Places in Paris

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

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

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

Septime's no-reservations seafood sister, daily-catch small plates on rue de Charonne.

Belle Époque tiles, marionette-sized kitchen, neo-bistro cooking, opposite the Cirque d'Hiver.

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

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

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

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

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

Stéphane Jégo's Basque-Breton bistronomie since 2004, riz au lait that built a pilgrimage.

Cyril Lignac's classified-monument bistro, fish-forward menu in an 1894 zinc-and-mosaic room.

Antoine Westermann's Montmartre poultry house, heritage breeds, rotisserie at the top of the hill.

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686, Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

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

Mokonuts duo's chef-residency room, Le Fooding 2025 Honorary, rotating Palestinian / Korean / Filipino kitchens.

Big Mamma's four-floor Florentine theatre under a Pigalle glass roof.

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

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.

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