Kei Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Intimate Precise Ceremonial
Kei
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Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room
Classical & Refined
Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal
Palais-Royal + Tuileries + Vendôme — Le Grand Véfour, Kei, the colonnade-and-courtyard register.
The 1er holds the Palais-Royal arcades, the Tuileries garden, the Comédie Française, the Place Vendôme jewellers and the Louvre's eastern wing — Paris's fine-dining nucleus from Le Grand Véfour (the colonnade restaurant since 1784) to Kei Kobayashi's three Michelin stars on rue du Coq-Héron. The rue Saint-Honoré itself runs almost the length of the arrondissement: Colette's old corner, the Hôtel Costes lobby, Aux Lyonnais. The gezgin uses the 1er for the lunch that turns into an afternoon at a museum, and the dinner that books across the courtyard from a centuries-old colonnade.
Highlights
Palais-Royal arcades and Le Grand Véfour Place Vendôme jewellers Tuileries garden edge Kei Kobayashi 3-Michelin
24 places
4 Categories
Restaurant
11 places
Le Grand Véfour Restaurant
Historic Ceremonial Literary
Le Grand Véfour
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Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784 — historic monument with a kitchen in transition
Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse Restaurant
Palace Dining Tuileries View Ceremonial
Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse
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Two-star Ducasse dining room overlooking the Tuileries, with Cédric Grolet desserts
Verjus Restaurant
Intimate Natural Wine Anglophone Friendly
Verjus
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Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal — Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard
Yam'Tcha Bistrot Restaurant
Chef Driven Tea Pairing Cross Cultural
Yam'Tcha Bistrot
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Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation — Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes
Loulou Restaurant
Terrace Tuileries View See & Be Seen
Loulou
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Mediterranean cooking with a Tuileries terrace at the foot of the Louvre
Pirouette Restaurant
Bistronomic Value Chef Driven
Pirouette
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Modern French bistronomic on a quiet Les Halles side street — chef-driven, value-strong tasting
Jin Restaurant
Minimalist Intimate Ceremonial
Jin
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Ten-seat omakase between Louvre and Place Vendôme — chef Satoshi Kobayashi's surgical edomae.
Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie Restaurant
Historic 1894 Art Nouveau Intimate
Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie
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Southwest French institution since 1894 — Art-Nouveau dining room beside the Halles épicerie.
Au Vieux Comptoir Restaurant
Zinc Bar Intimate Classic Bistro
Au Vieux Comptoir
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Tiny zinc-bar bistro near Châtelet — GaultMillau toque, charcuterie from named Auvergne producers.
Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond Restaurant
Historic Monument Art Nouveau Belle Epoque
Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond
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1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument — Belle Époque bouillon revived.
Cafe
3 places
Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Cafe
Classical Tea Room Tuileries View
Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries
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Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries
Angelina Cafe
Belle Epoque 1903 Institution Salon De The
Angelina
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Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903 — Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades
Café Verlet Cafe
Heritage Single Origin 1920s Salon
Café Verlet
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Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster — since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.
Bar
3 places
Bar Hemingway Bar
Historic Wood Panelled No Reservations
Bar Hemingway
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The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room — bookless reservations and a serious dry martini
Le Garde Robe Bar
Natural Wine Cave A Manger Neighborhood
Le Garde Robe
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Natural-wine cave-à-manger from 2008 — David Lebovitz's pick, pre-trend bona fides.
Le Duc des Lombards Bar
Jazz Live Music Intimate Stage
Le Duc des Lombards
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Châtelet jazz club since 1984 — 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.
Hotel
7 places
Ritz Paris Hotel
Palace Historic Place Vendome
Ritz Paris
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1898 Place Vendôme palace — Coco Chanel's home, Hemingway's bar, Espadon's dining room
Mandarin Oriental, Paris Hotel
Art Deco Palace Spa
Mandarin Oriental, Paris
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Art Deco palace on rue Saint-Honoré — 14m pool, garden courtyard, Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique
Le Meurice Hotel
Palace Tuileries View Ducasse
Le Meurice
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Tuileries-facing Dorchester palace with Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Cédric Grolet pastry.
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme Hotel
Palace Contemporary Place Vendome
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme
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Place Vendôme palace by Ed Tuttle with Michelin-starred Pur' and a contemporary art-hung corridor.
Cheval Blanc Paris Hotel
Lvmh Seine View Three Michelin
Cheval Blanc Paris
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LVMH's Samaritaine flagship with three-Michelin Plénitude, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc and a 30-meter pool.
Nolinski Paris Hotel
Deniot Evok Design Hotel
Nolinski Paris
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Jean-Louis Deniot-designed Evok hotel facing Comédie-Française, with Brasserie Réjane and a marble pool.
Hôtel Madame Rêve Hotel
Adaptive Reuse Rooftop Beaux Arts
Hôtel Madame Rêve
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Laurent Taïeb's reborn 1888 central post office with rooftop ROOF and Eiffel-facing terraces.
