Venues similar to Mokonuts

The Levha sisters' Franco-Filipino neo-bistro under a hand-painted ceiling on rue Saint-Maur.

Maxime Bouttier's first solo table, raw-and-living tasting menu on rue de la Folie Méricourt.

Three-Michelin since 1996, the chef who taught Paris that haute cuisine could improvise.

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

Adeline Grattard's bistro reincarnation, Franco-Cantonese cooking after Yam'Tcha proper closes

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

Half-punk, half-precise, the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011.

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

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

Sardinian cuisine on a quiet 11e street, Francesca Feniello's traditional bistrot, Le Fooding selection.

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

Modern Vietnamese on rue Amelot, the 11e room that does the spring roll seven ways.

Mikaela Liaroutsos's Greek bistro on rue Eugène Carrière, Michelin Guide listing, Le Fooding regular.

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

Julio Guerrero's neo-taquería on rue Lacharrière, Mexico-City standard, natural wine, Le Fooding register.

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

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

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

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen, and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.