50 best restaurants in Paris
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By Rosa Jackson, editor of the 'Time Out Guide to Eating & Drinking in Paris'
Updated: Tue Mar 24 2009
Latin Quarter | The Marais and eastern Paris | St Germain and Montparnasse Tuilleries and Opéra | Pigalle and Montmartre | Champs-ElyséesPigalle and Montmartre
Rose Bakery Le Miroir
Montmartre has a shortage of reliable bistros, so this one opened in 2008 by a haute cuisine-trained trio is a welcome addition. The dining room gets its charm from an oak bar, glass ceiling at the back and plenty of framed mirrors (hence the name). You’ll find classic neo-bistro fare on the blackboard menu, such as duck magret with wild mushrooms and petits pots de crème vanille with little homemade cakes.
Le Miroir, 94 rue des Martyrs, 18th (+33 1 46 06 50 73). Métro Abbesses. Meal for two with wine and service: around €85.
Pétrelle
Furnished with mismatched antiques that somehow create a magical effect, Jean-Luc André’s restaurant feels like the cluttered home of a Parisian artist. It appeals to French fashion designers and film stars, who come for his equally stylish bistro cooking (tournedos Rossini is a speciality).
Pétrelle, 34 rue Pétrelle, 9th (+33 1 42 82 11 02). Métro Anvers. Meal for two with wine and service: around €150. Feature continuesAdvertisementRose Bakery
This Franco-British café with spare industrial décor has won the hearts of Parisians thanks to its cylindrical carrot cakes, sticky toffee pudding, square quiches, wholesome salads and pizzettes. Weekend brunch is mayhem; best to show up by 12.30pm on a weekday.
Rose Bakery, 46 rue des Martyrs, 9th (+33 1 42 82 12 80). Métro Saint-Georges or Notre-Dame de Lorette. Branch at 30 rue Debelleyme, 3rd (+33 1 49 96 54 01). Métro Saint Sébastien-Frossart. Meal for two with wine and service: around €60.
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11 comments
Stay away from Restaurant Du Palais Royal..The wife had a very nasty dose of food poisoning after eating the lobster rissoto with squid ink..
I had the most amazing meal at le Buisson Ardent last year. I actually went 2 nights in a row. I'm heading back to Paris in the morning and I will be making another reservation for this trip! I'm a complete foodie and I recommend them completely!
I have been to Rose's for breakfast and frankly, I think for someone who lives in London or the UK, it's a lot of hype. You can get equally lovely cakes and puddings in London. They are a hit in Paris because they seem exotic over there. The long ques and the attitude (at the Marais outlet) detracted from the experience greatly but having lived in Paris (and loving the city) I could have overlooked that. However, the menu was underwhelming.
Also adored Ambassade d'Auvergne but the BEST was lunch at Lasserre with the roof opened to a beautiful afternoon. Stupendous food, service was formal but not stuffy at all. A precious memory of Paris.
We took TimeOut's advice and recently dined at L'Ardoise. I have been to Paris a number of times and this goes down as the worst night ever in my favorite city. Thankfully the food was excellent. Our food was crammed down our throats by two waitresses who were working the whole room. They should have been flipping pancakes in a greasy American spoon. To top it off they were rude. I have had few experiences with service like this in Paris but have to say that it is these kinds of experiences that turn off tourists to France. $200 euros later we went the next night to a wonderful restaurant around the corner...MUCH MORE WORTH IT VIN CHAI MOI...TOP NOTCH FOOD, CLASSIC FRENCH, CLASSIC SURFACE. NO BUSH LEAGUE WAIT STAFF HERE
The service at Julien is absolutely terrible. We had a reservation for 10pm. It took till 1030pm to be seated, 1050pm to be given a menu, and 1130pm to be served our first course. The bill came 20 mins after requesting it. Food was ok, not spectacular.
my favourite eating experience in Paris, (my dining there ocurred mainly in the 1-6 aronds) was L'Ambasade D'Auvergne on Rue de Grenier St Lazare (close to Pompidou Centre). Been there twice now and superb ech time
C.Elder... you can't be serious. Food in London as good as in Paris. Impossible.
I have dined at several restaurants in Paris and have found that Chez Pierre Gagnaire, 6 Rue Balzac, is by far the BEST restaurant in Paris. If you are looking for true elegance, Pierre Gagnaire is your best option. Although the cheapest entree item on the menu is 160 Euro, ranging up to 420 Euro, it has been rated the 3rd best restaurant IN THE WORLD for several years.
This all seems ridiculously expensive.€60 for a salad at granterroirs!!!That's £55+ for a salad!!!!€130 for 3 course meal,that's £120!!!!The credit crunch will kill off these pretentious over priced places.
Otherwise,stay in London and get food just as good without these insane prices.
Hello and thank you for your review. Please note however that racines is spelled with an S like roots: racines.
Happy new year to everybody