La Closerie des Lilas Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Piano Bar La Closerie des Lilas Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name. Same category
Le Grand Véfour Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ceremonial Literary Le Grand Véfour Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition Same category
Le Voltaire Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Discreet Le Voltaire Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building. Same category
Loiseau Rive Gauche Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin Political Vegetable Led Loiseau Rive Gauche Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ The Bernard Loiseau group's Michelin-starred Palais-Bourbon canteen. Same category
Allard Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ducasse Burgundy List Allard Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013. Same category
Le Procope Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic 1686 Literary Le Procope Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here. Same category
Drouant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Literary Historic Classic French Drouant Sentier & Bourse $$$ The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914, Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen Same category
Bofinger Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Brasserie Stained Glass Bofinger Le Marais $$$ 1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre. Same category
Restaurant Guy Savoy Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Haute Cuisine Seine View Contemporary Art Restaurant Guy Savoy Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ Two Michelin stars in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, looking at the Seine. Same category
Ze Kitchen Galerie Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin Asian French Loft Ze Kitchen Galerie Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$$ William Ledeuil's Southeast-Asian-French cuisine, Michelin-starred since 2008. Same category
Le Bistrot du Peintre Restaurant Restaurant Compare Art Nouveau Historic Monument Neighbourhood Le Bistrot du Peintre Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ 1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking. Same category
Le 404 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Candle Lit Historic Convivial Le 404 Le Marais $$$ Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams. Same category
Le Cinq Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Haute Cuisine Seafood Led Le Cinq Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V, the textbook for Paris haute cuisine. Same category
L'Orangerie Restaurant Restaurant Compare Palace Hotel Plant Forward Tasting Menu L'Orangerie Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood, no meat. Same category
Le Gabriel, La Réserve Paris Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Haute Cuisine Palace Hotel Tasting Menu Le Gabriel, La Réserve Paris Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$$ Jérôme Banctel's three-Michelin in a Napoleon III mansion off the Champs-Élysées. Same category