Les Fauves

What Les Fauves does

Les Fauves is a bistronomic café restaurant founded in 2022 and located on the first floor of the Musée d'art moderne André Malraux (MuMa) in Le Havre, Normandy, France. The 100-seat venue overlooks the entrance to the port of Le Havre, offering panoramic sea views that the restaurant markets as a defining part of the guest experience. The kitchen is led by Chef Gauthier Teissère, who also founded the neighboring Le Margote restaurant (a Bib Gourmand-listed establishment). The core offering is seasonal bistronomic cuisine — locally sourced produce, generous portions, and bistro classics reinterpreted with technical refinement — served Tuesday through Sunday.

The company's revenue streams split into three lines: (i) on-site lunch and afternoon dining with online/phone reservations, (ii) event privatization of a 100m² space for up to 100 guests with bespoke cocktail and appetizer catering (pricing on request), and (iii) gift cards (bons cadeaux) sold in fixed denominations of €70, €82, €98, and €140 or in custom amounts starting at €50, with pick-up, postal mail, or email fulfillment. A downloadable seasonal menu and 2026 wine list further support on-site spend. Marketing is conducted via Instagram and Facebook organic channels, a transactional website (lesfauves.fr) handling reservations and gift card orders, and direct phone/email contact.

There is no proprietary technology platform; the operating stack consists of a content website, social media, phone, and email. Les Fauves is privately held with no disclosed funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. It operates exclusively in Le Havre and is one of three affiliated concepts (alongside Chez Lili and Le Margote) clustered in the St-François quarter, sharing ownership ties.

Name

Les Fauves

Website

https://lesfauves.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Les Fauves is a privately-held bistronomic café restaurant in Le Havre, France, located inside the MuMa museum with panoramic port views, serving seasonal French cuisine alongside event privatization and gift card sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bistronomic Restaurant / Casual Dining

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK), Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

Keywords

• Bistronomic restaurant
• Waterfront dining
• Private event venue
• Gift card dining
• French bistro cuisine

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Havre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: On-site dining service offering bistronomique cuisine with local products, generous portions, and sea views. Open for lunch service Tuesday through Sunday.
2. Gift Card Sales: Sale of gift cards (bons cadeaux) in fixed denominations of €70, €82, €98, €140, or custom amounts starting at €50. Available for pick-up, mail delivery, or email.
3. Event Privatization: Rental of 100m² private event space accommodating up to 100 guests. Catering menu available in cocktail bite and appetizer formats. Price upon request.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Les Fauves is a bistronomic café-restaurant located on the first floor of the MuMa museum in Le Havre, France, offering local cuisine with generous portions and panoramic sea views over the port entrance. The restaurant serves lunch Tuesday through Sunday and also offers private event privatization in a 100m² space for up to 100 guests, plus gift cards in fixed denominations.

Product overview

Les Fauves is a bistronomic café restaurant operated as a unified offering, located on the first floor of the MuMa museum in Le Havre with panoramic sea views. The core product is the restaurant service featuring seasonal bistro cuisine by Chef Gauthier Teissère. Related offerings include event privatization services in a 100m² space for up to 100 guests, gift cards in various denominations, and a wine selection. The restaurant is part of a group that also includes neighboring establishments Chez Lili and le Margote.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Les Fauves Restaurant
• Event Privatization

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MuMa (Musée d'art moderne André Malraux)coreOthersLes Fauves is located on the first floor of the MuMa museum in Le Havre. The restaurant benefits from the museum's visitor traffic while providing a dining service for museum guests. The partnership creates a cultural-dining destination at Le Havre's major art museum.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Le Vivier: Seafood-focused restaurant in Normandy offering refined French cuisine with a strong regional identity and ocean proximity. Comparable as a Norman bistronomic destination with similar customer profile.
• Le Bistrot du Perre: Established bistronomic restaurant in Le Havre offering French bistro cuisine to a similar local and tourist clientele. Comparable concept and market even though independently owned.

Direct peers

• Septime: Paris-based bistronomic benchmark restaurant known for seasonal French cuisine at accessible pricing. Comparable as a leader in the bistronomic category and useful proxy for menu/margin structure.
• Chez Lili: Sister restaurant in the same St-François quarter of Le Havre, also founded by the same operators and recognized with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Directly comparable bistronomic concept with shared ownership and overlapping customer base.
• Le Margote: Sister bistro founded by Chef Gauthier Teissère in Le Havre, sharing the same operator team as Les Fauves. Directly comparable in cuisine style, geography, and management.

Broad incumbents

• La Mère Poulard: Iconic Normandy destination restaurant with strong tourism orientation and gift/merchandise sales. Comparable as a French regional destination-dining concept leveraging a unique cultural location.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lesfauves.muma
• Instagraminstagram.com/lesfauves_muma/?hl=fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lesfauves

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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