Diners' Choice: French restaurants in Paris

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Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best overall French cuisine in Paris? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyses more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favourites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Sphère

5.0

5 (251)

€30 and under

French

Haussmann Saint-Lazare

About the restaurant

The new French restaurant SPHERE brings a new breath of gastronomy to the business district of rue de la Boétie Paris 8th with Japanese chef Tetsuya YOSHIDA. A spacious, chic and designer setting for a gastronomic moment with a carte blanche menu composed by the chef. An atmosphere full of Parisian elegance, for this new and beautiful table in Paris 8th. At lunch, take advantage of the 39€ formula to discover the chef's talents. In the evening, carte blanche menus in 4 or 6 courses or the prestige menu which will transport you on a high-level culinary journey.

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BruceVIP

Dined on 6 Dec 2024

Wonderful meal. Tried the tasting menu and every course was delightful and delicate with incredible flavors. Great overall experience! One of the best meals we had in Paris.

ONYX

5.0

5 (239)

€30 and under

French

Opéra

About the restaurant

Nouveau restaurant Français gastronomique près des Grands Magasins et des galeries Lafayette dans le Paris 9ème. Sur deux niveaux avec une décoration haut de gamme et un majestueux mur d'Onyx de 4 mètres, on plonge dans l'univers culinaire du chef étoilés Nassim KOUTA et du chef pâtissier Alex Rochel. Tous les soirs un menu carte blanche en 5 étapes vous est proposé.

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julia

Dined on 27 Oct 2024

Great evening. Food was amazing. Best steak ever! Would definitely recommend

Passionné Restaurant

5.0

5 (232)

€30 and under

French

Grands Boulevards

About the restaurant

A unique experience, rich in emotion and stunning. The Passionné restaurant welcomes you to its establishment for gourmet, careful, high-end French cuisine where you are promised an explosion of flavors in every bite; all in a sophisticated and modern decor. Led by the talented chef Satoshi Horiuchi, this new gastronomic restaurant revisits French gastronomy with panache and modernity while respecting small producers and the seasons. In the spotlight, careful, high-end French cuisine where you are promised an explosion of flavors in every bite; all in a sophisticated and modern decor.

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Genevieve

Dined on 12 Dec 2024

Would appreciate if the waiters would speak louder while describing the food. But overall, a fantastic culinary experience.

L'Orangerie - Four Seasons Hôtel George V

5.0

5 (53)

€51 and over

French

Champs-Élysées

About the restaurant

L'Orangerie is a veritable glass jewel, offering an unobstructed view of the famous Marble Courtyard. As night falls, the atmosphere flooding this glasshouse becomes intimate and magical: the perfect moment to enter the refined universe of this restaurant awarded with two Michelin stars.

Bold and creative, chef Alan Taudon has made the radical choice of a unique and responsible culinary signature, exclusively focused on plant-based and seafood. Showcasing inventiveness and modernity, reinterpreting the codes of French haute cuisine, this lover of sauces imagines delicate and subtle compositions carried by techniques that impress with their innovative character. A true ode to true and sincere taste, where each plate is a feat of lightness and concentration of aromas. A vegetable-based gastronomic experience conducive to a sensory escape, enhanced by delicate sweet bites signed by pastry chef Michael Bartocetti.

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JudithVIP

Dined on 7 Dec 2024

It's hard to go wrong in Paris. Dinner was a 6 course tasting menu that they modified for me - my husband had the menu as it was. They also came up with an excellent bottle of wine - more expensive than the dinner but well worth it. The staff was lovely and the menu was very creative. I see another Michelin star in their future! We will go back the next time we are in Paris.

Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V

4.9

4.9 (76)

€51 and over

French

Champs-Élysées

About the restaurant

Le Cinq unveils itself behind two majestic wrought-iron doors. In this room with a classic Franco-English style, where excellence serves emotion, chef Christian Le Squer shapes a cuisine of products, modern, elegant, and constantly evolving. A distinguished culinary composition of the highest accolade, as Le Cinq has been awarded 3 Michelin stars since 2016.

Centered around seasonal ingredients sourced from small producers, the menu reflects the chef's Breton roots and Parisian inspirations. Among his signature dishes, Breton langoustines, gratinated onion soup, or line-caught sea bass with buttermilk from my childhood are must-tries. An explosion of tastes and flavors.

By his side, his accomplice Eric Beaumard, the iconic Restaurant Director and vice-world's best Sommelier, orchestrates high-flying service and supervises the cellar with 50,000 bottles that has made Le Cinq's worldwide reputation.

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Pawel

Dined 2 days ago

Outstanding, one of a kind dining experience. 12/10

To Restaurant Paris

4.8

4.8 (50)

€30 and under

French

République

About the restaurant

French bistronomic restaurant with Japanese influences near the Saint-Martin and République canal in Paris 10th. The Japanese chef at TO offers you elaborate and very graphic fusion cuisine. Come and taste the flavors of Japanese and French Bistronomy through the Carte Blanche “Omakasé” menu in 4, 6 or 8 courses. The TO restaurant in Paris 10 offers a trendy setting, a unique atmosphere and an original menu to discover the refined flavors of Fusion gastronomy. In summer, the green terrace of the TO restaurant welcomes you for a gourmet and quiet moment.

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Arnold

Dined on 7 Aug 2024

Excellent in every way. My guest and I look forward to a return visit.

La Galerie - Four Seasons Hôtel George V

4.8

4.8 (55)

€51 and over

French

Champs-Élysées

About the restaurant

Adorned with sumptuous tapestries and 19th-century art objects, La Galerie is the heart and soul of the hotel. Set to the rhythm of a piano, it is the ideal place to share breakfast, indulge in a tea time and delicious pastry, enjoy an apéritif, or discover emblematic dishes of French gastronomy playfully reimagined with modern and creative touches.

For this ode to French culinary heritage, chef Alan Taudon has partnered with small producers nestled a few kilometers from Paris, meticulously selected for their responsible approach. Confit leek from Ile-de-France, Macaroni with black truffle shards, or Blue lobster are followed by with the most emblematic desserts of French pastry. Signed by chef Michael Bartocetti, the Vanilla Millefeuille, Paris-Brest, or Chocolate Soufflé are also highlighted. A menu to die for, for the delight of hotel residents and Parisian gourmet alike.

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gwendolynVIP

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Tea at the four seasons is always an event. The feast is not only delicious for your taste buds but beautiful and artistic as well. A lovely setting, charming service and the delights of the pastry chef make it a very special afternoon.

Le Replat de Montmartre

4.5

4.5 (19)

€30 and under

French

Montmartre

About the restaurant

French cuisine in the heart of Montmartre on the way to the Sacré Coeur ejoy one of our homemade signature dishes like the foie gras maison or le parmentier de canard confit.

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Semih

Dined on 12 Oct 2024

Great restaurant with exceptional food and service. Seating is NY style, can’t move your head around - super congested

Le Coupe Gorge

4.5

4.5 (60)

€30 and under

French

Notre-Dame

About the restaurant

Located just a stone's throw from the Hôtel de Ville and the Marais district, Le Coupe Gorge restaurant, with its antique parquet flooring, dressed stonework and red velvet banquettes, exudes the flavour of old Paris and the pleasures of fine dining. The restaurant was founded in 1895 on rue de la Coutellerie, a street that owes its name to the many active cutlers. Its current name is more recent, no doubt due to the offbeat humour of one of its previous owners! Far from being a trap, Le Coupe Gorge offers a warm atmosphere, typical of old Parisian establishments, and a friendly welcome.

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Suzie

Dined on 6 Dec 2024

Great value set menu and incredible nougat! Been here twice now and would definitely go back.

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Tasting menu

Le Grand Café Fauchon

4.4

4.4 (24)

€51 and over

French

Madeleine

About the restaurant

The Grand Café Fauchon is the promise of a gourmet, sensory experience, a blend of tradition and innovation. A chic, modern living space with a 200m2 terrace overlooking the Eglise de la Madeleine, it offers the very best in French gastronomy, with continuous service from breakfast to dinner, including the unmissable “Glam'Hours”. Chef Baptiste Limouzin is passionate about sublimating the richness of the Maison FAUCHON's emblematic and historic creations, which for him represent an infinite source of creation, with new and explosive associations and combinations of flavors to create emotions. The "à la carte" selection and the FAUCHON lunch menu, which naturally evolve with the seasons, unveil creations that reinforces the Maison's new ambitions towards a cuisine of sharing and conviviality, gourmet and refined, that dares to be different. Three keywords: creativity, generosity and... pleasure!

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Gerardo

Dined on 1 Dec 2024

Excellent food and great Maitre D from Martinique, he made the night special

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