Places in Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal

Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room

Tiny zinc-bar bistro near Châtelet, GaultMillau toque, charcuterie from named Auvergne producers.

The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini

LVMH's Samaritaine flagship with three-Michelin Plénitude, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc and a 30-meter pool.

Laurent Taïeb's reborn 1888 central post office with rooftop ROOF and Eiffel-facing terraces.

Southwest French institution since 1894, Art-Nouveau dining room beside the Halles épicerie.

Châtelet jazz club since 1984, 300+ concerts a year, free Friday-Saturday midnight jam.

Natural-wine cave-à-manger from 2008, David Lebovitz's pick, pre-trend bona fides.

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

Tuileries-facing Dorchester palace with Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Cédric Grolet pastry.

1898 Art Nouveau dining room, classified historic monument, Belle Époque bouillon revived.

Art Deco palace on rue Saint-Honoré, 14m pool, garden courtyard, Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique

Jean-Louis Deniot-designed Evok hotel facing Comédie-Française, with Brasserie Réjane and a marble pool.

Place Vendôme palace by Ed Tuttle with Michelin-starred Pur' and a contemporary art-hung corridor.

Modern French bistronomic on a quiet Les Halles side street, chef-driven, value-strong tasting

Two-star Ducasse dining room overlooking the Tuileries, with Cédric Grolet desserts

1898 Place Vendôme palace, Coco Chanel's home, Hemingway's bar, Espadon's dining room

Anglophone-led tasting menu in a triplex above the Palais-Royal, Paris's quiet neo-bistro standard

Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation, Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes