The 11 Best Steakhouses in France
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The best steakhouses in France, according to the experts: Le Fooding, the Michelin Guide, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. La Table de Charrou comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Paris.
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Betty Beef and Le Severo 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. La Table de Charrou
Steakhouse
A stone farmhouse on the Causse de Limogne, where two former sommeliers came home from New Zealand and learned to butcher from the proprietress's father. The result is a meat-forward restaurant that runs nose to tail on local animals from the surrounding departments, smoked, grilled, simmered, or pressed into terrine. On Sundays the old bread oven fires up for a leg of lamb. The wine list runs to 200 labels, organic and biodynamic among them, and she knows every one.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Betty Beef
Steakhouse
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
Why #2, not #3
Both places show 79. This one's exact Score is 79.0 and the next is 78.9, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #2 Betty Beef (this place) 79.0
- #3 Le Severo 78.9
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Rank 3. Le Severo
Steakhouse
Le Severo is a thirty-seat steakhouse in the sleepy back end of the 14th, run by a former butcher who was dry-aging before France had much of an opinion on it. Steaks arrive charred on the outside and left alone otherwise, no sauce required. The maitre'd is stern and watchful, and you will finish the fat. It's closed weekends, which in Paris counts as a flex, so plan a midweek date.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Best Bistros In Paris
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Paris
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Steak-Frites In Paris
- The Infatuation The 21 Best Bistros In Paris
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Paris
- The Infatuation The Best Steak-Frites In Paris
Why #3, not #2
Both places show 79. This one's exact Score is 78.9 and the one above is 79.0, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #2 Betty Beef 79.0
- #3 Le Severo (this place) 78.9
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Rank 4. Clover Grill
Steakhouse
Jean-François Piège's fire-led restaurant in the 1st arrondissement turns a charcoal grill and open flame into something that feels almost philosophical. This is a steak restaurant with a distinctly French sense of discipline: serious sourcing, careful ageing, and beef that arrives composed rather than showy. Warm materials and soft light keep the room feeling polished but alive. Pommes soufflées on the side, a smart Burgundy on the table, and service that is Parisian in the good sense.
The awards
- World's 101 Best World's 101 Best: #53 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- World's 101 Best #53 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 5. Au Bistronome
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Au Bistronome (this place) 68.544
- #5 Beefbar 68.544
- #5 L'Argot 68.544
- #5 La Grillade Gourmande 68.544
- #5 Le Divil 68.544
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Rank 5. Beefbar
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Au Bistronome 68.544
- #5 Beefbar (this place) 68.544
- #5 L'Argot 68.544
- #5 La Grillade Gourmande 68.544
- #5 Le Divil 68.544
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Rank 5. L'Argot
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Au Bistronome 68.544
- #5 Beefbar 68.544
- #5 L'Argot (this place) 68.544
- #5 La Grillade Gourmande 68.544
- #5 Le Divil 68.544
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Rank 5. La Grillade Gourmande
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Au Bistronome 68.544
- #5 Beefbar 68.544
- #5 L'Argot 68.544
- #5 La Grillade Gourmande (this place) 68.544
- #5 Le Divil 68.544
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Rank 5. Le Divil
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Au Bistronome 68.544
- #5 Beefbar 68.544
- #5 L'Argot 68.544
- #5 La Grillade Gourmande 68.544
- #5 Le Divil (this place) 68.544
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Rank 10. Anahi
Steakhouse
The mosaic floors and mirrored ceilings are original to the former butcher's shop, which is a good start for an Argentine steakhouse in the Marais. Mauro Colagreco and his partner in beef bring cuts from four continents through a high-heat broiler, and chimichurri arrives like it means it. The room runs on Latin warmth and Parisian cool in roughly equal measure, and the Malbec list keeps pace. It holds a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.
The awards
- World's 101 Best World's 101 Best: #56 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- World's 101 Best #56 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
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Rank 11. Le Relais De Venise
French Steakhouse
This is a steak-frites place with no reservations, so you join the line outside before the doors open at 6:45, and the room runs on one question from the waitresses in black dresses and white aprons: how would you like it cooked? Steak is the entire menu, and it arrives under a mustardy, butter-heavy sauce that people argue about the ingredients of. Second helpings come around on their own, which is either a perk or a dare.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Steak-Frites In Paris
- The Infatuation The Best Steak-Frites In Paris