The Best Barbecue in Paris
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The best barbecue in Paris, according to the experts: The 50 and Michelin Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Le Rigmarole comes out on top.
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Braise and FOGO hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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Rank 1. 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
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Rank 2. Braise
Barbecue Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. FOGO
Barbecue
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. 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
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Rank 2. 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