Places in Paris

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

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

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

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

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.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster, since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.

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

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

Madeleine institution since 1927, the first-floor caviar dining room above the boutique.

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

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

The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011.

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

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

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

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

Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004, riz au lait that built a pilgrimage.

1900 Bois de Boulogne pavilion, Michelin star since 1965, Empire and Belle Époque rotunda.

Truffle institution on the Madeleine since 1932, boutique downstairs, restaurant upstairs.

1889 Abbesses brasserie, shellfish counter, Cantal charcuterie, no Montmartre theatre.

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

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

Antoine Westermann's Montmartre poultry house, heritage breeds, rotisserie at the top of the hill.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition

Vegan French on rue Saint-Paul, twenty-plus years reinterpreting French classics without animal product.

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

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

A working 'routier' off Trocadéro, checkered tablecloths, 18-euro lunch.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

Slavic luxe in a 1910 Art Nouveau hôtel particulier, Paris Society's caviar address.

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

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 chocolatier, the Madeleine flagship with the life-size chocolate sculptures

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

Philippe Starck's Mediterranean ground-floor in Evok's 16e flagship.

Marais Korean BBQ, chef Sunghak Han's table-top grill, halal option, Michelin guide listing.

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

Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru.