Chez Janou Restaurant Restaurant Compare Provençal Terrace Neighbourhood Chez Janou Le Marais $$ A Provençal bistro hiding behind Place des Vosges, and the city's largest pastis collection. Same category
Les Cocottes Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Seating All Day Classic Les Cocottes Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$ Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique. Same category
Le Bistrot du Peintre Restaurant Restaurant Compare Art Nouveau Historic Monument Neighbourhood Le Bistrot du Peintre Bastille, Charonne & Oberkampf $$ 1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking. Same category
Le Verre Volé Restaurant Restaurant Compare Natural Wine Institution Small Room Le Verre Volé Canal Saint-Martin $$ Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution, 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles. Same category
52 Faubourg Saint-Denis Restaurant Restaurant Compare No Reservations All Day Asian Leaning 52 Faubourg Saint-Denis Canal Saint-Martin $$ Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen. Same category
L'Ami Louis Restaurant Restaurant Compare Institutional Polarising Old School L'Ami Louis Le Marais $$$$ The bistro mythology lives at #32 rue du Vertbois, controversial, expensive, irreplaceable. Same category
La Mascotte Restaurant Restaurant Compare Brasserie 1889 Shellfish La Mascotte Montmartre $$ 1889 Abbesses brasserie, shellfish counter, Cantal charcuterie, no Montmartre theatre. Same category
Allard Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Ducasse Burgundy List Allard Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013. Same category
Semilla Restaurant Restaurant Compare Bistronomy Open Kitchen Industrial Semilla Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine. Same category
Le Récamier Restaurant Restaurant Compare Soufflé Only Terrace Classic Le Récamier Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$ The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché. Same category
Le Voltaire Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Literary Discreet Le Voltaire Tour Eiffel & Invalides $$$$ The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building. Same category