceted, octagonal cheese tasting room. Stone niches contain backlit shelving for cheese, bread, wine, and other products, displayed like precious artifacts. Vaulted, mirrored ceilings reflect the warm glow from three jewelry-inspired bronze and alabaster pendants, along with bronze and stone display tables below,

Cheese display room.
Café Boulud Bar Close-up.
Café Boulud with wooden desk and tiled flooring.

Adjacent to the cheese display room is Julian, an exclusive private chef’s table and dining room, eponymously named after Chef Boulud’s son. The interior is a departure from the rest of the space: light green walls are inspired by Boulud’s home in Lyon.