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Alain Passard's three-Michelin temple to vegetables on rue de Varenne.
Two Michelin stars, a Green Star, and surprise tasting menus.
David Toutain trained under Bernard Loiseau and Alain Passard, then ran Agapé Substance before opening on rue Surcouf in 2013; the second Michelin star arrived in 2018, the Green Star for sustainability soon after. The format is a single surprise tasting menu, no choice, no card, built around vegetables, foraged greens, and small-boat fish. Smoked eel and black-sesame; Jerusalem artichoke and truffle; comté with a tea-poached pear. Eight courses €145 lunch, twelve courses €290 dinner. The room is loft-like in pale oak and concrete, in a quiet ministerial street between Invalides and the Seine. Reservations open two months ahead.
2 Michelin stars + Green Star, 2025 guide. Surprise-menu format only.
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Eiffel Tower, Seine River, Garden View
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Exceptional
Sunset
**** (4/5)
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