Aux Charpentiers
10, rue Mabillon (6) Tel: 01-43-26-30-05 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR A low priced basic bistro across from the St. Germain market in a neighborhood of restaurants. Fairly large, with small, closely spaced tables, but a real chef with Read more
Au Pied de Fouet
3, rue Saint Benoit (6) Tel: 01-42-96-59-10 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Movie set French. Small as in tiny. Twelve seats downstairs plus only slightly larger upstairs balcony. Ambition (and price) commensurate with size. Surely not a destination, but Read more
Agape Substance
66, rue Mazarine (6) Tel: 01-43-29-33-83 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR A very modern, very expensive tapas-style menu with many courses on set menu, described on the menu card only by principal ingredient. Of the 30 or so seats, Read more
21 Rue Mazarine
21, rue Mazarine (6) Tel: 01-46-33-76-90 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Fish is expensive worldwide. A great deal of fish is consumed in Paris, and there are no bargains. The best (wild caught) fish is more expensive still. Paris Read more
Tour D’Argent (La)
15-17, quai de la Tournelle (5)
Tel: 01-43-54-23-31
AMBIANCE/DÉCOR
What is Tour d’Argent doing on this list? Long ago demoted from decades of 3-star stature to 1-star, isn’t it tired, touristy and a relic from another age? Maybe so, but nothing like a 65€ lunch menu to motivate me to find out.
Terroir Parisien
20, rue Saint Victor (5) Tel: 01-44-31-54-54 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR Terroir Parisien is not the only 3-star chef’s “second restaurant” with an impeccable pedigree, but results which disappoint. Yannick Alleno is chef at Le Meurice. This is Read more
Petit Pontoise (Le)
9, rue de Pontoise (5) Tel: 01-43-29-25-20 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR On a crowded Sunday night, friendly welcome. Many foreigners. The tourist guides exaggerate. Good, not exceptional food. (A new annex next door.) FOOD Fair, but ordinary in Read more
Papilles (Les)
30, rue Gay Lussac (5) Tel: 01-43-25-20-79 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR If I could own a restaurant in Paris, this may be it. But if I was to recommend a restaurant in Paris, I have reservations. Great looking Read more
Moissonnier
28, rue des Fosses St.-Bernard (5) Tel: 01-43-29-87-65 AMBIANCE/DÉCOR The feeling in this restaurant on a Friday night was of older French people eating out, versus “dining out”, a neighborhood place where people went to Read more