La Régalade Saint Honoré
A second address for La Régalade offers excellent fare and a great-value fixed-price menu.
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Kei
Quite a few of the best French-cuisine chefs in Paris are Japanese-born—among them, the talented Kei Kobayashi.
Les Bistronomes
Chef Cyril Aveline's grande cuisine training is apparent in his beautifully presented contemporary French cooking.
Spring is Here
In his austerely glamorous new restaurant, Daniel Rose has come into his own as one of the city's most assured and inventive young chefs.
Chez la Vieille
The almost extinct delights of cuisine bourgeoise via Michel Del Burgo's fine cooking.
L'Espadon
The vie-en-rose two-star restaurant of the Hôtel Ritz offers the cuisine of Chef Michel Roth in one of the prettiest dining rooms in Paris.
Yam'Tcha
A pleasant restaurant in a quiet street in the Les Halles district.
Les Fines Gueules
A boon for food and wine lovers on a limited budget
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Citronelle et Galanga
The third restaurant of the charming Ta family offers exceptional Indochinese cooking and a terrific wine list.
L'Hédoniste
Delectable cosmopolitan comfort food and an excellent list of organic and biodynamic wines
Saturne
Chef Sven Chartier, who is French with some Swedish roots, has opened a blindingly successful bistrot à vins.
Le Sâotico
At Le Sâotico, chef Hugues Gournay's menu is a terrific tour de force of first-rate cuisine du marché.
Café Moderne
The place manages to be both cozy and chic, with delightful service and an excellent wine list, too.
Frenchie
Chef Grégory Marchand's menus are inspired by stints he did in London at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen and in New York at Danny Meyer's Gramercy Tavern.
Glou
Pedigreed produce—Utah Beach oysters, bellota ham and charcuterie—stands in as a sort of delicious place-maker for the work of real cooking.
Le Taxi Jaune
A snug little bistro in the northern Marais that remains one of the most reliable good-deal dining favorites in town.
Le Métropolitain
A very pleasant little restaurant for anyone looking for a good, affordable, casual meal in the Marais.
Restaurant Claude Colliot
The axis on which Colliot's cuisine turns on is his produce, precisely cooked and carefully garnished to enhance its natural flavors.
Le Gaigne
A vest-pocket address with a larger-than-life talent in the kitchen
Le Bistro des Gastronomes
Le Bistro des Gastronomes is a new standout, offering delicious contemporary French cooking at very reasonable prices.
Les Papilles
Les Papilles, a wine bar with a "good-time-was-had-by-all" spirit, has become a much-loved institution in the Latin Quarter.
Dans les Landes
Deep in the Latin Quarter, Dans les Landes is the second table of gifted young chef Julien Duboué.
Desvouges
Desvouges, deep in the Latin Quarter, is is a simple storefront dining room offering delicious bistrot meals.
Lilane
A very good modern French bistrot in one of the city's prettiest and most historic neighborhoods.
Le Tourbillon
The atmosphere is low-key, but Le Tourbillon's food definitely has a discreet wow! factor.
L'Agrume
A sweet little restaurant in the 5th arrondissement where chef Franck Marchesi-Grandi is cooking his heart out in the small open kitchen
L'Agapé Substance
L’Agapé Substance is one of the better new tables to have opened in Saint Germain des Prés for some time.
Ralph's
A pricey pocket of American gastronomy in the Ralph Lauren mega-boutique in Saint Germain des Prés.
Le P'tit Fernand
This hangout for neighborhood regulars in Saint Germain des Prés is a cheery place for a delightful, low-key lunch or dinner.
Comme à Savonnières
This terrific little bistrot serves a fine menu of traditional French dishes and lighter contemporary ones.
La Ferrandaise
La Ferrandaise proves you can still get a good meal for a good price in Saint Germain des Prés.
La Société
The best thing about La Société, the latest of the Costes brothers' Parisian restaurants, is the stunning decor by Christian Liaigre.
KGB: Kitchen Galerie Bis
A colorful contemporary annex to William Ledeuil's Ze Kitchen Galerie, with lower prices and a simple but delicious menu.
Thoumieux
Upstairs at Thoumieux, Jean-François Piège offers a personal take on 21st-century French cuisine.
Bistrot de Breteuil
Good value and a charming outdoor setting in the 7th arrondissement
La Laiterie Sainte Clotilde
The Paris neighborhood restaurant.
Le Jules Verne
Absolutely delicious food, and stunning Parisian vistas from this famous restaurant in the Eiffel Tower
Neva Cuisine
Neva Cuisine has become a hit destination thanks to chef Beatriz Gonzalez’s superb contemporary French cooking.
Le 39V
Chef Frédéric Vardon is a supremely accomplished classicist with a subtle but shrewd modern touch.
Mini Palais
Eric Fréchon, the three-star chef at the Hôtel Bristol, has designed a terrific new menu for the Mini Palais.
La Cave Beauveau
A 1950s vintage vest-pocket bistrot across the street from the Elysée Palace.
Spoon
A showcase for health-conscious, ecologically correct cooking, proving that environmental responsibility and gastronomy aren't mutually exclusive.
Makoto Aoki
Aoki creates dishes that marry Gaul to Japan with brilliant subtlety.
Café Prunier
Always a good choice for a light, luxurious (and pricey) snack of smoked salmon and oysters.
Relais Plaza
A fashion crowd favorite at the Hotel Plaza Athénée.
Le Cinq
The elegant restaurant of Paris's Hôtel Four Seasons George V.
Le Mini Palais
A restaurant behind the majestic colonnade on the eastern flank of the Grand Palais
L'Opéra Restaurant
The Opéra Restaurant in the city's historic opera house finally opened this summer, headed by chef Christophe Aribert.
Le Pantruche
The new Le Pantruche is a perfect specimen of a relaxed and friendly, good-value modern bistrot.
L'Aromatik
Contemporary French cooking by chef Bertrand Martin in a bistrot with an original Art Deco decor.
Corneil
A delightful little bistrot with great meals, smiling service and well-priced wines
Le Galopin
Food lovers are flocking to Le Galopin in the wake of deservedly rave reviews for chef Romain Tischenko.
Le Verre Volé
Le Verre Volé pours terrific wines and has a talented chef with a real affinity for comfort food.
Vivant
Vivant is a wonderfully idiosyncratic wine bar with a fine selection of organic wines and tempting dishes.
Vivant features delicious cuisine du marché using carefully sourced produce, including organic vegetables from the Loire Valley.
Playtime
Jean-Michel Rassinoux is an excellent and very original chef who often borrows ingredients from worlds away.
La Cantine de Quentin
This charming new restaurant and épicerie is the perfect destination after a walk along the romantic canal St-Martin.
Astier
A legendary institution in Paris, Astier has been spruced up, with old-fashioned bistrot staples and lighter contemporary dishes.
Le Dauphin
One of the trendiest addresses in Paris, Le Dauphin is an excellent wine bar with a regularly changing small-plates menu.
Jeanne A
Jeanne A is a terrific place to come with a group for a satisfying meal of first-rate French comfort food.
Au Passage
Au Passage, tucked in a tiny lane near the Bastille, attracts diners with low prices, laidback style and really good food.
Septime
Committed to a cuisine du marché based on seasonal produce, chef Bertrand Grébaut changes his menu almost daily.
Rino
Rino is a great new compass point in Paris for intrepid gourmets, with inventive, market-driven menus that change daily.
La Vache Acrobate
A reasonably-priced, very simple and very good neighborhood bistrot
A La Biche au Bois
A jolly, sometimes raucous, no-nonsense bistrot not far from the Gare de Lyon train station.
Le Comptoir du Petit Marguery
A new, less-expensive annex to Le Petit Marguery, one of the best traditional bistrots in Paris.
L’Entêtée
A minuscule bistrot just off the Rue Daguerre, one of Paris's liveliest and best market streets.
L'Epicuriste
The quality and creativity of the kitchen at L'Epicuriste in Montparnasse are outstanding.
Restaurant du Marché
This fabulous traditional bistrot has a great-value three-course menu.
Le Concert de Cuisine
Chef Naoto Masumoto's superb Franco-Japanese cooking has become a strong draw for stylish crowds.
La Cantine des Tontons
A charming little restaurant in the 15th arrondissement with good food for very fair prices
Jadis
A terrific little bistrot where young chef Guillaume Delage turns out stunning renditions of French classics
L'Abeille
Dinner at L’Abeille, the high-end restaurant of the new Hôtel Shangri-La Paris, is a dazzling performance.
Les Tablettes
Les Tablettes is a perfect example of the growing number of excellent restaurants for well-heeled grownups.
L'Ogre
A pleasant new bistrot facing the Maison de Radio France.
Le Bistral
Chef Yasuhiro Kanayama is one of the best Japanese-born chefs cooking French food in Paris today.
Frédéric Simonin
Contemporary French cooking that's light, politely inventive and full of flavor
Les Fougères
An excellent little place with an attractive dining room, excellent service and superb cooking.
La Bigarrade
A cutting-edge sample of contemporary French cooking
Mon Oncle
A furiously trendy bistrot where it's all pretty good—and the prices are right, too.
Chamarré Montmartre
A very good restaurant and an opportunity to discover a personal take on the cooking and produce of the island of Mauritius.
Guilo-Guilo
An almost impossibly popular Japanese restaurant in Montmartre.
Le Winch
The menu features a reasonably priced, imaginatively prepared catch of the day.
Chéri Bibi
Serving what stylish young Parisians like eating these days-solid vieille France bistrot cuisine made with first-rate produce
Chatomat
This storefront restaurant in Belleville offers sincere, original and delicious meals well worth the long Métro ride.
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