Venues similar to Le Saint-Sébastien

Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011.

The Levha sisters' Franco-Filipino neo-bistro under a hand-painted ceiling on rue Saint-Maur.

Pauline Séné's Top Chef-pedigreed bistronomy at the more ambitious end of rue Paul Bert.

Belle Époque tiles, marionette-sized kitchen, neo-bistro cooking, opposite the Cirque d'Hiver.

Tomy Gousset's Michelin-starred neo-bistro near the Esplanade.

Septime's no-reservations seafood sister, daily-catch small plates on rue de Charonne.

Cyril Lignac's classified-monument bistro, fish-forward menu in an 1894 zinc-and-mosaic room.

The 11e's reference bistro, steak-frites, soufflé, white tablecloths and zero affectation.

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Brazilian asador, Lucas Baur de Campos's open-fire 11e room, Le Fooding, Infatuation cult.

Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen, the realistic same-week booking.

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

Mediterranean cooking with a Tuileries terrace at the foot of the Louvre

Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas, Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room

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

The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914, Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen