Inclusion at the core of the Dans le Noir? Experience
Written on 7.11.2025
Dans le Noir? reinvents dining by placing inclusion at the centre of the experience. Guided by blind or visually impaired servers, guests embark on a unique sensory immersion that raises awareness about difference. Beyond the meal itself, the group is committed to employment and disability awareness, notably during the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities.
For more than twenty years, Dans le Noir ? restaurants have been part of this movement, offering a sensory experience accessible to all — one that challenges the codes of gastronomy and places inclusion at the heart of its mission.
Redefining dining through inclusion
The Dans le Noir ? concept is based on a simple yet powerful idea: rediscovering taste by removing sight. Dining in total darkness, guided by blind or visually impaired servers, transforms not only our relationshipwith food and our senses but also with difference itself.
Here, dining and inclusion are not just words but a lived reality. In each of our restaurants, the dining room teams made up of people with visual impairments play a central role. They welcome, guide, and provide a unique experience, inviting each guest to discover a new way of perceiving the world. Their role goes far beyond service, which is why we rightfully call them “guide-servers.” This reversal of roles lies at the core of Dans le Noir ?’s mission: to change perceptions and raise awareness through experience.
A commitment beyond the restaurant
Dans le Noir ? commitment goes far beyond the dining room. The group carries a genuine social vision that of inclusive dining which actively contributes to creating jobs for people with disabilities.
This commitment is also reflected through awareness initiatives for companies and the general public, particularly during the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities.
Far from being a one-off event, this ongoing effort promotes a society where everyone has a place.
Inclusion serving human connection
Whether for dinner, lunch, or a corporate event, the Dans le Noir ? experience acts as a true accelerator of social connection. By removing sight, it enhances verbal communication and listening, encouraging more authentic exchanges both between guests and with the waiter-guides.
Participants discover one another in a new way: without image, without prejudice, without sight. In total darkness, everyone learns to trust, collaborate, and adapt. For companies, these moments become powerful tools for inclusive team building; for everyone, it’s a chance to reconnect with what truly matters.
An experience that resonates with today’s challenges
Now more than ever, inclusion, kindness, and purpose shape society’s expectations. Dining fully embraces this dynamic, where openness and responsibility go hand in hand.
In response to new expectations (authenticity, sustainability, social impact... ), Dans le Noir ? offers a concrete answer. By placing humans at the centre of every experience, the group demonstrates that it is possible to combine pleasure, ethics, and social engagement.
Much more than an unusual experience, Dans le Noir ? transforms, questions, awakens, and inspires reminding us that difference, far from being a limitation, is a strength for everyone.
Inclusion as a guiding principle
To embrace inclusion is to recognise everyone’s value and create spaces where talents can truly flourish. It also means rethinking our habits, perceptions, and ways of interacting.
Dans le Noir ? embodies a human and supportive approach, pursuing a single ambition every day: to make dining an environment of inclusion, connection, and awareness.
Through every meal, the experience offers a new way of seeing the world — without prejudice, without barriers where difference becomes a source of dialogue and collective enrichment. By entrusting service to visually impaired team members, the experience highlights their skills while encouraging each guest to rethink their own perception of difference.
By valuing everyone’s talents and embracing diversity, we turn difference into strength and make inclusion self-evident.
Take advantage of the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities to offer your teams an immersive, inclusive, and meaningful experience!