Casa Bini

St-Germain & Les Invalides


At this highly recommended Italian restaurant, homemade pasta is cooked to perfection and children are treated like gods. Dishes span lush antipasti platters to the signature spaghettini with anchovies, burrata and herb bread; full-blown mains (confit of aubergine and ricotta, veal ragout and pappardelle, monkfish carpaccio with sautéd chicory); and classic desserts like panna cotta.

For more casual eating in the company of great Italian wines, head down the street to Casa Bini's hipster, industrial-styled Oenosteria.


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