Dessirier

Dessirier opened on Place du Maréchal Juin in 1883 and has run as a fish-and-seafood brasserie ever since; Michel Rostang and his daughters took it over and keep chef Olivier Fontaine sourcing daily from artisan fishermen in Normandy, Brittany and the Vendée. The Belle Époque dining room was renovated in 2010 without losing its mirrors, paintings or oyster counter. The menu reads classical — fish-and-mussel soup with rouille, lobster club sandwich, wild sea bass, sole meunière — at a 17e price-point that beats the 8e equivalents. For an Istanbul visitor who wants the seafood brasserie experience without a tourist queue, Dessirier is the trade.