Belle Époque dining room and late bar, since 1893 · €€€€
Opened in 1893 and given its Art Nouveau rooms by Louis Marnez in 1898, listed since 1979, it is all mahogany scrolls, bronze foliage, bevelled mirrors and stained glass, now run by Paris Society with a live band every evening. The menu is bourgeois classics: beef fillet with pepper sauce at €49, sole grenobloise for two at €180, crêpes Suzette at €22. Dinner runs nightly from 7pm to 11pm, 11.30pm Thursday to Saturday, with lunch at weekends only. Tables are by reservation, with a dress code; the bar opens from 7pm to 2am on Wednesday and Sunday and to 3am Thursday to Saturday, with a DJ.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out3 Rue Royale
Paris bistro on Rue Royale · €€
Paris Society's revival of the old Minim's, two doors up from its Maxim's, redecorated by Cordélia de Castellane, with the classics at bistro prices: eggs mayonnaise at €8, six Burgundy snails at €19, hanger steak with béarnaise, pepper or shallot sauce at €31 and sole meunière at €64. Lunch runs from noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 7pm to 11pm, Tuesday to Saturday, with a pianist from Thursday to Saturday evenings; it closes on Sunday and Monday. Booking is advised, and every guest is asked to order a main course.
Reserve ahead7 Rue Royale
Jean-François Piège's Riviera kitchen at the Hôtel de la Marine · €€€
Piège's Mediterranean restaurant across Rue Royale, with a dining room, a bar and a terrace, and a wood fire for the fish and French beef. Start with the traditional oeuf mimosa at €6 and the salade niçoise made at your table at €30; mains run from a steamed green vegetable plate at €24 to beef fillet at €44, and a Galician rib of beef for two is €90 a head. Lunch is noon to 2pm, Monday to Saturday, and dinner 7pm to 10pm Monday to Wednesday and to 11pm Thursday to Saturday.
Reserve aheadHôtel de la Marine, 2 Rue Royale
Volunteer-run weekday lunch at the Madeleine church · €
An independent association restaurant since 1969, behind the flower kiosks on the Place de la Madeleine, where volunteers serve at table and a kitchen brigade cooks everything in-house from seasonal produce. The menu changes every week and goes up on Monday morning. It opens for lunch only, Monday to Friday from 11.45am to 1.45pm, closing on public holidays and for part of August; tables may be shared, and membership of the association is part of eating there, which helps pay for €1 meals for people in need. Groups of eight or more book, at €17.50 for a starter, main, cheese or dessert and coffee; everyone else should arrive before 12.30pm.
Walk inPlace de la Madeleine
Caviar house founded in Paris in 1927 · €€€€
The caviar house on the Place de la Madeleine, and the dish to order is the baked potato topped with caviar, from €122 with 30 g of Imperial Baeri. The Vladivostock potato with salmon roe is the gentler way in at €62, scrambled eggs with smoked salmon are €35, and caviar by weight starts at €111 for 30 g, taxes and service included. It is the one place on this list built around a single ingredient. Book by phone on +33 1 42 65 33 32 or online.
Reserve ahead17 Place de la Madeleine
Yannick Alléno's one-star counter in the Champs-Élysées gardens · €€€€
Alléno's counter facing the open kitchen in the Pavillon Ledoyen, one MICHELIN star in the 2026 guide, with a terrace that is a green space in summer and a sheltered garden in winter. The three-course lunch at the counter is €88, the Champs-Élysées menu €145 for four courses or €175 for five, and Sunday brunch €145. It serves daily from noon to 2.30pm and 7pm to 10.30pm, with brunch on Sunday, and asks for proper dress. Upstairs, Alléno Paris holds three stars, with dinner Monday to Friday and menus at €330 and €415.
Reserve aheadPavillon Ledoyen, 8 Avenue Dutuit
Savoury and sweet soufflés, Rue du Mont-Thabor · €€
A restaurant given over to soufflés, one street back from the Rue de Rivoli. Order a cheese soufflé at €19 or Roquefort with caramelised pears at €22, and a Grand Marnier or chocolate soufflé at €14 to finish; the all-soufflé menu is €40, and the weekday lunch menu, Tuesday to Friday from noon to 2pm, is €35 with a drink and coffee. Dinner takes last orders at 10pm. It opens Tuesday to Saturday and closes on Sunday, Monday and public holidays; children under ten have their own €25 menu.
Reserve ahead36 Rue du Mont-Thabor
Tea room under the Rivoli arcades, since 1903 · €€
Anton Rumpelmayer opened this tea room in 1903 and named it after his daughter-in-law, in an Art Nouveau room of mouldings, bevelled mirrors and Riviera frescoes. Order the old-fashioned hot chocolate at €10.50 and the Mont-Blanc, meringue and chestnut cream, at €10.50; at breakfast a croissant filled with scrambled eggs and Comté is €15 and eggs Benedict €15.50. It opens every day at 8am and closes at 7.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8pm Friday to Sunday. It takes no reservations, so come at opening.
Walk in226 Rue de Rivoli
Breakfast is not included unless your rate says so. It is served in the Jardin d'Hiver, the lounge between the lobby and the Cour d'Honneur, from 7am, with tables on the courtyard terrace in good weather. The set breakfasts are the Parisian at €35 a head, hot drink, juice and morning bakeries; the American and the Healthy at €65; and the Chic at €95, with a mimosa and caviar boiled eggs or truffled scrambled eggs. À la carte, eggs with two sides are €25, truffled or caviar scrambled eggs €49 and an espresso €12. Take it on the terrace once. For the other mornings, Angelina on Rue de Rivoli, ten minutes away, opens at 8am every day, with its hot chocolate at €10.50 and a croissant filled with scrambled eggs and Comté at €15.
