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  1. Rank 871. Pépin

    Bistro

    The awards


  2. Rank 871. Pépite

    Natural Wine Bar

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  3. Rank 871. Pépites

    Natural Wine Bar


  4. Rank 871. Peska

    Sushi

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  5. Rank 871. Pesket

    Fish & Chips

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  6. Rank 871. Petit Grill Basque

    Traditional Basque

    Wooden shelves stacked with decorative plates, original stenciled walls, and ceiling fans that look like they've been there forever set the tone at this old-school Basque bistro in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The menu runs in French and Basque, which tells you where you are, and the food follows: tripe, cod, Biscay-style tuna, beef tartare, steak in pepper sauce. Hearty, unfussy, and exactly as regional as it sounds.


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  8. Rank 871. Pétrelle

    Mediterranean


  9. Rank 871. Pho bom

    Vietnamese

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  10. Rank 871. Picamandil

    Spanish

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  11. Rank 871. Picnic

    Sandwich Shop

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  13. Rank 871. Pimpant

    Bistro

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  14. Rank 871. Pin Pin

    Bakery

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  15. The room was a grocery shop in a former life, and the intimate scale stuck. This bistro on rue Bonaparte runs a short, seasonal menu where most plates are built for two to share, the music skews trendy, and the wine list leans into orange with something like conviction. The team behind Les Agitateurs in Nice does the cooking, which swings easily between classic French and something more restless. A Michelin Selected restaurant.


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  17. Rank 871. Pizza Chic

    Pizzeria

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  19. Rank 871. Plaq

    Chocolate Dessert

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  20. Rank 871. Pluviôse

    Australian

    A wood-fired oven does most of the heavy lifting at this small modern restaurant named for a month in the French Revolutionary calendar, which sets expectations accordingly. The Australian chef runs the floor and the kitchen solo, baking his own bread and churning his own ice cream between searing fish with a light hand. Opening hours shift, so booking ahead is less a suggestion than a requirement.


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  23. Rank 871. Pok

    Coffee

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  24. Rank 871. Polka

    Boulangerie

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  25. Rank 871. Pompon

    Bakery

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  26. Rank 871. Poney Club

    Natural Wine Bar

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  27. A contemporary bistro near Tarbes's Arsenal quarter, run by a chef with serious fine-dining pedigree and a former nurse who retrained as sommelier, which tells you something about the couple's commitment to doing things properly. The cooking is modern and confident, the wine list leans on independent growers, and the weekday lunch menu changes weekly at a price that makes regulars suspicious something's been miscounted.


    Address
    112 rue de la Chaudronnerie, Tarbes, Occitania 65000, France · Tarbes
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 PM

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  28. Rank 871. Populaire

    Sandwich Shop

    The awards


  29. Handmade ceramic tableware sets the tone at this creative bistro in Cognac, where the chef's market-driven cooking leans hard on local produce. Stints at Lucas Carton and Jadis are visible in the technical confidence, but the room has an industrial, arty looseness that keeps it from feeling starched. Foie gras with miso-pickled aubergine gives you a sense of where things are headed: familiar ideas pushed just far enough to be interesting.


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  31. A concrete bar runs the length of the open kitchen in this lively Avignon bistro, where street art shares wall space with whatever the chef is plating that night. The cooking lands somewhere between comfort food and something more curious, with spices, berries, and dried fruit nudging familiar dishes sideways. Devilled eggs get red curry; pita bread gets braised beef. The motto is "come, eat, drink," which tells you exactly what kind of evening this will be.


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  33. Rank 871. Pulpe

    Wine Bar

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  37. Rank 871. Racines

    Italian

    Tucked into the covered passage des Panoramas, this Italian osteria in bistro clothing runs on a carte blanche menu and whatever the chef felt like that morning. The cooking is Sardinian at heart, pulling from Italian produce with the confidence of someone who doesn't need to explain himself. Vitello tonnato, polpette, ricotta ravioli: straightforward dishes that taste like someone actually cared. The wine cellar side of things is not decorative.


  38. Rank 871. Ramen Wagaya

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  39. Rank 871. Ratafia

    Wine Bar

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  40. Rank 871. Ravito

    Wine Bar

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  41. Rank 871. Reflets

    Modern French

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  43. Near the Saône, this modern bistro runs on market logic: the menu shifts with whatever looks good that week, and the kitchen keeps things bright and a little unexpected. Lunch is a short, affordable affair; evenings stretch into tasting menus. The room goes for distressed industrial with an open kitchen, which at this point is practically a genre. The sommelière, though, is the real differentiator, and worth leaning on.


    Address
    3 rue d'Algérie, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 69001, France · Lyon
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  45. Rank 871. Ripailles

    Bistro

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  47. Rank 871. Rivage

    Modern French

    A small seasonal restaurant right on the port of Portivy, where the fish comes from short supply chains and the menu changes with whatever the coast provides. The kitchen keeps things simple and direct, ikejime-style bream, spider crab, local vegetables, without fuss. Six rooms upstairs look out to sea, which is a civilized arrangement when lunch runs long. Selected by the Michelin Guide.


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  49. Rank 871. Rond

    Breton Bistro

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  51. Rank 871. Rooster

    Provençal Mediterranean


    Address
    137 rue Cardinet, Paris, Ile-de-France 75017, France · Paris
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:15 PM

    Friday 12:15 PM–1:45 PM, 7:15 PM–9:45 PM

    Online
    Website
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  53. Rank 871. Rouge

    Natural Wine Bar

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  55. Rank 871. Ruine

    Coffee

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  56. Rank 871. Ryô

    Japanese

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  57. Rank 871. Sables

    French

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  58. Rank 871. Sama Bistro

    Lebanese

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  60. Rank 871. Sandikala

    Indonesian


  61. Rank 871. Sanjo

    Japanese

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  63. Rank 871. Sauge

    Modern French

    Centuries-old beams and raw concrete share walls here, which tells you something about what Amandine Chaignot is up to in this sleepy Perche village. The restaurant, named for sage, leans hard into herbs, with sorrel, nettle, verbena, and rosemary threading through a plant-forward menu built on produce from neighboring farms. It operates as both a bistro and a fine dining room, so the village gets a local and you get something considerably more considered.


    Address
    9 place de l'Église, Réveillon, Normandy 61400, France · Réveillon
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 7 PM–11 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
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  65. Rank 871. Scarpetta

    Italian

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  67. Rank 871. Selene

    Wine Bar

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  68. Rank 871. Sens

    Peruvian

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  69. Rank 871. 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.


    Address
    32 rue Saint-Maur, Paris, Ile-de-France 75011, France · Paris
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  71. Rank 871. Sergio's Deli

    Deli American

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  72. Rank 871. Sétopa

    Modern Korean

    The name is a contraction of Seoul to Paris, and the kitchen takes that mandate seriously. This refined Korean restaurant near the Odéon brings together a team with serious credentials in Korean gastronomy, turning out food that sits comfortably between tradition and something more considered. The Korean service staff adds a layer of coherence the room earns. A quiet, grown-up room for people who find that chopsticks pair well with a good wine list.


    Address
    6 rue Dupuytren, Paris, Ile-de-France 75006, France · Paris
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 7 PM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  73. Rank 871. Sèves

    Coffee

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  74. Rank 871. Shin-Ya Ramen

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  76. Rank 871. Silax

    Bakery

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  78. Rank 871. 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.


  79. Rank 871. Soif

    Natural Wine Bar

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  80. Rank 871. Soif, la cave

    Natural Wine Bar

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  81. Rank 871. Söma

    Mediterranean

    The open kitchen here is barely bigger than a closet, which somehow makes the food feel more impressive. This lively little bistro near Gare Saint-Paul runs on a short, ever-changing blackboard menu where Algerian roots quietly shape modern French cooking, think smoked butter, harissa, lentils woven into something bright and generous. No white tablecloths, no ceremony, just good music and a room that fills fast with locals who know not to dawdle on reservations.


    Address
    9 place Saint-Paul, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 69005, France · Lyon
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 7 PM–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  82. Rank 871. Song Heng

    Vietnamese

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  84. Rank 871. Spelt

    Bistro


    Address
    6 Grand'Rue, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 06140, France
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 PM

    Friday 12:30 PM–2 PM, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  85. Rank 871. Spot Palace

    Food Truck

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  87. Rank 871. Subaco

    Izakaya Japanese

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  88. Rank 871. Suffren

    Bistro

    Bright green tiles punch through the raw concrete and exposed pipes of this Marseille bistro, which leans into the industrial look without any apparent apology. The kitchen ignores the city's trendier bistronomy scene and sticks to hearty classics, leeks with bottarga, French onion soup, grilled skirt steak. A cheerful young team keeps things moving even when the room fills up, and the wine list favors small producers and Lyonnais labels.


  89. Rank 871. Sugaar

    Basque

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  91. Rank 871. Superbuvette

    Wine Bar

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  92. Rank 871. Superette

    American

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  93. Rank 871. Superposé

    Sandwich Shop

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  94. Rank 871. Supra

    Georgian Wine Bar

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  95. Rank 871. Sur Mer

    Seafood

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  96. Rank 871. Sweet Pea

    New Zealand

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  97. Rank 871. T'Xuan

    Taiwanese

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  98. Rank 871. Taco Mesa

    Mexican

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