15 restaurants in Paris, editor-picked for monday dinner. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Paris.
Septime ★ 4.8
11e · 80 Rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:15-14:00 19:30-23:00, Closed Sat-Sun
Bertrand Grébaut's Septime in Paris remains the room every neo-bistro in the city compares itself to. Reservations open 21 days ahead and burn within an hour.
Tip: Easier on a Tuesday lunch than Friday dinner. Same kitchen, same wine, half the wait list.
Frenchie ★ 4.6
2e · 5-6 Rue du Nil, 75002 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 18:30-23:00, Closed Sat-Sun
Gregory Marchand's Frenchie sits on Paris's Rue du Nil, the alley he and his suppliers turned into a four-shop street: bistro, bar, wine cellar.
Tip: If the bistro is booked, the Frenchie Bar à Vins across the alley takes walk-ups and runs the same kitchen.
Tomy & Co ★ 4.6
7e · 22 Rue Surcouf, 75007 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-13:30, 19:15-21:30
Tomy Gousset's Tomy & Co in Paris's 7e earned a Michelin star in 2018 and still runs the seasonal kitchen everyone in the embassy quarter books for a long.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The five-course tasting at €98 is the deal of the room on weeknights.
Le Servan ★ 4.5
11e · 32 Rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:00 19:30-22:30, Sat 19:30-22:30, Closed Sun
Tatiana and Katia Levha's Le Servan in Paris reads the seasonal-French rulebook through a Filipino lens. The dining room is loud, the menu changes weekly.
Tip: Lunch is a third of the price and almost as good as dinner. Booking opens 30 days out.
Clamato ★ 4.5
11e · 80 Rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris
Hours: Daily 12:00-14:30 19:00-22:30
Septime's seafood little sister, Clamato in Paris runs no-reservation oysters, ceviche and grilled fish from 19:00. Walk-in only; queue forms by 18:45.
Tip: Arrive at 18:45 for the first seating or after 21:30 for the second. No bookings ever.
Verjus ★ 4.5
1er · 52 Rue de Richelieu, 75001 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 18:30-23:00; closed Sat-Sun
Braden Perkins and Laura Adrian's Verjus in Paris's 1er runs a no-choice tasting menu and a bar-à-vins below, both built around growers' wines and seasonal.
Tip: If Verjus is booked, the Verjus Bar à Vins downstairs takes walk-ups and runs the same wine list.
Le Comptoir du Relais ★ 4.4
6e · 9 Carrefour de l'Odéon, 75006 Paris
Hours: Daily 12:00-23:00
Yves Camdeborde's Le Comptoir du Relais in Paris helped invent the term bistronomie in the 1990s and still serves the dining-room version every weeknight.
Tip: Lunch and weekend service runs walk-in; dinner Mon-Fri needs a booking six weeks out.
Le Bon Georges ★ 4.4
9e · 45 Rue Saint-Georges, 75009 Paris
Hours: Daily 12:00-14:30, 19:00-22:30
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.
Tip: The wine list is small but well-chosen; ask the waiter rather than the sommelier.
Racines ★ 4.4
2e · 8 Passage des Panoramas, 75002 Paris
Hours: Daily, lunch and dinner
Racines in Paris's Passage des Panoramas pours an Italian-leaning natural-wine list and serves hand-rolled pasta from Simone Tondo. Twelve tables, all dinner.
Tip: The Passage des Panoramas closes its gates at night; ring the bell to be let through.
Le Mermoz ★ 4.4
8e · 16 Rue Jean Mermoz, 75008 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:15-14:00, 19:15-22:00; closed Sat-Sun
Le Mermoz in Paris's 8e is the neighbourhood bistro chef Thomas Graham took over after Manon Fleury: a single chalkboard, fish-forward small plates at lunch.
Tip: Lunch only Mon-Wed, dinner Thu-Fri, no service Sat-Sun. Book a week ahead for dinner.
Le Grand Véfour ★ 4.3
1er · 17 Rue de Beaujolais, 75001 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30-14:30 19:00-22:30, Closed Sat-Sun
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.
Tip: Tuesday-Friday lunch is a third the price of dinner and books two weeks out, not four months.
Chez Georges ★ 4.3
2e · 1 Rue du Mail, 75002 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:30 19:00-23:00, Closed Sat-Sun
Chez Georges has run the same Paris bistro menu since 1964: sole meunière, oeufs en gelée, profiteroles. Located in 2E. Kitchen leans french bistro.
Tip: Closed weekends and August. Tables turn twice; book 19:30 or 21:30 a fortnight out.
Le Bistrot Flaubert ★ 4.3
17e · 10 Rue Gustave Flaubert, 75017 Paris
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-13:30, 19:00-21:30; closed Sat-Sun
Le Bistrot Flaubert in Paris's 17e is the Michel Rostang bistro annex now run by Nicolas Baumann and the Groupe Éclore team. Kitchen leans french bistro.
Tip: Lunch is the steal: a two-course set for under €35, including a glass of wine and coffee.
Le Cinq Mars ★ 4.2
7e · 51 Rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-14:30 19:30-22:30, Fri 12:00-14:30 19:30-23:00, Sat 12:30-15:00, Sun 12:30-15:00 19:30-22:30
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.
Tip: Lunch is open to walk-ins; dinner books a week ahead, two weeks for a weekend.
Le Saint-Sébastien ★ 4.2
11e · 42 Rue Saint-Sébastien, 75011 Paris
Hours: Mon-Sat 18:30-22:00
Le Saint-Sébastien is the Paris 11e wine-bar bistro that pours a tighter natural-wine list than its size suggests, with smoked herring and beef tartare.
Tip: Lunch is the easier ticket than dinner. Closed Mon-Tue, full Wed-Sun service.