The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Rond
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Rank 1. Rond
Breton French
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Rank 2. Dilia
Italian
A country-house-feeling Italian restaurant in the 20th, opposite Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix, where a Tuscan chef with stints at Saturne and Thoumieux cooks the kind of quietly personal food that names itself after grandparents. The pasta is made the old way, the wine list pulls from both sides of the Alps, and the room stays small enough that the manager-sommelier knows what's in your glass.
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Rank 3. Candle Kids
Coffee
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The red facade stands out on a street in the 19th that's been quietly gentrifying for years. Inside, it's polished concrete and bare walls, with an open kitchen where an Australian chef of Philippine origins folds French technique into Chinese flavors, and somehow the seams don't show. The room fills with the kind of Parisians who found the neighborhood before you did, which is fine, because the food is the reason to make the trip anyway.
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Rank 6. Lao Siam
Thai
The Souksavanh brothers have been running this Thai-Lao neighborhood restaurant on the Belleville strip long enough that a table here is a minor victory. The room fills fast with regulars who already know the crying tiger and the Lao crispy rice salad by heart. Everything is made in-house, the menu moves between two cuisines without apology, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the secret poorly. Overflow goes next door to their sister spot, Ama Siam.
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Rank 7. Soces
Seafood
The name is Parisian slang for friends you share a meal with, which tells you everything about the spirit of this modern brasserie in the 19th. Choice cuts and seafood arrive at the table to be divvied up, not plated with architectural ambition. The team previously cooked and poured at Clamato and the Ritz bar respectively, a combination that sounds like a joke and turns out to be a very good idea.
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Rank 9. La Cale
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 11. Supra
Georgian Wine Bar
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Rank 12. Bang Bang
Mexican
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Rank 13. Becquetance
French
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Rank 15. Crudo
Seafood
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Rank 17. Oobatz
Pizza
Pizzas arrive already cut, no cutlery provided, because folding and eating with your hands is the whole point. This slim, casual pizza spot in the 11th draws a notably American crowd, which tracks given the American behind it. The menu stays short and focused, the dough thin and soft with a small crust, and the wine list runs long on French and Italian bottles. Book ahead or gamble on a counter seat.
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Rank 20. Amâlia
Modern French New American
Tablecloths and stylish service set Amâlia apart from its neighbors in the 11th, where the dining room leans toward a quieter kind of elegance. The Italian couple behind it, she on pastry and he on the stove, work modern French cooking with precise acidic notes and the occasional Italian nudge. A Michelin star keeps company with that conviction. Fine dining, and dressed accordingly.
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Rank 21. Elements Pain Bio
Bakery
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A converted shoe factory in the 11th, with exposed brick and the kind of lighting that makes everyone look like they know what they're doing. Le Café de l'Usine runs all day as a café and bistro, shifting from coffee to a tight tasting menu come evening. Lunch pulls from the same kitchen with a shorter format. The cooking is precise and unfussy, each dish built around one quietly confident flourish.
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Rank 23. Alluma
Israeli Mediterranean
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Rank 25. Maison
Modern French
The gabled ceiling and long communal table give this modern French restaurant in the 11th the feel of a loft someone forgot to fully convert. Sota Atsumi, who came up through Michel Troisgros and other serious kitchens, runs a market-driven set menu out of an open kitchen anchored by a wood-fired oven. The cooking is French at its bones with a quiet Japanese sensibility running underneath, the kind of thing that reads as effortless until you think about it.
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Rank 26. Buttes Snack Bar
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 28. Chi’s Vietfood
Vietnamese
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Geosmin is the word for that petrichor smell of rain hitting dry earth, which tells you something about what the chef is going for. This Oberkampf tasting-menu restaurant holds a Michelin star and occupies a two-floor townhouse with the slightly worn, effortlessly cool feel of the 11th. Dishes are seasonal and stripped back, the kind of cooking where restraint does the work. The wine list leans natural and biodynamic, with strong Italian and Austrian labels alongside.
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Rank 30. FIEF
Modern French
The name is a double meaning: FIEF stands for "Made Here In France," and the kitchen takes that as a hard rule, sourcing every ingredient from within the country's borders. Sichuan pepper from Gers, yuzu from Montpellier, miso from Burgundy. It's a Michelin-starred modern French restaurant in the 11th, and counter seating puts you close enough to hear the team narrate each plate as it lands.
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Rank 31. SENsation
Cantonese
The half Peking duck, ordered two days ahead and served in two courses, tells you everything about this relaxed Cantonese neo-bistro in the 11th. The chef spent years at Shang Palace before opening something looser and louder, with aproned servers who actually talk to you and a deliberately short menu that resists the urge to cover every province. The room is convivial in a way that feels earned rather than designed.
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A former Le Bristol and Le Taillevent sommelier opened this neo-bistro on a quiet 11th arrondissement street, which probably explains why the wine list runs to over three thousand bottles. The cooking leans fine dining, with careful sourcing and considered plating, but the room keeps things relaxed enough that nobody feels underdressed. A name worth knowing for a long, unhurried evening.
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Rank 35. Le Jourdain
French
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Rank 36. Glaster
Dessert
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Rank 38. Eunoé
Modern New American
A Japanese chef and his front-of-house partner run this quietly stylish bistro near Square Maurice Gardette, where the walls read "work in progress" in sand and ochre and the cooking reads nothing of the sort. The menu moves with the moment, technically precise but loose enough to feel personal. Dinner shifts into something a little more considered than lunch. The wine list gets attention too, which in the 11th is saying something.
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Rank 39. Le Grand Bol
Chinese
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Rank 40. Gilou
British
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Rank 41. Septime
Modern Cuisine, Creative
Every morning at 10am sharp, a booking window opens online and closes almost as fast, which tells you most of what you need to know about this modern bistro in the 11th. The surprise tasting menu changes daily, leaning plant-forward without making a fuss about it. Industrial bones, rough wood tables, and easy service keep things grounded. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on the World's 50 Best list, and the scramble for reservations has become its own Parisian ritual.
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Rank 44. Joy x Beck
Coffee
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Rank 45. Patine
Bistro French
Exposed brick, retro details, and an open kitchen put the room squarely in classic eastern Paris bistro territory. The cooking is traditional French done with real care, the kind where the brill actually tastes like brill. Natural and organic wines fill the list, and the whole thing has the low-key confidence of a neighborhood place that has nothing to prove to you.
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Rank 48. Trâm 130
Franco Vietnamese
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Rank 50. Les Œillets
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 53. Osteria Paradiso
Italian
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Rank 54. Sama Bistro
Lebanese
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Rank 55. Sammy and Joe
Coffee
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Rank 56. La Cave à Michel
French
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Rank 57. La Gambette à Pain
Bakery
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Rank 59. Chez Lui
Wine Bar
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Rank 60. Amulette
Coffee
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Rank 61. Le Chateaubriand
French
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Rank 62. Pistil
Vegetarian
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Rank 63. Fitzcaraldo
Coffee
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Rank 64. Bulle
Bakery
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Rank 65. Kott
Coffee
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Rank 66. Mala Boom
Sichuan
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Rank 69. Polka
Bakery
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Rank 70. Nour Comptoir
Levantine Middle Eastern
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Rank 71. Boulangerie Chambelland
Gluten-free Bakery
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Rank 74. Le Baratin
Bistro French
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Rank 76. Ave Pizza Romana
Romana Pizza
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Rank 82. Paris Dabang
Korean Coffee
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Rank 83. Acid Lactic
Pizza
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Rank 84. Furia
Natural wine Mexican
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Rank 86. Sain
Bakery
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Rank 88. Mensae
Modern New American
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Rank 89. Chez Babo
Wine Bar
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Rank 91. Pains Paris
Bakery
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A Michelin-starred modern bistro in the 11th, where the room is plain and the cooking is anything but. The chef trained at some of the most rigorous kitchens in France before opening this small, unshowy space, and the restraint shows up on the plate: seasonal ingredients handled precisely, flavors that land clean. The kind of place where the modesty of the surroundings makes the food feel like a quiet argument you can't really counter.
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Rank 93. Le Petit Rhin
French
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Rank 94. Haikara Deep Fried
Deep Fried Japanese
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Rank 95. Folderol – Oberkampf
Dessert
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Rank 96. Ramen Wagaya
Noodles
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Rank 97. Project Sausage
British
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Two dining rooms that couldn't agree on a decorator, one all bare stone and natural materials, the other a full-blown explosion of color and dried flowers. This is a Michelin-starred modern French restaurant in the 11th where the cooking follows the seasons closely and the plating is meticulous without feeling stiff. The room runs warm and the service leans generous, which together make a case that serious cooking doesn't have to be solemn.
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Rank 99. Kapé
Filipino
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