Take it as red. Architect Odile Decq has created a contemporary theatrical look for the Opéra Garnier restaurant, with a spectacular mezzanine like a ‘ship docked beneath the dome’.
While the mother-of-pearl and shell decor borders on kitsch, the menu is culinary cutting-edge.
This “gourmet table d’hôte with open kitchen” is one of this autumn’s most popular eateries. Its essential interest is literally on the plate.
Enjoy the very best of French gourmet cuisine in the timeless surroundings of the Restaurant Alain Ducasse, one of the five fine dining opportunities at the Plaza Athénée.
Frédéric Vardon, the chef at the 39V, learned his trade with Alain Chapel and, later, Alain Ducasse. He hasn’t lost his taste for the right product and full flavour.
Even before it served its first meal, the gourmets of Paris had adopted the new restaurant run by Sven Chartier and Ewen Lemoigne, the former owners of Racines.
The chef has been keeping things simple on the first floor above the Brasserie Thoumieux, where gourmet diners are received in cutting-edge surroundings designed by India Mahdavi.
Behind the imperial columns and the Alexandre-III rotunda, the dining room is striking both for the elegance of its wood, fabric, marble and metal, and the delicate appeal of its splendid terrace.
This transalpine restaurant secreted in the Fiat Motor Village on the Champs-Élysées is all about design.
New chef, new menu, new decor: there’s been a minor revolution in the Italian restaurant of the ultra-chic Hôtel de Castille to mark the beginning of the new season.
His glittering career is studded with famous names, from Arabian to Legendre and Robuchon, for whom he starred in London.
The Philippe Starck tables stand proud in surroundings straight out of a fairytale castle: now the showroom for Baccarat, the restaurant occupies the former dining room of the Viscountess of Noailles.
Naturally, if you want to enjoy Calamarata pasta with duck confit and foie gras, bass grilled with fennel or ginger and silky mango cappuccino and guava sorbet, you’ll need to book!
The piano is alive once more in the place where Joël Robuchon secured his third star more than 25 years ago.
Empanadas, rib steak sprinkled with chimichurri, charcoal-grilled foie gras with cream of sweet corn and cod ceviche. Argentinian chef Fernando di Tomaso’s enthusiasm really is clear to see !
The place to eat this winter:red brick and wood decor,chef from Chez Camdeborde in the kitchen and almost unbeatable value-for-money.Food perfectly cooked & the menu features classic French favourites
This new ‘must-visit’ fine dining venue builds on the reputation of its proven predecessor in the Passage des Panoramas. The menu takes up the natural ingredient challenge with no pretentions.
Legendary status of an 18th-century mansion transformed into a gourmet restaurant, complete with wood panelling and deliciously intimate salons once frequented by the cream of Paris society.
This upmarket wine-cum-tapas bar is run by Guillaume and Sarah Delage. For dessert, there's fig tart, whose mysterious flavours of hazelnut and caramel seem universally irresistible.
You'll find a 2-level contemporary bistro,crisply decorated in shades of red,black and light grey. Opened by French TV's 2010 Masterchef finalist Cyril Rouquet, the restaurant's menu blends creativity
On the menu at this no-frills little eatery are empanadas y helados, pastries with a choice of eight different fillings: meat, vegetables, fish or cheese, spiced up with cumin,cinnamon,ginger & more..
The name of the restaurant is taken from the wildflower motif of the original mosaic restored by proprietor Arnaud Bradol who is reawakening the spirit of Les Halles with top quality ingredients
This restaurant-bar-club takes its cue from a Parisian apartment with its cosy corners and nooks and crannies. The dining room serves modern cuisine. For afters, there's the dance floor !
Paris sparkles below this celestial restaurant, high on the Montparnasse Tower's 56th floor and decked in an organic, ethereal décor. Celebrate French luxury gastronomy with crab, foie gras & caviar.
There's no menu: From behind his counter, facing the room, Yasuhiro Kanayama, once with Le Bistrol and known for his aesthetically presented dishes, creates a lovely dinner of eight inspired courses.
In a weird and wacky Blade Runner déco, women are tattooed yakuza-style and high tables are covered in screens broadcasting non-stop Asian news interspersed with nonchalant floating dragons.
The inventive chef improvises a culinary score in perfect harmony, from the explosive ember-roasted Sicilian onion with creamy soubise sauce, meadow mushrooms & chanterelles to the surprising fig tart
In the open kitchen, the brigade is hard at work delighting gourmets with joyful dishes, like herb, roast merguez sausage and poached egg salad and spiced citrus fruit gratin.
Bookcases, mouldings, scrubbed wood tables: it's all very Brooklyn canteen, simultaneously cool and sophisticated. The menu features bagels, carrot cake and Charolais beef burgers
Enchant your palate, too, with the cuisine, which is very much traditional French, tinged with some flights of fusion, devised by Chef Nicolas Storai kitchen.
In the summer, the “Petit Chalet entre amis” revelries attract the gilded youth of West Paris for garden parties in the woods ‘til break of dawn.
La Table du 8, opening onto a lush garden, away from the urban cacophony, with seafood specialties concocted by Benoît Hilaire to be relished with a smile.
Now you, too, can put on your expert sommelier's cap and explore the great wines in oenology classes at the École Alain Ducasse.
When burgers and bagels get boring, it's time for fish and chips ! Michael Greenwold and James Whelan left nothing to chance, using top-quality ingredients and finding a fantastic location !
