Paris
Palaces, three stars and the Seine. 31 places, chosen and checked for 2026.
Paris is the measure against which every other city is judged: palace hotels on the Place Vendôme and the Concorde, the greatest concentration of three-star restaurants in Europe, a Ryder Cup course half an hour away and the grand cabarets of the Champs-Élysées.
Ritz Paris
César Ritz opened his hotel on the Place Vendôme in 1898 with Auguste Escoffier in the kitchen. Coco Chanel lived here for more than thirty years, and the Bar Hemingway remains one of the most famous small bars in the world.
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
An 18th-century palace commissioned by Louis XV on the Place de la Concorde, a hotel since 1909 and reopened by Rosewood after a four-year restoration. Its grand apartments were designed with Karl Lagerfeld.
Le Bristol Paris
Opened in 1925 on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, steps from the Élysée Palace. A French garden at its heart, a rooftop pool designed like the deck of a yacht, and Epicure among the city's great dining rooms.
Hôtel Plaza Athénée
The red awnings of Avenue Montaigne, the street of the great couture houses, since 1913. A Dorchester Collection palace with views to the Eiffel Tower from its upper floors.
Four Seasons Hotel George V
An Art Deco landmark of 1928 a few steps from the Champs-Élysées, famous for its flowers and home to Le Cinq, one of the city's three-star dining rooms.
Cheval Blanc Paris
LVMH's Paris palace, opened in 2021 inside the Samaritaine building on the Seine, with interiors by Peter Marino and the three-star Plénitude.
Le Cinq
The grand dining room of the Four Seasons Hotel George V, where chef Christian Le Squer has held three stars since 2016. Classic French haute cuisine served with palace-hotel ceremony, a short walk from the Crazy Horse.
Arpège
Alain Passard's celebrated table near the Musée Rodin. In 2025 he removed all animal protein from the kitchen, making Arpège one of the most talked-about three-star restaurants in the world, built around vegetables from his own gardens.
Pierre Gagnaire
The flagship of one of France's most inventive chefs, near the Champs-Élysées. Expect surprising combinations served across many small dishes, in a calm, discreet dining room.
Plénitude
The gastronomic restaurant of Cheval Blanc Paris, overlooking the Seine from the Samaritaine building. A small room, a sauce-led menu and one of the finest views of any dining room in the city.
Kei
Chef Kei Kobayashi's restaurant near the Louvre, where Japanese precision meets French technique in a light, elegant tasting menu.
Bar Hemingway
A small, wood-panelled bar inside the Ritz, named after its most famous regular. Book a seat and leave the phone in your pocket.
Bar Nouveau
An intimate Art Nouveau-inspired bar in the Marais, ranked 15th in The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from 17th.
Danico
A bar behind the Daroco restaurant near the Galerie Vivienne, ranked 26th in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
The Cambridge Public House
An English-style public house turned cocktail bar in the Haut Marais, all wood, leather and pub snacks. Ranked 13th in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
De Vie
From the team behind Little Red Door: a cocktail bar with a gastronomic counter, built on seasonal, whole-ingredient cooking and a fermentation lab. A newcomer at No. 23 in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
Little Red Door
Behind the small red door on the Rue Charlot, a hushed bar for serious cocktail lovers, with a menu built on sustainable farming. Ranked 93rd in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
Cercle de l'Union Interalliée
Founded in 1917, as the United States entered the First World War, in a former Rothschild hôtel particulier beside the British Embassy. French gardens where dinner moves outside in summer, and a 25-metre pool below.
Silencio
A club designed by the film-maker David Lynch and opened in 2011 beneath the Rue Montmartre: a maze of dark, candlelit rooms, a small cinema and a stage.
Saint James Paris
A neoclassical château in its own garden in the 16th arrondissement, a hotel and private club redecorated by Laura Gonzalez, where the Library Bar is the heart of the house.
Soho House Paris
Soho House's Paris house, opened in 2021 in an 18th-century mansion in South Pigalle, with bedrooms and a restaurant for members.
Gentlemen 1919
A discreet bar near the Champs-Élysées with a cigar cabinet, a smoking room for up to nine and personal cigar lockers for regulars.
Casa Pelletier
A restaurant-bar with a cigar cellar, individual lockers and a smoking room for around twenty.
Baronne
A restaurant-bar off the Champs-Élysées with its own cigar cellar and an intimate smoking room.
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