Book Dinner and a Room at Paris’s Best Hotel Restaurants

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Three scallops served on ice with other dishes and drinks. — The Travel buds

Grand hotels are home to some of the French capital’s most exciting and elegant meals, according to Eater’s local dining expert and guidebook author

Hotel restaurants tend to have a special energy. In a cosmopolitan culinary capital like Paris, they tend to attract a dynamic mix of locals from around the corner and visitors from around the world. Some luxury hotels wow diners with grand settings, ambitious cuisines, and Michelin stars, while others keep diners entertained with multiple, diverse venues on site. And there’s nothing better than throwing down your napkin after dinner, finishing your drink, and walking only a few minutes to a nice hotel bed.

In The Eater Guide to Paris, Eater’s longtime local Paris authority Lindsey Tramuta selects the French capital’s best hotel restaurants. From the chef shaking up the Ritz with flavors of Central and West Africa to the Cheval Blanc, where staying the night might just help you skip the year-long waitlist for a table, Tramuta’s guide — excerpted below — lays out some of the best restaurants in Paris right now, whether you plan to stay the night upstairs or not. — Nick Mancall-Bitel

Some of the most inventive and exciting dining experiences can be found within the sharply designed interiors of the city’s best hotels. That is particularly true for temples of fine dining, such as Plénitude and Le Cinq, which are both highlights of two iconic properties. And while these tables can be challenging to book, snagging a reservation tends to be slightly easier if you’re a guest of the hotel.

Le Cinq and Le George at the Four Seasons George V

31, avenue George V, 75008

After more than 10 years at the helm of the Four Seasons George V’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Cinq, chef Christian Le Squer has managed to maintain both its relevance and its staying power with his cooking, which follows French tradition in concept but is fully contemporary on the plate. And if French isn’t speaking to you but the George V universe is, an exceptionally good second option is chef Simone Zanoni’s Mediterranean menu (with set or a la carte options) at Le George. Fresh pastas, fish, and plenty of vegetarian options (like the outstanding candied tomato tarte tatin with cacio e pepe ice cream) abound, and the chef will cook an all-vegan menu upon request for the entire table.

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Bottles of wine chill on ice beside shucked oysters. — Seafood and wine.

Red metal stools at counters inside a dusky blue cafe interior. — Inside Citrons et Huîtres.

Citrons et Huîtres at Hôtel Rochechouart

57, boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75009

The spirit of the roaring twenties is alive and well at this south Pigalle boutique hotel. There’s a warm-weather rooftop bar that nearly puts the Sacré Coeur within arm’s reach and a sprawling brasserie, as well as nightclub Mikado Dancing, open Friday and Saturday nights. But the more contemporary standout is Citrons et Hûitres, an adjoining seafood crudo bar named after the painting of the same name by Renoir, whose last studio was located in the same building. You’ll gather around a central stainless-steel counter to throw back Brittany oysters, fish rillettes, and shrimp tartines, with sparkling wine at the ready.

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A luxurious dining room with modern chandeliers, white tablecloths, and blue tufted chairs, with an open kitchen visible beyond. — Inside Espadon.

Espadon at the Ritz Paris

15, place Vendôme, 75001

This post-COVID renaissance of the legendary Espadon (formerly with an L’) at the Ritz Paris hotel takes over a banquet room where Charles Ritz had originally set up the restaurant in 1956. Now it’s done up in warm tones and has a crystal glass roof and striking semi-open kitchen framed in copper. Chef Eugénie Béziat is the first woman to lead the kitchen here, and she rightfully brings a fresh, new style to the destination, complete with clever touches that draw from her upbringing in Gabon, the Congo, and the Ivory Coast, like grilled lobster tail served in a jus of bissap.

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Fouquet’s at the Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet’s

99, avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008

With its prime location on the corner of avenue George V and avenue des Champs-Élysées and a long history hosting luminaries from Charlie Chaplin and Liza Minnelli to Bradley Cooper, this brasserie has cemented itself into the annals of Parisian dining lore. Opened in 1899, Fouquet’s is the place to see and be seen (and hopefully catch an exciting sighting or two) and also happens to have a stellar chef attached to it: Pierre Gagnaire oversees the seasonal menu.

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The exterior of a Paris building, with large red entryway. — Outside La Réserve.

A top-down view of a cooked carrot, served with sauce and fixings. — A luxurious carrot dish at Le Gabriel.

Le Gabriel at La Réserve

42, avenue Gabriel, 75008

The Jacques Garcia–designed backdrop of Le Gabriel, located inside La Réserve hotel, is part of the appeal here but the star of the show is Jérôme Banctel’s exquisite, creative cooking that blends nods to his native Brittany (dishes like marinated pigeon with buckwheat tuile) and Japanese flavors.

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Jacques’ Bar at The Hoxton

30-32, rue du Sentier, 75002

True to its intention, the Hoxton’s Paris location is an all-day destination. Locals and travelers linger for hours beneath the hotel’s glass-canopied central courtyard, sipping coffee and cocktails. But for a more intimate bar experience, head up a spiral staircase (one of many original features from the 18th century) to reach Jacques’ Bar, where the sequence of drinks on the craft cocktail menu — Foreplay, Let’s Get It On, and For a Nightcap — set the evening’s tone.

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Strips of dry-aged meat with fixings. — Dry-aged beef at Nonos & Comestibles.

Three large clams, along with other appetizers and wine, on a marble table. — A spread of dishes.

Nonos & Comestibles at Hôtel de Crillon

6, rue Boissy d’Anglas, 75008

After he spent more than 20 years cooking in Shanghai, Paul Pairet’s return to Europe brought him to the Hôtel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel, where he leads this sleek modern steakhouse and snack bar.

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Le Bar Long at Le Royal Monceau — Raffles Paris

37, avenue Hoche, 75008

If you’re into hotel bars and fortified wines, make a stop for an apéritif or a nightcap at the Philippe Starck–designed Le Bar Long. It’s one of the few bars in Paris to offer an extensive selection of port wines from three major houses — Fonseca, Quinta do Noval, and Taylor’s — and a range of styles, carefully selected by the hotel’s head sommelier.

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A table set for six, with large windows beyond looking out over Paris. — The view from the dining room at Plénitude.

Plénitude at the Cheval Blanc Paris

8, quai du Louvre, 75001

Arnaud Donckele is not only one of France’s kindest chefs; he’s among the fastest rising stars in the industry. After landing three stars for La Vague d’Or at the Cheval Blanc hotel in Saint-Tropez, he brings the same creative sensibility, complexity, and obsession with sauces — which are the starting point for developing each dish — to this 26-seater at Cheval Blanc Paris. Handling plated desserts is Maxime Frédéric, the other megawatt star of Cheval Blanc, whose supreme talents with pastry earned him a spot across the street creating exclusive desserts for the Louis Vuitton cafe. Here’s the catch: With three stars and so few covers, there’s at least a year’s wait for a table at Plénitude (the maître d’hôtel tries to prioritize hotel guests, if that’s an option). Luckily, the duo also oversees the property’s Japanese restaurant, Hakuba, and its upscale brasserie, Le Tout Paris, which boasts similarly spectacular Seine-side views.

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A chef places items in small bowls in an industrial kitchen. — Chef Tony Xu at Shang Palace.

A diner holds a green dumpling between chopsticks above an array of other dim sum items in a steamer basket. — Dim sum at Shang Palace.

Shang Palace at Shangri-La

10, avenue d’Iéna, 75016

As France’s first and only Chinese restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, Shang Palace is an ideal spot to experience the elegance and diversity of Cantonese cooking and how it intersects with more local French influences. The meal unfurls inside the historic surroundings of the Shangri-La Hotel, which occupies a 19th-century private mansion that was once owned by descendants of Napoleon I.

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Excerpted from The Eater Guide to Paris, written by Lindsey Tramuta, edited by Stephanie Wu. Illustrations by Alice Des. Published by Abrams.