Where to eat at and around Shangri-La Paris
You are at 10 Avenue d'Iéna on the Chaillot hill, a short walk above the Seine and two minutes from Iéna Métro, in a residential, museum-lined corner of the 16th. Inside, Shang Palace serves Chinese cooking from Thursday to Monday, Les Salons du Prince and the garden bistro Maison Roland open every day from noon, and Le Bar Botaniste opens at 6pm. Outside, within eight minutes on foot, are two starred dining rooms on Rue de Longchamp, a starred yacht moored below the hill, a Routiers bistro and two terraces that face the tower.
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Within ten minutes on foot
- 5 min walk
Routiers bistro by the Musée d'Art Moderne · €€
A true Paris bistro with the red and blue Routiers plaque by the door, tucked between the Seine and the Musée d'Art Moderne, with a quiet terrace. It opens every day of the year, noon to 2.30pm and 7.30pm to 10.30pm, and the autumn 2026 menu is the bistro canon at modest prices: œufs mayonnaise at €6.50, six escargots at €16, blanquette de veau at €24, steak au poivre at €32, tarte Tatin or baba au rhum at €10. Book for dinner.
Reserve ahead5 Rue de la Manutention
- 6 min walk
Palais de Tokyo brasserie facing the tower · €€€
Inside the Palais de Tokyo, under a high Art Deco ceiling, with a terrace on the quays that looks across the Seine to the Eiffel Tower. The cooking is simple, built on regional produce, and the terrace is the reason to go. Lunch runs Monday to Friday from noon to 2.30pm, brunch on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4pm, and dinner from 7pm, with the room staying open until 2am. Book, and ask for the terrace when the weather allows.
Reserve ahead20 Avenue de New York
- 6 min walk
Bakery and pâtisserie, open from 7am · €
The neighbourhood branch of Cyril Lignac's bakeries, for bread, pastries and chocolates to take away. It opens at 7am every day, closing at 7pm on Monday and 8pm the rest of the week, which makes it the early alternative to the hotel's €70 breakfast and the place to stock up for a picnic by the river. Go back in the afternoon for the chocolate flan, or for a box of the marshmallow and praline bears to take home.
Walk in2 Rue de Chaillot
- 7 min walk
One-star dinner cruise, Frédéric Anton · €€€€
An Art Deco yacht moored at Port Debilly, on the right bank opposite the tower at the foot of the hill, with one star in the 2026 guide for Frédéric Anton's menu. It sails Tuesday to Saturday, dinner only: boarding from 7.45pm, casting off at 8.15pm sharp, back at about 10.30pm, then a last drink at the quay with the tower lit. The menu is €250 before drinks, with curry-scented crab and caviar, langoustine raviole and a hot chocolate soufflé. Book and pay online; no jeans, trainers or sportswear.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outPort Debilly
- 6 min walk
One-star cooking to share, Pascal Barbot · €€€€
Pascal Barbot's restaurant, one star in the 2026 guide, where French produce meets cooking from further afield: a lettuce leaf with a lightly spiced ssam sauce, koshihikari rice with coconut milk and galangal, toothfish caramelised with beurre blanc and soy, all set in the middle of the table to share. It opens Monday to Friday only, lunch from noon with last orders at 2pm and dinner from 7.30pm with last orders at 9.30pm, and closes at weekends. Lunch is the way in, at €85 or €125 for the seasonal menu; dinner starts at €175. Book ahead.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out32 Rue de Longchamp
- 8 min walk
Two-star tasting menus, Shinichi Sato · €€€€
Shinichi Sato, formerly of Passage 53, cooks in a dining room wrapped in woven wooden slats by Kengo Kuma, and the 2026 guide gives him two stars. Dinner runs Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm, with lunch on Saturday only, from noon with last orders at 1.30pm, and it is closed on Sunday and Monday. The Saturday lunch is €180 and the dinner menus €290, €360 and €450, with a cellar of more than 1,500 vintages built around Burgundy. The dinner to book when you book the room.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out52 Rue de Longchamp
- 8 min walk
Terrace restaurant and late bar facing the tower · €€€€
In the Palais de Chaillot, with terraces looking over the Champ de Mars to the Eiffel Tower. It opens daily for lunch, from noon to 2.30pm on weekdays and to 4pm at weekends, and again from 6.30pm to 2am; at dinner only guests aged 15 and over are admitted. Mains run from €34 to €65, and a guaranteed terrace table with a glass of Champagne costs €60 a head on top of the meal. The cheaper way to the view is a drink from 11pm, booked or at the door; from Thursday to Saturday a DJ plays, with a €50 minimum spend.
Reserve ahead17 Place du Trocadéro
Breakfast
The Art of Breakfast is served on the lobby level from 7am to 10.30am. The French breakfast and the Chinese breakfast are €70 a person each, tax and service included: the buffet plus dishes cooked to order, such as truffled scrambled eggs, a lobster omelette or smoked salmon eggs Benedict for the French, congee, dim sum and soy milk with youtiao for the Chinese. The Roland Bonaparte supplement adds €250 for 30 g of Baeri caviar and a bottle of 2019 Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs, and a mimosa is €25. Whether breakfast is included depends on the rate you book; on a room-only rate two people pay €140 a morning. With a Terrace Eiffel View Room, the terrace is the place to have it. Outside, La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac on Rue de Chaillot opens at 7am every day for bread and pastries to take away.
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Questions people ask
Good questions about Shangri-La Paris
Where can I eat near Shangri-La Paris?
You are at 10 Avenue d'Iéna on the Chaillot hill, a short walk above the Seine and two minutes from Iéna Métro, in a residential, museum-lined corner of the 16th. Inside, Shang Palace serves Chinese cooking from Thursday to Monday, Les Salons du Prince and the garden bistro Maison Roland open every day from noon, and Le Bar Botaniste opens at 6pm. Outside, within eight minutes on foot, are two starred dining rooms on Rue de Longchamp, a starred yacht moored below the hill, a Routiers bistro and two terraces that face the tower. Les Marches, 5 min walk. Monsieur Bleu, 6 min walk. La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac, 6 min walk.
Our verdict
Book Shangri-La Paris for the Eiffel Tower in the window of a prince's house, and pay for a room named Eiffel, as high up as you can, to get it. Without the view, you are paying palace rates for a courtyard or garden outlook.
Last checked: October 2026