Best Views in Paris

Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009.

Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group, natural wine and small plates

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

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

Contemporary Lebanese on rue de la Banque, Liza Asseily's Beirut-Paris dialogue

1890 Lyon-bouchon-style bistro, under the Dumant family from 2025, after Ducasse

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram, boutique and salon

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Eight-seat sushi counter behind Place Louvois, surgical edomae from chef Masayoshi Hanada.

Two Michelin stars 2025, Tomoyuki Yoshinaga's ten-seat edomae masterclass.

Alajmo brothers' Paris outpost in an 1834 letterpress, Italian fine dining behind Philippe Starck's restoration.

Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique, Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing.

Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas, a Paris postcard.

David Lynch's 2011 members club six floors below rue de Montmartre, non-members welcome after midnight.

Manoj Sharma's modern Indian on rue de Choiseul, the 2e room that finally read Indian cooking as a chef's cuisine.