Bistrot Paul Bert is a french bistro restaurant in 11E, Paris.
Bistrot Paul Bert is Paris's textbook bistro: zinc bar, chalkboard menu, steak frites cooked rare with hand-cut fries, île flottante for two on a single.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Steak frites, Île flottante
Must order: Steak frites cooked saignant, île flottante for two, a pichet of house red.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Book two weeks ahead for a weeknight or take the 19:30 first seating.
Address: 18 Rue Paul Bert, 75011 Paris
Iñaki Aizpitarte's Le Chateaubriand in Paris invented the modern neo-bistro tasting menu in 2006. A fixed five courses, no swap, runs €85 a head.
Signature: Tasting menu, no choice
Order: There is no a la carte. Trust the menu and order a bottle from the natural list.
Tip: Bookings 09:00 the day prior; or take a 21:30 walk-in slot at the second seating.
Le Rigmarole in Paris pairs Robert Compagnon's binchotan yakitori grill with Jessica Yang's hand-rolled pasta. A nightly tasting menu only, no a la carte.
Signature: Charcoal-grilled chicken thigh, Hand-rolled pasta
Order: Trust the kaiseki-style yakitori order; ask for the pasta as an extra course.
Tip: One seating at 19:30 and one at 21:30. Book six weeks out for weekends, four for a Tuesday.
Two centuries of dining-room history at Le Grand Véfour, the Palais-Royal mirror-and-velvet salon where Paris cooked dinner for Napoleon, Colette and Cocteau.
Signature: Ravioles de foie gras, Soufflé
Order: The ravioles de foie gras at the chef's prix-fixe lunch.
Tip: Tuesday-Friday lunch is a third the price of dinner and books two weeks out, not four months.
Iñaki Aizpitarte's Le Chateaubriand in Paris invented the modern neo-bistro tasting menu in 2006. A fixed five courses, no swap, runs €85 a head.
Signature: Tasting menu, no choice
Order: There is no a la carte. Trust the menu and order a bottle from the natural list.
Tip: Bookings 09:00 the day prior; or take a 21:30 walk-in slot at the second seating.
Le Cinq Mars is the kind of Paris room a gallerist takes a writer to: red banquettes, chalkboard, an endive salad with Roquefort and walnuts that has not.
Signature: Endive salad with Roquefort, Pot-au-feu
Order: The endive Roquefort salad and pot-au-feu in winter; vitello tonnato in summer.
Tip: Lunch is open to walk-ins; dinner books a week ahead, two weeks for a weekend.
Chez Georges has run the same Paris bistro menu since 1964: sole meunière, oeufs en gelée, profiteroles. Located in 2E. Kitchen leans french bistro.
Signature: Sole meunière, Profiteroles
Order: Sole meunière, gratin dauphinois, profiteroles to finish.
Tip: Closed weekends and August. Tables turn twice; book 19:30 or 21:30 a fortnight out.
Le Bon Georges in Paris's 9e cooks farmer-named meat and a tarte tatin worth ordering before the main: the kitchen prep includes a 12-hour rest on the apples.
Signature: Côte de bœuf, Tarte tatin
Order: Côte de bœuf for two from a named Limousin farm, tarte tatin with crème fraîche.
Tip: The wine list is small but well-chosen; ask the waiter rather than the sommelier.
Le Rigmarole in Paris pairs Robert Compagnon's binchotan yakitori grill with Jessica Yang's hand-rolled pasta. A nightly tasting menu only, no a la carte.
Signature: Charcoal-grilled chicken thigh, Hand-rolled pasta
Order: Trust the kaiseki-style yakitori order; ask for the pasta as an extra course.
Tip: One seating at 19:30 and one at 21:30. Book six weeks out for weekends, four for a Tuesday.
