Mekane in Paris

MOF chef, 1-Michelin, Parisian-apartment dining on rue Bayen.

Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009.

Two Michelin stars in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, looking at the Seine.

Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011.

Two Michelin stars 2025 — Tomoyuki Yoshinaga's ten-seat edomae masterclass.

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro — Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Anglo-French neo-bistro on Faubourg Poissonnière — a wine list with weight, an unfussy kitchen.

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

Half-punk, half-precise — the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011.

Oberkampf natural-wine canteen, charcuterie and small plates, run by ex-Chateaubriand.

1890 Lyon-bouchon-style bistro — under the Dumant family from 2025, after Ducasse

Modern Vietnamese on rue Amelot — the 11e room that does the spring roll seven ways.

The 11e's reference bistro — steak-frites, soufflé, white tablecloths and zero affectation.

The 1896 original — Belle Époque listed dining room, twelve euros for blanquette.

1906 Art Nouveau bouillon — Mucha-style nymphs, listed monument, Édith Piaf's table.

The XXL bouillon that put 19th-century working-class dining back on the map.

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank — Chartier's brother house, listed.

Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner — sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme

1919 Place des Ternes brasserie — Laura Gonzalez interior, three-time MOF écailler.

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

Brazilian asador — Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult.

Jody Williams's all-day gastrothèque — the SoPi room that never feels off.

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

Alajmo brothers' Paris outpost in an 1834 letterpress — Italian fine dining behind Philippe Starck's restoration.

Jean-Marc Notelet's chalkboard bistro — spice-forward cuisine du marché near l'Étoile.

Saint-Germain hunting-lodge speakeasy by Thomas Codsi — Le Fooding-listed, weekend basement DJ floor.

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram — boutique and salon

Septime's no-reservations seafood sister — daily-catch small plates on rue de Charonne.

Belle Époque tiles, marionette-sized kitchen, neo-bistro cooking — opposite the Cirque d'Hiver.

Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas — a Paris postcard.

Female-led cocktail bar with bi-fold windows on the Belleville-Canal axis — zero pretension, real depth.

Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique — Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing.

1883 Belle Époque seafood brasserie — Rostang family, daily-port-sourced fish.

The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914 — Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic — pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

Naturophile cave-à-manger by the canal — visiting chefs, no reservations, minimum-intervention list.

Mexican street-food institution on rue Eugène Varlin — Canal Saint-Martin's handmade-tortilla bench since 2011.

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture — still no reservations

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group — natural wine and small plates

Julio Guerrero's neo-taquería on rue Lacharrière — Mexico-City standard, natural wine, Le Fooding register.

Maxime Bouttier's first solo table — raw-and-living tasting menu on rue de la Folie Méricourt.

Mahogany expat bar from 1911 — birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

The Australian-style breakfast counter that taught Paris to queue for pancakes — and serve them well.

The original Pigalle boutique — leather banquettes, art on every wall, brunch all weekend.

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name — 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Manoj Sharma's modern Indian on rue de Choiseul — the 2e room that finally read Indian cooking as a chef's cuisine.

Pigalle bar-restaurant by Fabien Lombardi (ex-Prescription) — natural wines, aged cocktails, PUNCH-listed.

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie — the Equinoxe was born here

République speakeasy hidden behind a working laundromat — push the right washing-machine door, climb the staircase.

Pauline Séné's Top Chef-pedigreed bistronomy at the more ambitious end of rue Paul Bert.

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin — Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

The tiny bistro between Saint-Sulpice and Luxembourg, Fooding-prize winner.

Cyril Lignac's classified-monument bistro — fish-forward menu in an 1894 zinc-and-mosaic room.

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e — Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Marble-clad tapas-and-wine room next to the old Chateaubriand — Rem Koolhaas interior, natural-wine list.

Franck Baranger's bistronomy benchmark — Bib Gourmand on a Pigalle backstreet.

Canal Saint-Martin Cambodian institution — bo bun, summer rolls, banana-tapioca dessert, packed every night.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686 — Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony — zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.

Vegetable-driven neo-bistro with a 400-bottle wine list and savoury-leaning desserts.

The Levha sisters' Franco-Filipino neo-bistro under a hand-painted ceiling on rue Saint-Maur.

French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway — World's 50 Best Bars regular.

Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution — 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie — painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread

Contemporary Lebanese on rue de la Banque — Liza Asseily's Beirut-Paris dialogue

Pigalle absinthe speakeasy — 50 Best Discovery, the Little Red Door team's Storyville room.

Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter — Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed.

2-Michelin institution off Place des Ternes — 45 years of haute French classicism.

The only Palace hotel on the Left Bank, 1910 Belle Époque on Boulevard Raspail.

Ethiopian institution on rue Sauffroy — the 17e Batignolles room that has held the cuisine in Paris for decades.

Mokonuts duo's chef-residency room — Le Fooding 2025 Honorary, rotating Palestinian / Korean / Filipino kitchens.

Mok and Omar's lunch counter and bakery — Lebanese-Japanese-American detail in a 25-seat room.

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001 — matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Candlelit 9e dining room, reborn under chef Lucie Boursier-Mougenot.

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

Big Mamma's four-floor Florentine theatre under a Pigalle glass roof.

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas — Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

The wine bar inside the Septime universe — 90 natural references, 30 standing seats, no booking.

David Lynch's 2011 members club six floors below rue de Montmartre — non-members welcome after midnight.

The first Italian in Paris to win a Michelin star — 600-bottle list, 40 years on.

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730 — Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Eight-seat sushi counter behind Place Louvois — surgical edomae from chef Masayoshi Hanada.

Sardinian cuisine on a quiet 11e street — Francesca Feniello's traditional bistrot, Le Fooding selection.

Yann Couvreur's first patisserie since May 2016 — the original room with the fox-mark logo

11e cave-à-manger with one of Paris's deepest natural-wine cellars — 250+ cuvées.

William Ledeuil's Southeast-Asian-French cuisine, Michelin-starred since 2008.