Michelin Restaurants with a View in Paris: 20 Picks
A Michelin star tells you the cooking is precise. It says nothing about the window. Plenty of starred dining rooms in Paris face a courtyard wall, and a few famous views come attached to a menu that coasts on them.
These 20 Michelin restaurants with a view in Paris give you both, cross-checked against Time Out, The World's 50 Best and local critics. Each place page shows the dishes worth ordering and which seat to request. Comparing stars? See our Michelin 2-star and Michelin 3-star pages, or widen the net with every place with a view.
A three-Michelin-starred temple of French gastronomy where Chef Arnaud Faye orchestrates exceptional seasonal cuisine in the luxurious setting of Le Bristol Paris.
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A three-Michelin-starred gastronomic temple where Chef Frédéric Anton crafts exceptional French haute cuisine within a historic Napoleon III pavilion nestled in the heart of the Bois de Boulogne.
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A two-Michelin-starred temple of French gastronomy where Chef Guy Savoy orchestrates culinary masterpieces in the historic setting of La Monnaie de Paris.
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A two-Michelin-starred gastronomic experience orchestrated by Chef Frédéric Anton, perched 125 meters above Paris on the Eiffel Tower's second floor.
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Michelin-starred Mediterranean cuisine by Chef Simone Zanoni in the luminous setting of Paris's legendary Four Seasons Hotel George V.
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A two-Michelin-starred gastronomic sanctuary perched atop The Peninsula Paris, where Chef David Bizet's contemporary French cuisine meets breathtaking panoramic views of the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur.
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A suspended glass sanctuary atop the Musée du Quai Branly, where contemporary French cuisine meets breathtaking panoramic views of the Eiffel Tower.
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Alain Ducasse's floating restaurant offers refined French cuisine aboard an eco-friendly electric vessel, gliding past illuminated Parisian monuments.
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Chef Arnaud Donckele's three-MICHELIN-starred masterpiece at Cheval Blanc Paris, where innovative sauce-based cuisine meets intimate elegance overlooking the Seine.
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A Michelin-starred institution with over 80 years of history, where French haute cuisine meets theatrical elegance beneath a retractable roof.
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Chef Alan Taudon's two-Michelin-starred sanctuary showcases vegetable-forward French gastronomy beneath a luminous glass canopy in the heart of the legendary Four Seasons Hotel George V.
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The accessible sibling of legendary Tour d'Argent, serving timeless French bistro classics and signature roasted duck on a picturesque quai overlooking Notre-Dame.
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A Michelin-starred jewel nestled in the Bois de Boulogne, where Chef Frédéric Robert's refined French gastronomy meets Napoleon III splendor.
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Chef Frédéric Vardon's contemporary French cuisine meets panoramic Parisian views on a sixth-floor rooftop terrace in the prestigious Avenue George V.
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Michel and Sébastien Bras's contemporary restaurant celebrates grain-based cuisine in the stunning setting of the Bourse de Commerce, open 365 days a year with panoramic Parisian views.
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Yannick Alléno's visionary three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the historic Pavillon Ledoyen redefines French haute cuisine through revolutionary sauce techniques and modern extractions.
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A perched bistro on Mont Valérien offering seasonal French cuisine and breathtaking views over Paris and La Défense.
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Frédéric Anton's Michelin-starred gastronomic cruise on an Art Déco yacht, gliding past Paris's most iconic monuments.
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A Michelin-starred gastronomic sanctuary where Chef Gabriele Ravasio crafts refined French cuisine in the royal setting of the Trianon Palace, steps from the Château de Versailles.
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Chef Eugénie Béziat's Michelin-starred table reimagines French gastronomy with Mediterranean and African influences in the intimate setting of the legendary Ritz Paris.
MichelinChoosing a Michelin restaurant with a view in Paris
The Michelin Guide lists restaurants for their cooking, from one to three stars, plus recommended tables without a star. None of that covers the scenery, so here's how the views on this page break down, and how to book them well.
Inside the Eiffel Tower, or facing it
Le Jules Verne is the only Michelin-starred restaurant inside the Eiffel Tower, on the second floor, 125 meters up. Through floor-to-ceiling windows you get the Champ-de-Mars below, the Trocadéro across the Seine and Montmartre in the distance; order the galette soufflée de Saint-Jacques. For the Tower as a backdrop rather than a building, L'Oiseau Blanc sits on top of The Peninsula with two stars and a terrace, and Les Ombres dines in a glass box on the roof of the Musée du Quai Branly. More of them on our rooftops page.
On the Seine, and beside it
Ducasse sur Seine is Alain Ducasse's floating restaurant: an electric boat that glides past the lit-up monuments while you eat. It's the only Michelin-listed table on this page that moves. On land, Guy Savoy's two-starred dining rooms in the Monnaie de Paris look over the Seine and the Pont Neuf; ask for a river-view table at dinner.
The sky, and the gardens
At Lasserre, the view is overhead: the ceiling slides open to reveal the sky. Request a table placed to enjoy the retractable roof, then order the pigeonneau André Malraux and the flambéed crêpes Suzette. Le Pré Catelan, three stars in the Bois de Boulogne, and Epicure, three stars at Le Bristol, both look onto gardens instead of monuments. See the full top tier on our Michelin 3-star page.
Budget and where to look
Every place here is top-end, so lunch is usually the smartest way in. The 8th holds the most results, then the 16th and the 7th: browse our Michelin restaurants in the 8th and in the 7th, or all Michelin Guide restaurants in Paris. Prefer eating outdoors? Our Michelin restaurants with a terrace are the summer version of this page. Then check the insider tips on each place page before you book.