The Least Expensive MICHELIN-Starred Restaurants in Paris

In this intimate establishment near the Quais de Seine, Tunisian-born chef Youssef Marzouk cooks up a delicious culinary symphony in his open kitchen-bar. Flanked by two assistants with equally prestigious pedigrees (Cheval Blanc Paris, Carlton, Ritz, Jacques Faussat), at dinnertime he puts together a single surprise set menu featuring a subtle marriage of French tradition and North African flavours. His confident technique shines through in his meticulously plated creations, bolstered by his Tunisian sensibility, which you can detect in his sparing use of spices, herbs and citrus fruits: saddle of lamb done two ways, grilled summer vegetable foam, meat jus with smoked eel etc.

Lunch menu from €35 to €45, Tues-Sat

"The accent tells us the origin of the person; it tells us about their country, their region and their history. It is this idea of ​​openness and discovery that I want to defend, a cuisine made up of encounters and exchanges." So says Ayumi Sugiyama, the Japanese Owner and Pastry Chef of this contemporary restaurant with a Scandinavian spirit. Chef Romain Mahi's dishes combine classic recipes (tasty hare à la royale in season), more daring creations and subtle work around roasted aromas and smoky flavours. The lunch menu is a bargain.

€65 for four courses at lunchtime, Weds-Fri

The Michelin-recommended hotel The Hoxton Paris is not far away.

In a lively, working-class enclave, this place serves quality contemporary cuisine. Talented Chef Thibaut Spiwack, whose CV includes Michelin-Starred kitchens, finds original ways to showcase produce from the Paris region. The emphasis is on sustainable development and a desire to challenge gastronomic rules. There's an attractive set menu plus a few à la carte options at lunchtime; in the evening, a single set menu with several courses. A moment of gastronomic pleasure.

€49 at lunchtime, Tues-Fri

Tribe Paris Batignolles is just a 15 minute walk away. Book your stay with The MICHELIN Guide.

This restaurant provides a chic, upscale environment where you can savour cooking with a modern edge – whether it be scallops with oyster mushrooms, grape pulp, chestnut broth, and black truffle, or crispy sweetbreads with peanuts, chanterelles, dried apricots and Jura wine. The enticingly varied cooking is founded on high-quality produce and the lunch menu offers great value for money.

€47 at lunchtime

Nobuyuki Akishige, a Japanese chef with a flawless track record (L'Atelier du Peintre in Colmar, La Vague d'Or in St-Tropez, K2 in Courchevel) concocts subtle and well- crafted seasonal cuisine here, such as maigre fish with zucchini, razor clams, and verbena. These dishes can be savoured in a spot-on, unpretentious bistro environment.

€75 at lunchtime, Weds-Fri

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"Here, the bouillabaisse cosies up to the aioli, and the pissaladière competes with the socca just out of the coal-fired oven." Julia Sedefdjian (formerly of Les Fables de la Fontaine) is now happily thriving in her own establishment, where her colourful and fragrant cuisine is an ode to the Mediterranean. Dishes combine fine ingredients, which Julia selects painstakingly and blends creatively, with her roots in Nice. Welcome to Baieta, which means 'kiss' in the Nice dialect!

€60 at lunchtime, Tues-Fri

Enhance your trip with a stay at the Michelin-recommended Monge Hotel.

Why the name? Well, the restaurant's décor marries the old with the new and, most importantly, it's a nod to one of the Selosse family's greatest vintage champagnes. The short à la carte showcases superb cuisine packed with intense flavours, crafted around the finest produce and orchestrated by the talented Louis de Vicari. The surf and turf combinations are particularly good, as are the subtle influences from the young chef's homeland of Béarn.

€55 at lunchtime

Le Pavillon des Lettres is a Michelin-recommended hotel nearby. Book your stay now.

If you liked Itinéraires, you will love Fleur de Pavé – an establishment firmly on trend where Sylvain Sendra is pursuing his culinary research with the same enthusiasm and flair as in his previous HQ. He whips up modern dishes that draw inspiration from all over the world, featuring deceptively spontaneous plating and blue-ribbon ingredients, such as the highly exclusive vegetables of Asafumi Yamashita. Rather than bowl us over with flashy technique, the Chef seeks to lay the emphasis squarely on flavour – for which he has our heartfelt thanks!

€62 for four courses (vegan menu) at lunchtime, Mon-Fri

The Park Hyatt Paris – Vendôme is near the restaurant. Book your stay with The MICHELIN Guide.

Frédéric Simonin learned the ropes in top restaurants and alongside great chefs – from Ledoyen to Le Meurice via Joël Robuchon – before becoming a 'Meilleur Ouvrier de France' himself in 2019. Faithful to this title, he crafts cuisine that is precise, refined and full of precision – a special mention must be given to the sauces and jus. The lunch offering is a good deal, as is the wine selection by the glass.

€60 for two courses at lunchtime, Mon-Fri
€78 for three courses at lunchtime, Mon-Fri

Not far from here is the Michelin-recommended Saint James Paris Hotel.

Jacques Faussat, from Gers and proud of it, loves nothing more than the simplicity inspired by his roots and his childhood. This simplicity was also learned from Michel Guérard and especially Alain Dutournier; Jacques' meeting with Alain, who shares the same origins as him, was be decisive in his career – starting with ten years spent in the kitchen at Trou Gascon. His own restaurant offers cooking that's full of flavour, basing everything around good produce prepared in a way that brings out the best in it. It represents good value for money too.

€60 at lunchtime

At this luxury neo-brasserie, the duo of Alain Solivérès (the highly experienced former Chef of Le Taillevent) and Jimmy Tsaramanana celebrate the South-West of France with impressive technical skill and high-quality ingredients. The sautéed sweetbreads served with a vin jaune sauce and the millefeuille with a light vanilla cream are two of the restaurant’s great classic dishes. As for the feel of the place, authenticity and conviviality reign supreme, thanks to a highly professional team. This is a restaurant frequented by bon vivants and reservations are essential, as tables get snapped up fast.

€65 at lunchtime

Almost next-door to Place des Victoires, youthful Omar Dhiab, who boasts a rock solid CV (Lasserre, l’Abeille, Loiseau Rive Gauche), has found himself a minimalist lair with an open-plan kitchen and a splendid white marble counter. His cooking revolves around flavoursome dishes, rich with creative flourishes. The light, tempting desserts are an ode to the seasons. In the company of a youthful, enthusiastic team, the chef is equally at home in the front of house as in the kitchen.

€58 at lunchtime

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In this contemporary restaurant, Aveyron-born chef Julien Boscus finetunes bold, crisp cuisine thanks to a solid classical background. His genuine à la carte lineup (something of a rarity these days…) showcases intelligently crafted, flavoursome dishes made with first-class seasonal produce. Examples include a delicious crispy tartlet filled with morel mushrooms creamed in sous-voile wine, or sautéed calf sweetbreads with green asparagus from Vaucluse steamed in citron, while his amazing hare à la royale, reworked in a more modern vein, deserves a special mention. The wine list stars an impressive selection from France's vineyards, served by a slick, professional team. Friendly and endearing!

€59 at lunchtime

This pleasant and cosy little restaurant in the Étoile neighbourhood, near the Arc de Triomphe, serves delicious, contemporary Mexican-influenced cuisine. French ingredients are infused with condiments, herbs and spices by a talented and passionate Mexican Chef, who also gets involved with the service. He turns out savvy and perfectly cooked dishes that are skilfully prepared with invigorating seasoning, like marinated sea bream with a turnip medley and salsa tatemada. This colourful, punchy and well-seasoned food is so good you'll soon be back for more!

€69 at lunchtime

Behind the large bay window of his kitchen, the Chef shows the full range of his talents through dishes presented on small plates – from the play on textures to the interplay between land and sea, via smoking and condiments. Take the smoked beetroot with sardines for example, or the blue lobster prepared in three ways.

€65 at lunchtime, Mon-Fri

In a stark, modern interior (cement tiles, bare light bulbs), Chef Antonin Bonnet offers a refined, delicate, sensitive and unpretentious take on artisanal cuisine. The ingredient-led dishes put the focus squarely on premium-quality produce: Axuria veal, hand-dived scallops from Erquy, matured trout from Asturias. The lunch menu offers the best value at this fine restaurant headed by a passionate chef.

€58 at lunchtime

Matthias Marc has honed his skills in a series of prestigious establishments (Le Meurice, Portos, Lasserre, Louis XV) and was a semi-finalist in French TV's Top Chef 2021. He serves a surprise menu that favours short supply chains and fine ingredients. The dishes stick close to the seasons and incorporate pleasing nods to his native Jura region across the uninhibited, lively cooking. The wine list is excellent and is mostly organic or natural.

€68 at lunchtime

Chef Adrien Cachot has been a familiar face since appearing on French TV's Top Chef in 2020. In a space with a minimalist decor and intimate atmosphere, the chef puts his creativity to the test, creating dishes that often feature unexpected pairings, such as the show-stopping "Cachot e pepe" mochi, prepared in the manner of a pepper and citrus risotto! He also has a penchant for less conventional ingredients, such as offal, which contribute unusual textures. Finally, another characteristic of his cuisine is the marriage of surf and turf, with dishes such as his superb black ruff, a fish from the Mediterranean seabed, judiciously combined with tripe and vin jaune. Over the course of a carte blanche menu that is unapologetically playful, a singular culinary personality emerges, shaking things up and winning diners over from start to finish.

€60 at lunchtime, Weds-Fri

Offering an oasis of greenery in the heart of the urbanised Parisian suburbs, cross the wooded park of this 19th-century villa and you'll come across a vegetable garden, beehives and even a citrus greenhouse. In fine weather, guests are welcoming by a terrace covered by white parasols and enlivened by garlands. Chef Sylvain Grosjean's dishes are classically inspired but not lacking in pizzazz, such as the barbecued duck with red cabbage and spicy verbena jus.

€55 at lunchtime

Do we still need to introduce the understated William Ledeuil? For over 20 years, this permanently-inspired chef has been offering personal cooking with a welcome freshness. Plenty of this is in evidence on the lunch menu which offers superb value for money and is a real Parisian favourite.

€49 at lunchtime