Le 404 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Candle Lit Historic Convivial Le 404 Le Marais $$$ Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990 — tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams. Same category
L'Ami Jean Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomie Convivial Noisy L'Ami Jean Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$ Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004 — riz au lait that built a pilgrimage. Same category
Au Vieux Comptoir Restaurant Restaurant Compare Zinc Bar Intimate Classic Bistro Au Vieux Comptoir Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Tiny zinc-bar bistro near Châtelet — GaultMillau toque, charcuterie from named Auvergne producers. Same category
Daroco Restaurant Restaurant Compare Theatrical Buzzing Design Driven Daroco Sentier & Bourse $$$ Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique — Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing. Same category
Pink Mamma Restaurant Restaurant Compare Italian Loud Photogenic Pink Mamma Pigalle & SoPi $$$ Big Mamma's four-floor Florentine theatre under a Pigalle glass roof. Same category
Brutos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Open Fire Natural Wine Brazilian Brutos Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ Brazilian asador — Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult. Same category
Robert et Louise Restaurant Restaurant Compare Open Fire Old Marais Carnivore Robert et Louise Le Marais $$$ Open-fire Marais bistro where côte de bœuf is grilled in front of you on a wood hearth. Same category
Bofinger Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Brasserie Stained Glass Bofinger Le Marais $$$ 1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome — choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre. Same category
Mandoobar Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Seat Minimalist Fashion Crowd Mandoobar Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$ Counter-seat Korean — chef Kim Kwang-Loc's mandu and tartares, fashion-week regulars on stools. Same category
Septime Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Neo Bistro Fifty Best One Michelin Septime Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$$ 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
Racines Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin Starred Italian Historic Passage Racines Sentier & Bourse $$$ Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas — Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room Same category
Pirouette Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomic Value Chef Driven Pirouette Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Modern French bistronomic on a quiet Les Halles side street — chef-driven, value-strong tasting Same category
Drouant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Literary Historic Classic French Drouant Sentier & Bourse $$$ The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914 — Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen Same category
Liza Restaurant Restaurant Compare Contemporary Lebanese Design Led Brunch Liza Sentier & Bourse $$$ Contemporary Lebanese on rue de la Banque — Liza Asseily's Beirut-Paris dialogue Same category