13 splurge rooms in Paris, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Paris. All Paris food.
Arpège ★ 4.9
84 Rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris
Alain Passard's Arpège has cooked vegetable-first three-Michelin-star menus in Paris since 1986. The kitchen pulls produce daily from three estate gardens.
Tip: Lunch at €175 lands a fraction of the cost of dinner and uses the same kitchen line.
Table Bruno Verjus ★ 4.8
12e · 3 Rue de Prague, 75012 Paris
Table Bruno Verjus in Paris's 12e cooks ingredient-first: produce sourced by name, fish breathing that morning, no dish served twice in a row.
Tip: Two Michelin stars and number 8 on The World's 50 Best 2025. Book eight weeks out for dinner, four for lunch.
Épicure ★ 4.8
Le Bristol, 112 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris
Arnaud Faye's Épicure inside Le Bristol Paris keeps a three-star classical French line: truffled macaroni, Bresse poularde poached in a bladder for two.
Tip: Sunday lunch in the garden is the seating most locals book for a celebration.
Plénitude ★ 4.7
Cheval Blanc Paris, 8 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris
Arnaud Donckele's Plénitude in Paris cooks sauce-first inside Cheval Blanc on the Seine. Three Michelin stars since the room opened in 2021.
Tip: The Sunday dinner is the easiest seating, with the same kitchen and a calmer floor.
Restaurant Guy Savoy ★ 4.7
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris
Guy Savoy's Restaurant Guy Savoy in Paris cooks inside the Monnaie mint on the Seine. The artichoke and truffle soup has been on the carte since 1980.
Tip: Lunch at €230 is the cheapest way into the three-star room. Book eight weeks ahead.
Restaurant KEI ★ 4.7
5 Rue Coq Héron, 75001 Paris
Kei Kobayashi's Restaurant KEI in Paris was the first restaurant cooked by a Japanese chef in France to hold three Michelin stars, awarded in 2020.
Tip: The eight-week lead time is real. Set a phone reminder for the day bookings open.
Le Clarence ★ 4.6
31 Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008 Paris
Andrea Capasso's Le Clarence in Paris cooks game- and shellfish-forward tasting menus inside a Domaine Clarence Dillon townhouse on the Champs-Élysées.
Tip: Two seatings at lunch and dinner. Pelé works the floor; ask the maître d' to flag him.
Alléno Paris ★ 4.6
Pavillon Ledoyen, 8 Avenue Dutuit, 75008 Paris
Yannick Alléno's Alléno Paris in the Pavillon Ledoyen built its three-star case on cryoconcentrated sauces, the chef's twenty-year research project.
Tip: If the main room is booked, the Pavillon Ledoyen complex holds three Alléno restaurants.
Le Cinq ★ 4.6
Four Seasons George V, 31 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris
Christian Le Squer's Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V in Paris keeps three Michelin stars on a classical line built around lobster, caviar and butter.
Tip: Lunch sets at €175 are the most under-priced way into a three-star palace room.
Pavyllon ★ 4.5
Pavillon Ledoyen, 8 Avenue Dutuit, 75008 Paris
Pavyllon in Paris is Yannick Alléno's counter-seating two-star: 36 seats in a circle, a la carte for a fraction of what the main Ledoyen room costs.
Tip: Seats at the counter are easier than a table; book a 12:30 lunch over a 20:00 dinner.
La Scène ★ 4.5
32 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
Stéphanie Le Quellec's La Scène in Paris cooks open-kitchen on the 8e: a long copper bar fronting a 12-seat dining room, two Michelin stars since 2020.
Tip: Eight bar stools front the open kitchen; ask for those rather than the back tables.
Akrame ★ 4.4
7 Rue Tronchet, 75008 Paris
Akrame Benallal's Akrame in Paris cooks an Algerian-French tasting menu that earned the 8e room two Michelin stars in 2015 and a regular table since.
Tip: The shorter weekday lunch at €70 is the cheapest two-Michelin-star meal in central Paris.
Le Grand Véfour ★ 4.3
1er · 17 Rue de Beaujolais, 75001 Paris
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.