International restaurants in Paris
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L'Atelier de Joël Robouchon
It’s a mean feat to snag a seat at this celebrity-chef address, which accepts reservations from 11am to 12.30pm the day you want to dine out at precisely 6.30pm for dinner. Once in, you’ll realise what all the fuss is about. Diners are taken on a mind-blowing culinary tour of the finer things in French gastronomy, lobster, sardines, foie gras and milk-fed lamb included. And with accolades like ‘chef of the century’ and ‘world’s best restaurant’ under Joël Robuchon’s belt, you know it’ll be good. Dining is stool-style around a U-shaped black lacquer bar and the décor (bamboo in glass vases and the like) throws in a touch of Japan.
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Le Loup Blanc
Some inventive and inexpensive dishes are on offer at ‘The White Wolf’: meat and fish marinated with herbs and spices (eg cardamom, star anise, marjoram) and then grilled. For accompaniments, you can choose from up to four vegetables and grains, according to your appetite and the season: red lentils, quinoa (a South American grain), creamed corn with peppers (a must) or carrots with cumin. We like the chicken with rosemary and savoury pork with tangerine and Macassar fillets of duck. It’s a popular place for brunch on Sunday (€19.50)
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Café de l’Homme
You probably wouldn’t cross town for the food at the Café de l’Homme, the plush restaurant sharing the same wing of the Palais de Chaillot as the Musée de l’Homme and the Musée de la Marine; it’s overpriced and designed for the beautiful people who are flocking here at the moment. But you would travel for the view; virtually any spot at any table is a front-row seat before the Eiffel Tower. This is why you came to Paris.
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Georges
Encased in aluminium sheeting with modular arctic-white seats, the Pompidou Centre’s hyperindustrial dining room offers pretty predictable and expensive Coste food – most people go for the tuna tartare or avocado and crab salad (€20 to €22) or the steak with the Asianesque name Le Tigre qui Pleure (The Crying Tiger). But this place is really all about the stunning views over Paris’ rooftops, especially from its terrace.
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Sorza
It’s all very trendy at this black-and-red cube where a buoyant crowd dines well any time of day. Its weekend brunches (€18) ooze health-conscious ingredients, as does its stylish Italianate cuisine. We ate an octopus salad, followed by foie gras risotto and French-baked panettone with caramelised pears. Should hunger not have struck yet, enjoy a drink at the flashy orange neon bar.
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Restaurant du Palais Royal
The terrace of this stunner overlooking the Palais Royal has become one of the most coveted covers in fine weather in recent years. In colder months the redder-than-red dining room is both cosy and stylish and chef Bruno Hees turns out some award-wishing international dishes with an Italian spin, especially pasta and risotto (€18 to €30) ones and osso buco à la Milanese (€24).
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Macéo
From the people who brought us Willi’s Wine Bar comes this very upper-crust restaurant housed in a former brothel with Second Empire décor; it’s one of the most attractive dining rooms in Paris. The cuisine is innovative and there is a very sophisticated (and very unusual) vegetarian menu.
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Le Viaduc Café
This New York–style café-bar with a terrace in one of the glassed-in arches of the Viaduc des Arts is an excellent spot to while away the early hours (though food is served noon to 11pm daily) and enjoy brunch (€22) from noon to 4pm on Sundays. The terrace is a great spot for people watching.
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Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires Mazet
Branch of the Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires. It has variable hours that change according to university holiday schedules and weekend rotational agreements; check the schedule posted outside the branch or the CROUS website (www.crous-paris.fr) for current times.
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Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires Mabillon
Branch of the Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires. It has variable hours that change according to university holiday schedules and weekend rotational agreements; check the schedule posted outside the branch or the CROUS website (www.crous-paris.fr) for current times.
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Le Sporting
This is one of the more sophisticated café-restaurants along the Canal St-Martin and the minimalist décor – all browns and ash greys and bare wooden floors – suggests an up-to-the-moment bar or club in London. Brunch on Sunday (noon to 4pm) is when Le Sporting is at its busiest.
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Scoop
This American-style ice-cream parlour has also been making quite a splash with its excellent wraps, burgers, tarts and soups and central, very fashionable location. The upstairs lounge is made for a tête-à-tête, and Sunday brunch (€18 to €25) includes pancakes with maple syrup.
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Patati Patata
If you’re looking for something cheap and filling at almost any time of the day, visit this simple little caff with Formica tables that dispenses pommes de terre au four (baked or jacket potatoes) with toppings to the appreciative masses of Bastille.
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Centre Commercial des Quatre Temps
The 3rd floor of the Centre Commercial des Quatre Temps alone is loaded with lunch spots, be it pizza or pancakes, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, Starbucks coffee, soup ’n’ juice or Japanese.
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Curieux Spaghetti
This upbeat restaurant-cum-hip hangout lures a young crowd with its mountain-sized pasta portions, test-tube shots of unusually flavoured vodka, great canned music and weekend brunch (€26).
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