Intimate Restaurant in Paris

Three Michelin stars, Japanese precision in a Coq-Héron jewel-box dining room

Jérôme Banctel's three-Michelin in a Napoleon III mansion off the Champs-Élysées.

Whitewashed teppanyaki bolthole, chef Koji Aida's Paris-Japan grammar since 2008.

One Michelin star inside Place des Vosges' most discreet pavilion, Marais gastronomy without the spectacle.

Ten-seat omakase between Louvre and Place Vendôme, chef Satoshi Kobayashi's surgical edomae.

Two-Michelin glass pavilion at George V where the kitchen runs on vegetables, dairy and seafood, no meat.

Fewer than 20 seats, one Michelin star, one chef's vision, the Marais's most surgical tasting menu.

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