Στέκια in Paris

Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

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

Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.

1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre.

1919 Place des Ternes brasserie, Laura Gonzalez interior, three-time MOF écailler.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

Jean-Marc Notelet's chalkboard bistro, spice-forward cuisine du marché near l'Étoile.

Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.

1883 Belle Époque seafood brasserie, Rostang family, daily-port-sourced fish.

Boutique design hotel inside a former metals factory, concrete, courtyard, cocktail bar at the centre.

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

Marais chocolatier with a tea room, millefeuille made à la minute, possibly Paris's finest caramels.

Robert Linxe's original chocolate boutique since 1977, the room that defined Paris bean-to-praline

Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams.

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.

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.

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

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

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

Paul Pairet's grill-and-rotisserie brasserie at the Crillon, the chic French fire-cooking room.

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 chocolatier, the Madeleine flagship with the life-size chocolate sculptures

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

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

Open-fire Marais bistro where côte de bœuf is grilled in front of you on a wood hearth.

Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.

Marais Korean BBQ, chef Sunghak Han's table-top grill, halal option, Michelin guide listing.

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

Anatolian home cooking on rue Pasquier, the Madeleine room the Istanbul audience will actually recognise.