Le 404 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Candle Lit Historic Convivial Le 404 Le Marais $$$ Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams. Same category
Daroco Restaurant Restaurant Compare Theatrical Buzzing Design Driven Daroco Sentier & Bourse $$$ Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique, Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing. Same category
Racines Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin Starred Italian Historic Passage Racines Sentier & Bourse $$$ Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas, Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room Same category
Clown Bar Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Monument Natural Wine Small Plates Clown Bar Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Belle Époque tiles, marionette-sized kitchen, neo-bistro cooking, opposite the Cirque d'Hiver. Same category
Soon Grill Restaurant Restaurant Compare Table Top Grill Convivial Halal Option Soon Grill Le Marais $$$ Marais Korean BBQ, chef Sunghak Han's table-top grill, halal option, Michelin guide listing. Same category
L'Ami Jean Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomie Convivial Noisy L'Ami Jean Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$ Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004, riz au lait that built a pilgrimage. Same category
Brutos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Open Fire Natural Wine Brazilian Brutos Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Brazilian asador, Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult. Same category
Le George Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Italian Mediterranean Le George Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Simone Zanoni's Mediterranean-Italian one-Michelin at George V, the palace alternative to a tasting menu. Same category
Le Pantruche Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomy Neighborhood Classic Souffle Le Pantruche Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Franck Baranger's bistronomy benchmark, Bib Gourmand on a Pigalle backstreet. Same category
Buvette Restaurant Restaurant Compare All Day Natural Wine Marble Bar Buvette Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Jody Williams's all-day gastrothèque, the SoPi room that never feels off. Same category
Bouillon Pigalle Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bouillon Queue Cheap Eats Bouillon Pigalle Pigalle & SoPi $ The XXL bouillon that put 19th-century working-class dining back on the map. Same category
Pétrelle Restaurant Restaurant Compare Candlelit Intimate Tasting Menu Pétrelle Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Candlelit 9e dining room, reborn under chef Lucie Boursier-Mougenot. Same category
Sormani Restaurant Restaurant Compare Italian Wine List 1985 Institution Sormani Batignolles & Étoile $$$$ The first Italian in Paris to win a Michelin star, 600-bottle list, 40 years on. Same category
Septime Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Neo Bistro Fifty Best One Michelin Septime Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011. Same category
Frenchie Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Neo Bistro Set Menu Rue Du Nil Frenchie Sentier & Bourse $$$ Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009. Same category
Pavyllon Paris Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Seating Modern French Chef Driven Pavyllon Paris Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$ Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen, the realistic same-week booking. Same category
Nonos by Paul Pairet Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Grill Art Deco Nonos by Paul Pairet Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$ Paul Pairet's grill-and-rotisserie brasserie at the Crillon, the chic French fire-cooking room. Same category
Verjus Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Natural Wine Anglophone Friendly Verjus Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal, Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard Same category
Yam'Tcha Bistrot Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Driven Tea Pairing Cross Cultural Yam'Tcha Bistrot Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation, Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes Same category
Loulou Restaurant Restaurant Compare Terrace Tuileries View See & Be Seen Loulou Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Mediterranean cooking with a Tuileries terrace at the foot of the Louvre Same category