The 9 three-star restaurants in Paris in 2026
Where Paris's nine three-star MICHELIN tables are in 2026, what sets each one apart, and our advice for booking.
In the language of the MICHELIN Guide, three stars mean exceptional cooking that is worth a special journey. In 2026, Paris has nine such restaurants, all inside the city limits. Five of them are in the 8th arrondissement, between the Champs-Élysées and the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and four belong to luxury hotels. Here is how to find your way among them.
Around the Champs-Élysées
Alléno Paris occupies the neoclassical Pavillon Ledoyen, set in the gardens below the avenue. Yannick Alléno has made sauce the centre of his research there, using extraction and fermentation to concentrate taste.
Two streets away, Le Cinq is the grand dining room of the Four Seasons George V, all high ceilings and pale grey mouldings. On Rue Balzac, Pierre Gagnaire remains the freest spirit of the group: each course reaches the table as a set of small dishes that answer one another.
Le Gabriel, at La Réserve, plays the card of discretion, with only a handful of tables in a mansion on Avenue Gabriel. Finally, Épicure, at Le Bristol, is the only one of these houses whose dining room opens onto a real French garden.
Left Bank and city centre
On Rue de Varenne, Arpège tells the story of Alain Passard and his kitchen gardens: he dared to give vegetables, grown on his own land, the leading role in a three-star menu.
Near the Louvre, Kei made Kei Kobayashi the first Japanese chef to hold three stars in France. And Plénitude, inside Cheval Blanc in the former Samaritaine, is Arnaud Donckele's table, where every plate starts from a sauce.
In the Bois de Boulogne
Le Pré Catelan is the only address on the list surrounded by trees. Frédéric Anton, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, often builds a plate around a single ingredient prepared in several ways.
Our advice for booking
- Book early: several weeks ahead for dinner, and longer for a Saturday.
- Think about lunch: some houses offer a shorter midday menu, and daylight shows off the settings, from the garden at Épicure to the terrace of Le Pré Catelan.
- Mention allergies and dietary needs when you book, since tasting menus are planned in advance.
- Stars reward what is on the plate, not the décor or the service, so also choose the atmosphere that suits you.
All nine addresses are also gathered on our page of three-star restaurants.
The addresses in this guide
