Angelina Cafe Cafe Compare Belle Epoque 1903 Institution Salon De The Angelina Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903 — Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades
Au Vieux Comptoir Restaurant Restaurant Compare Zinc Bar Intimate Classic Bistro Au Vieux Comptoir Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Tiny zinc-bar bistro near Châtelet — GaultMillau toque, charcuterie from named Auvergne producers.
Berthillon Cafe Cafe Compare Institution Family Run Ile Saint Louis Berthillon Le Marais $ The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961 — still family-run, still the standard.
Breizh Café Restaurant Restaurant Compare Breton Casual Cider list Breizh Café Le Marais $$ Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie — Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.
Café Verlet Cafe Cafe Compare Heritage Single Origin 1920s Salon Café Verlet Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $ Paris's oldest artisanal coffee roaster — since 1880, still on the same Saint-Honoré sidewalk.
Cédric Grolet Opéra Cafe Cafe Compare Instagram Famous Trompe Loeil Tea Room Cédric Grolet Opéra Sentier & Bourse $$$ The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram — boutique and salon
Cheval Blanc Paris Hotel Hotel Compare Lvmh Seine View Three Michelin Cheval Blanc Paris Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ LVMH's Samaritaine flagship with three-Michelin Plénitude, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc and a 30-meter pool.
Chez Alain Miam Miam Cafe Cafe Compare Cult Queue Sandwich Chez Alain Miam Miam Le Marais $ The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges — 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.
Coinstot Vino Bar Bar Compare Natural Wine Covered Passage Small Plates Coinstot Vino Sentier & Bourse $$ Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas — a Paris postcard.
Cour des Vosges Hotel Hotel Compare Intimate Design Roman Bath Cour des Vosges Le Marais $$$$ 12 rooms, all looking onto Place des Vosges — Evok Collection's quietest, most contemplative Paris address.
Harry's New York Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Expat Piano Bar Harry's New York Bar Sentier & Bourse $$$ Mahogany expat bar from 1911 — birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme
Hôtel Jules & Jim Hotel Hotel Compare Design Courtyard Cocktail Bar Hôtel Jules & Jim Le Marais $$$ Boutique design hotel inside a former metals factory — concrete, courtyard, cocktail bar at the centre.
Hôtel Madame Rêve Hotel Hotel Compare Adaptive Reuse Rooftop Beaux Arts Hôtel Madame Rêve Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Laurent Taïeb's reborn 1888 central post office with rooftop ROOF and Eiffel-facing terraces.
Hôtel Saint-Louis Marais Hotel Hotel Compare Historic Beams Small Quiet Street Hôtel Saint-Louis Marais Le Marais $$ 12 rooms, exposed beams, quiet 4e side street — the Marais's small, well-priced character hotel.
Jacques Genin Cafe Cafe Compare Chocolatier Millefeuille Artisan Jacques Genin Le Marais $$$ Marais chocolatier with a tea room — millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels.
Jugaad Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Driven Regional Indian Design Led Jugaad Sentier & Bourse $$$ Manoj Sharma's modern Indian on rue de Choiseul — the 2e room that finally read Indian cooking as a chef's cuisine.
Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic 1894 Art Nouveau Intimate Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Southwest French institution since 1894 — Art-Nouveau dining room beside the Halles épicerie.
Le Duc des Lombards Bar Bar Compare Jazz Live Music Intimate Stage Le Duc des Lombards Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Châtelet jazz club since 1984 — 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.
Le Grand Véfour Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ceremonial Literary Le Grand Véfour Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784 — historic monument with a kitchen in transition
Le Meurice Hotel Hotel Compare Palace Tuileries View Ducasse Le Meurice Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Tuileries-facing Dorchester palace with Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Cédric Grolet pastry.
Le Pavillon de la Reine Hotel Hotel Compare Historic Courtyard Spa Le Pavillon de la Reine Le Marais $$$$ 5-star hideaway behind ivy on Place des Vosges — 56 rooms, a courtyard, a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Monument Art Nouveau Belle Epoque Le Petit Bouillon Pharamond Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $ 1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument — Belle Époque bouillon revived.
Maison Aleph Cafe Cafe Compare Levantine Pâtisserie Small Counter Maison Aleph Le Marais $$ Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie — kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.
Maison Plisson Cafe Cafe Compare Epicerie Fine All Day Marais Maison Plisson Le Marais $$ Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant — Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.
Mandarin Oriental, Paris Hotel Hotel Compare Art Deco Palace Spa Mandarin Oriental, Paris Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Art Deco palace on rue Saint-Honoré — 14m pool, garden courtyard, Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique
Marché des Enfants Rouges Cafe Cafe Compare Historic Communal Casual Marché des Enfants Rouges Le Marais $ Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615 — 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.
Mariage Frères — Marais Cafe Cafe Compare 1854 Institution Tea House Marais Flagship Mariage Frères — Marais Le Marais $$$ France's oldest tea house since 1854 — the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks
Nolinski Paris Hotel Hotel Compare Deniot Evok Design Hotel Nolinski Paris Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Jean-Louis Deniot-designed Evok hotel facing Comédie-Française, with Brasserie Réjane and a marble pool.
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme Hotel Hotel Compare Palace Contemporary Place Vendome Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Place Vendôme palace by Ed Tuttle with Michelin-starred Pur' and a contemporary art-hung corridor.
Ritz Paris Hotel Hotel Compare Palace Historic Place Vendome Ritz Paris Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ 1898 Place Vendôme palace — Coco Chanel's home, Hemingway's bar, Espadon's dining room
Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Cafe Cafe Compare Classical Tea Room Tuileries View Sébastien Gaudard Pâtisserie des Tuileries Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$ Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries
Stohrer Cafe Cafe Compare 1730 Institution Listed Interior Baba Au Rhum Origin Stohrer Sentier & Bourse $$ Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730 — Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil
Une Glace à Paris Cafe Cafe Compare Artisan Single Cuisine Specialist Mof Craft Une Glace à Paris Le Marais $ Emmanuel Ryon — MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion — turns gelato into Marais grand cru.
Verjus Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Natural Wine Anglophone Friendly Verjus Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal — Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard
Yam'Tcha Bistrot Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Driven Tea Pairing Cross Cultural Yam'Tcha Bistrot Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation — Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes