The Best Barbecue in France
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The best barbecue in France, according to the experts: Le Fooding, The 50, and the Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Chixko comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Paris and Bidart.
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Gogui and Mauvaises Herbes hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Le Fooding next.
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Rank 1. Chixko
Barbecue
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Chixko (this place) 79.016
- #1 Gogui 79.016
- #1 Mauvaises Herbes 79.016
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Rank 1. Gogui
Barbecue Korean
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Chixko 79.016
- #1 Gogui (this place) 79.016
- #1 Mauvaises Herbes 79.016
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Rank 1. Mauvaises Herbes
Barbecue
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Chixko 79.016
- #1 Gogui 79.016
- #1 Mauvaises Herbes (this place) 79.016
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Rank 4. Le Rigmarole
Japanese Barbecue
The menu at this intimate counter restaurant lists dishes as single words, "thigh", "oyster", "meatball", and the descriptions only get more opaque from there. What arrives, cooked over Japanese binchotan charcoal and served across a walnut counter under vintage Tiffany lamps, is nothing like the word suggests. It reads as a playful antidote to stiff Parisian fine dining, while remaining, unmistakably, fine dining.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 5. Braise
Barbecue Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Braise (this place) 68.544
- #5 Casa Fuego 68.544
- #5 FOGO 68.544
- #5 Hestia 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain 68.544
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Rank 5. Casa Fuego
Argentine Barbecue
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Braise 68.544
- #5 Casa Fuego (this place) 68.544
- #5 FOGO 68.544
- #5 Hestia 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain 68.544
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Rank 5. FOGO
Barbecue
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Braise 68.544
- #5 Casa Fuego 68.544
- #5 FOGO (this place) 68.544
- #5 Hestia 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain 68.544
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Rank 5. Hestia
Barbecue
Stone walls and white beams on one of Paris's most chaotic tourist streets, which makes the calm inside feel earned. Hestia is a barbecue restaurant where the seasonal menu revolves around the grill, and meat gets carved tableside once it's done. The chef cooks without ceremony, letting the fire do the talking. The floor runs with quiet competence to match. Book ahead; the room is small and the word is out.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Casa Fuego 68.544
- #5 FOGO 68.544
- #5 Hestia (this place) 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain 68.544
- #5 Marie Akaneya 68.544
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Rank 5. Le Bistro Urbain
Modern Japanese Barbecue
The rum baba never leaves the menu at this light-filled modern bistro in central Montpellier, though it shows up in different guises depending on the week. Everything else rotates, built around seasonal vegetables sourced from small market gardeners, with Japanese barbecue and lacto-fermentation woven into the technique. The chef runs a surprise menu at lunch and dinner that makes the produce the point, not the protein.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Casa Fuego 68.544
- #5 FOGO 68.544
- #5 Hestia 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain (this place) 68.544
- #5 Marie Akaneya 68.544
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Rank 5. Marie Akaneya
Charcoal Barbecue Japanese
Every table has its own binchotan grill, and the wagyu crossing it comes from Ito Ranch in Matsusaka, which the Japanese consider the definitive source of Kobe beef. Marie Akaneya brought sumibiyaki, a style of charcoal barbecue popular in Kyoto, to Paris for the first time, and the room leans into the theatre of it. Crown Melon from Fukuroi occasionally shows up, at prices that make the wagyu look modest.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Casa Fuego 68.544
- #5 FOGO 68.544
- #5 Hestia 68.544
- #5 Le Bistro Urbain 68.544
- #5 Marie Akaneya (this place) 68.544