Drouant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Literary Historic Classic French Drouant Sentier & Bourse $$$ The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914, Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen Same category
La Closerie des Lilas Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Piano Bar La Closerie des Lilas Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name. Same category
Le Voltaire Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Discreet Le Voltaire Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building. Same category
Kei Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Precise Ceremonial Kei Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room Same category
Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Dining Tuileries View Ceremonial Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Two-star Ducasse dining room overlooking the Tuileries, with Cédric Grolet desserts Same category
Jin Restaurant Restaurant Compare Minimalist Intimate Ceremonial Jin Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Ten-seat omakase between Louvre and Place Vendôme, chef Satoshi Kobayashi's surgical edomae. Same category
Le Procope Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic 1686 Literary Le Procope Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here. Same category
Bar Hemingway Bar Bar Compare Historic Wood Panelled No Reservations Bar Hemingway Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini Similar vibe
Anne Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Intimate Courtyard Anne Le Marais $$$$ One Michelin star inside Place des Vosges' most discreet pavilion, Marais gastronomy without the spectacle. Same category
Brasserie Lipp Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Political Alsatian Brasserie Lipp Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch. Same category
Aïda Restaurant Restaurant Compare Minimalist Intimate Ceremonial Aïda Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ Whitewashed teppanyaki bolthole, chef Koji Aida's Paris-Japan grammar since 2008. Same category
Sushi Yoshinaga Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Minimalist Ceremonial Counter Only Sushi Yoshinaga Sentier & Bourse $$$$ Two Michelin stars 2025, Tomoyuki Yoshinaga's ten-seat edomae masterclass. Same category
Bofinger Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Brasserie Stained Glass Bofinger Le Marais $$$ 1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre. Same category
Allard Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ducasse Burgundy List Allard Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013. Same category
Le 404 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Candle Lit Historic Convivial Le 404 Le Marais $$$ Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams. Same category
Le Cinq Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Haute Cuisine Seafood Led Le Cinq Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V, the textbook for Paris haute cuisine. Same category
L'Orangerie Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Plant Forward Tasting Menu L'Orangerie Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood, no meat. Same category
Le George Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Italian Mediterranean Le George Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Simone Zanoni's Mediterranean-Italian one-Michelin at George V, the palace alternative to a tasting menu. Same category
Pierre Gagnaire Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Haute Cuisine Avant Garde Tasting Menu Pierre Gagnaire Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Three-Michelin since 1996, the chef who taught Paris that haute cuisine could improvise. Same category
Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Haute Cuisine Palace Garden Sauce Craft Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Yannick Alléno's three-Michelin in a pavilion at the Champs-Élysées gardens, the sauce-extraction reference. Same category