Aux Prés

St-Germain & Les Invalides


This cult 1950s bistro with original bar, leather banquette seating and floral wallpaper sizzles with contemporary glamour thanks to celebrity French chef Cyril Lignac, who lures a gourmet crowd here with his modern bistro cuisine: veal sweetbreads, côte de boeuf for two or scallops with a chorizo cream. End on a sweet high with a vanilla millefeuille.


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