Places in Paris

Yannick Alléno's three-Michelin in a pavilion at the Champs-Élysées gardens, the sauce-extraction reference.

Christian Le Squer's three-Michelin showcase inside George V, the textbook for Paris haute cuisine.

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.

Crillon palace bar with eighteenth-century frescos, Kévin Rigault's 'A Sense of Memories' menu.

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

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.

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

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

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

Madeleine institution since 1927, the first-floor caviar dining room above the boutique.

A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection.

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

1900 Bois de Boulogne pavilion, Michelin star since 1965, Empire and Belle Époque rotunda.

Basque auberge on Quai Saint-Exupéry, Pierre Oteiza Kintoa pork, pintxos, the Trinquet Village Seine-edge terrace.

Truffle institution on the Madeleine since 1932, boutique downstairs, restaurant upstairs.

Royal Monceau's Philippe Starck-designed long bar, Forbes Travel Guide Star Bars 2025 pick on Avenue Hoche.

Two-Michelin in an 1884 mansion off the Champs, the Domaine Clarence Dillon dining room.

Vegan French on rue Saint-Paul, twenty-plus years reinterpreting French classics without animal product.

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

A working 'routier' off Trocadéro, checkered tablecloths, 18-euro lunch.

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

Slavic luxe in a 1910 Art Nouveau hôtel particulier, Paris Society's caviar address.

Counter-seat Korean, chef Kim Kwang-Loc's mandu and tartares, fashion-week regulars on stools.

Philippe Starck's Mediterranean ground-floor in Evok's 16e flagship.

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.