Hard-to-get reservations
Tables listed as full, last-minute openings, confidential chef's counters: we ask the house for the seat, at the right table and the right hour, and tell you frankly when it isn't possible.
Dining & Gastronomy · Paris
Dining in Paris: the tables in high demand
The great tables of Paris are not always booked online.
The experience
Dining & Gastronomy
A starred chef at home
A chef cooks in your suite, apartment or a privatised room — brigade, sommelier and service included. A palace dinner, at home.
The cellar and the pairing
Rare vintages, pairings composed by the sommelier, cellars never shown: we prepare the table like a score.
The dossier
Paris
Dining & Gastronomy
Starred tables, in high demand
Guy Savoy at the Monnaie de Paris, Alain Passard's L'Arpège on the Left Bank, Le Cinq at the George V, Arnaud Donckele's Plénitude at Cheval Blanc, Épicure at Le Bristol: Parisian fine dining plays out between the Triangle d'Or and the 7th arrondissement, and the great houses book weeks — sometimes months — ahead.
We approach these houses — including when they are listed as full — through direct relationships: the last-minute seat and the grand occasion alike, subject to availability and the house's rules, with the right placement and a menu tuned to your taste. Allergies, wines, pace, a discreet celebration — all passed on in advance so nothing is asked at the table.
Private dinners and a chef at home
Beyond the restaurant, we orchestrate the bespoke: a privatised room, a rooftop dinner with the Eiffel Tower for a backdrop, or a starred chef cooking in your suite or apartment, sommelier and service included.
Tasting menus built for the moment, private rooms in the great houses, a brigade dispatched for a business dinner or a birthday: the experience is composed à la carte, in complete discretion.
Pairings, cellars and the art of the table
Parisian gastronomy is read in the glass too. We ask for rare cellars to be opened where the house allows, have the sommelier compose the pairings, and request much-sought-after tables for a business lunch as for a dinner for two.
Dress codes, seating, the pace of service: the house knows the customs of each address and prepares them for you, without a false step.
The Paris evening, end to end
Chauffeured car, table, then a confidential hotel bar — the Ritz's Bar Hemingway, a private club on the Right Bank — to follow: we compose the whole evening and coordinate each step, so all you do is arrive.
Paris
The address book
A few of the names we open — the book itself never closes.
Plénitude — Cheval Blanc
Arnaud Donckele, three stars, a high cuisine of pairings on the Seine, by the Louvre.
Épicure — Le Bristol
Arnaud Faye, three stars, overlooking the garden of a palace on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Kei
Kei Kobayashi, three stars, a Franco-Japanese table in the 1st arrondissement, rue Coq-Héron.
And every other: from the confidential neighbourhood table to the fully-booked three-star. Name yours — we know the house.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Often, yes: it is the heart of what we do. We approach the houses we have direct relationships with, including last minute, subject to availability and the house's rules — and we tell you when it isn't possible. A few days to a few weeks remains the ideal lead time.
Yes: we arrange private dinners with a chef cooking on site, in your suite, apartment or a privatised venue, with sommelier and dedicated service. The menu is built bespoke to your taste and the season.
A few weeks are ideal for three-star and much-sought-after addresses, more for a private room or a full buy-out. We also handle last-minute requests subject to the evening's availability.
We ask for the private rooms of the great houses and for entire spaces to be privatised, with dedicated menu, pairings and service, subject to availability. Your requirements — confidentiality, protocol, diets — are passed on in advance.
Yes: the sommelier composes the pairing to the menu and your taste, and we ask for rare cellars and vintages to be opened where the address allows. Everything is prepared before you arrive.
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Name a table. We ask for it on your behalf.