Restaurants
Timeless stopover at the Mini Palais
Very few restaurants in Paris can boast about being enchanting and timeless. At the Mini Palais, we enter the temple of good taste, but especially in a majestic setting. This gourmet restaurant, designed by architect duet Gilles & Boissier, is in an “artist studio” style. But the best part remains the terrace, lined with imperial columns along its length, and some palm trees. Simply exceptional! At night, with the candle lights, it creates a cozy and romantic atmosphere.
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
The cuisine…
Eric Fréchon prepares simple but gourmet dishes: Pil-Pil squids; yellow wine cheese crusted sweetbread; whiting which melts in the mouth and baby spinach salad; roasted figs and gingerbread ice cream, which will take you back to your childhood straightaway. The wine steward is our very favorite. He will guide you throughout the meal, offering a perfect wine-dish harmony. Reserving a table at the Mini Palais means that you will live for sure, a unique experience.
Open every day from 10 am to 2 am.
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
Photo credit: Vincent Krieger
Mini Palais
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.56.42.42
resa@minipalais.com
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Book a table at Les Fines Gueules
Located in a historic 17th century listed building designed by the architect Jules Hardouin Mansart just off the Place des Victoires, the restaurant Les Fines Gueules is celebrated as a landmark of the 1er arrondissement. Capturing the historic and contemporary in a unique atmosphere, this building built of exposed stone, brick, metal and wood is home to a market-based cuisine with a core focus on seasonal flavours. The reason? Les Fines Gueules uses only reputed producers like Joel Thiebault, the market gardener supplying to many of the city’s top chefs, or Hugo Desnoyers, the meat supplier to the Elysee Palace. Some of the house specialties are Sea Bream with Peach Sauce, Tartare de Limousine au Couteau (hand-cut steak tartar) and Pear Clafoutis, not to mention the many organic wines (the restaurant boasts a significant selection of 500 French and foreign wines). A great place to go with friends.
Open 7 days a week.
Les Fines Gueules
43, rue Croix des Petits Champs
75001 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.61.35.41
lesfinesgueules@free.fr
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Café Le Pavillon: for a romantic dinner
Romantic one-on-one dinner or girls night out? The Café Le Pavillon follows your every desire! With a lounge, romantic and glamorous atmosphere, this restaurant is often full of Parisians for dinner, to have a drink or some tapas to nibble on. Over here, new French cuisine meets hamburgers and other bagels thanks to the French/American concept. You therefore shouldn’t be surprised to discover milkshake-style cocktails on the menu. As main course, try the original Duck magret with raspberry sauce and maple syrup served with home-made potatoes, or the Carambar crème brûlée for dessert. And if American cuisine leaves you unmoved, try the Luxe Burger with foie gras!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 8 am to 2 am.
Café Le Pavillon
65, Boulevard Sebastopol
75001 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.33.87.07
cafelepavillon@gmail.com
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Ze Kitchen Galerie: William Ledeuil at work
For a change of scenery (and area), don’t be afraid to cross over the Seine! On the other side of the Pont Neuf is one of the most lively gastronomic restaurants in Paris. At Ze Kitchen Galerie of Wiliam Ledeuil, we taste sweet and sour dishes, oriented towards the flavors of South-East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam and Japan). On the menu, the Comfit and grilled Iberique pork with coriander and papaya is a lovely surprise, and the White chocolate and wasabi ice cream, litchi and Jasmine emulsion for dessert is a real firework.
Open every day from 12 to 2.30 pm and from 7 to 11 pm (except Saturday for lunch and Sundays).
Ze Kitchen Galerie
4, rue des Grands-Augustins
75006 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.44.32.00.32
F. : +33.(0)1.44.32.00.33
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The traditional cuisine of Chez Flottes
Located in the heart of the French capital, in front of the Jardin des Tuileries, the brasserie Chez Flottes welcomes customers in a familial atmosphere and Art Nouveau setting. In an enchanting décor, between stained-glass windows, wood paneling and subdued lighting, Chez Flottes serves traditional cuisine with scents from Aveyron. Between aligots, oysters, seafood and other truffle tartines, the menu will live up to any desires and appetites.
Open everyday from 11.30 am to 12.30 am.
Chez Flottes
2, rue Cambon
75001 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.60.80.89
flottes@wanadoo.fr
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Le Carré des Feuillants by Alain Dutournier
Near the Place Vendôme and the Jardin des Tuileries, meet with the flavors of the South-West of France at the Carré des Feuillants thanks to one of our best culinary creators, Alain Dutournier. Renowned for his simple and original gastronomic-like cuisine, the Chef of the Carré des Feuillants combines unexpected flavors and textures such as foie gras, Jerusalem artichoke and black truffle or hen pheasant, chestnut and Alba truffle. A cuisine you absolutely cannot miss in the image of the decor: delicate and sophisticated.
The Carré des Feuillants is open from Monday to Friday from 12 to 2 pm and from 7.30 to 10.30 pm.
Rates: Allow around 95€ à la carte (without wine).
Seasonal Menu:160€.
“Le meilleur du moment” menu: 200€.
Carré des Feuillants
14, rue Castiglione
75001 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.86.82.82
F. : +33.(0)1.42.86.07.71
carredesfeuillants@orange.fr
Senderens: gastronomic get-away
In 1985, Alain Senderens, great French Chef, took over Lucas Carton restaurant and put his famous “duck Apicius” on the menu. In 2005, he turned it into a less expensive restaurant but still of quality, and simply named it Sanderens. Today, this restaurant remains an major reference of French gastronomy, where Majorelle paneling contrast perfectly with the new modern design by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance (lit tables and mirrors). Senderens has a bar, Le Passage, and 3 private salons where plays of shades and lights redefine the setting. The Chef’s cuisine is an invitation to escape and awaken the senses thanks to the exotic notes perfectly mixed with the best of gastronomy. Because of his still intact passion for the combination of dishes and wine, Alain Senderens strives to associate each dish with the wine that fits best, like the crusty langoustines, coriander and lovage with a glass of Anjou “Les Bonnes Blanches” 2008 – A. et R. Mosse.
The restaurant Senderens is open from noon to 2.45 pm and from 7.30 to 11.15 pm.
The bar Le Passage is open from noon to 2.45 pm and from 7.30 to 11.15 pm. T.: +33.(0)1.42.65.56.66
Rates: Tasting menus from 110€.
Allow around 120€ à la carte, wine included.
Senderens
9, Place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris
France
T.: +33.(0)1.42.65.22.90
F.: +33(0)1.42.65.06.23
restaurant@senderens.fr
Restaurant Thaim : culinary escape with Asian flavors
Just steps from the Palais Royal, the Asian restaurant Thaim offers a refined and a tasty Thai cuisine, like its green curry and coconut chicken, in a contemporary décor with a lounge soundtrack. In the wall niches, you’ll see many craft objects (for sale) coming from Thailand. The unique menu changes everyday. The dishes, introduced in a Lampang ceramic tableware, perfectly reflect the Thai culinary culture.
Opened from Monday to Friday from 12.15pm until 3pm, and from 7.15pm until 11.30pm. On Saturdays from 7.15pm until 11.30pm.
Rates : Lunch Menu at 15.50€.
Dinner Menu at 24.50€ (27.50€ on Saturday evening).
Restaurant Thaïm
46, rue Richelieu
75001 Paris
France
T.: +33.(0)1.42.96.54.67
Toro : to taste tapas
Aie Caramba ! The Spanish fervor in Paris ? We find it on the Rambla Etienne Marcel!Toro is a bar, a restaurant and a club with Spanish accents. We come here for the decoration of the young architect Richard Marioton-Jones, for the atmosphere and for the cuisine of Reinaldo and Ernesto, the two brothers who created the place.We can taste tapas looking like Mille Feuilles ( with mild cheese, crab and zucchini ) or delicious croquetas, before ending with a caramelized banana rum Tarte Tatin. Caliente ! The wine list is exclusively from Latin America and Spain. A place like no other.
A little extra : the mini-club recently opened in the basement of the restaurant, where arty performances are programmed. Dance, magic, striptease : There’s something for everyone!
Opened everyday from 11am until small hours.
Brunch Iberico at18€ on Sundays.
Assortment of 3 tapas : 12€.
Toro
74, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
75001 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.44.76.00.03
www.toroparis.com
Restaurant The Colimacon: chic and contemporary
Nestled in the rue Vieille du Temple, not far from the famous rue des Rosiers in the historic heart of Paris, this restaurant is an address that we will recommend to our friends. Combining contemporary furniture with antique beams and stone walls, all sprinkled with a light red-orange trend. The Colimaçon brings together generation and styles. Open since December 2009 only, the owner Nicolas turned to a fifteen years of experience chef, including six at the Dos de la Baleine, exudes a homemade, controlled and tasty seasonal cuisine. The property, opened for dinner only, offers the perfect setting for a gourmet and romantic head-to-head. The wine cellar focuses on typical and special wines, to discover the glass or bottle.
Open 7 days a week, only on the evening except on Saturday and Sunday all day.
Menus from 21€ to 27€.
Le Colimaçon
44, rue Vieille du Temple
75004 Paris
France
T. : 01.48.87.12.01
colimacon.marais@laposte.net
www.colimacon-marais.com
