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N°1Omakase restaurantSushi-B
One Michelin star, three toques and four distinct editorial sources for Isao Horai's sushiya, steps from rue Sainte-Anne. Eight guests per sitting, a marble counter: the Japanese format at its most demanding.
« Steps from the Japan-heavy rue Sainte-Anne, Isao Horai's ultra-chic sushiya (marble counter, jazzy playlist, dishes whispered in your ear) welcomes eight informed palates per sitting. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file7 mentions
N°2Omakase restaurantL'Abysse
Two Michelin stars and four Gault&Millau toques: the sushi counter Yannick Alléno set inside Pavillon Ledoyen, where sushi meets French sauce work. The most decorated table here alongside Sushi Yoshinaga.
« What if you rediscovered sushi? That is exactly what starred chef Yannick Alléno offers with his new dedicated restaurant. »
— Le BonbonSee the full place file10 mentions
N°3Omakase restaurantSushi Shunei
Three Gault&Millau toques, a Le Fooding badge and four distinct sources for this wood-clad counter tucked into a forgotten Montmartre alley. Proof that high-level omakase has left the business districts.
« Located far above sea level, on the steep climb up to Montmartre, this small, elegant wood-clad space lights up a forgotten alley with its virtuous cuisine. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file18 mentions
N°4IzakayaOTTO - MOUFFETARD
Michelin Plate, a Gault&Millau toque, a Le Fooding pick: four distinct sources and a rating trending up for starred chef Eric Trochon's izakaya, which gave rue Mouffetard a reason to eat again. Small plates grilled over binchotan.
« A touch of Japan right on rue Mouffetard, a street of party-goers, tourists and dubious crêpe stands? It can be done. And at that game, Otto, a small counter modelled on an izakaya, has understood everything. »
— konbini.comSee the full place file16 mentionsRating rising
N°5Japanese restaurantNakatsu - Karaage bar
A Le Fooding Feeling badge, two expert sources and a 4.8 average for an izakaya devoted to karaage, Japanese fried chicken, opened in the Montmartre faubourgs by a Père & Fish alumnus. One speciality, done seriously.
« What are an ex-Père & Fish founder and a former wine start-upper doing in Montmartre's faubourgs? Making fried chicken, of course! »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file10 mentions
N°6Japanese restaurantSola
Three expert sources (Michelin, Le Fooding, Lebey) and nine press articles, with no star needed to exist: Kosuke Nabeta, formerly of Maison du Saké, gives French produce a Japanese accent in the omakase tradition, near the Seine.
« In his zen den near the Seine, Kosuke Nabeta (formerly of Maison du Saké) never tires of giving French terroir a Japanese accent. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file21 mentions
N°7IzakayaZakuro
A Le Fooding Feeling badge, three distinct sources and a 4.8 average: a pocket izakaya in the 2nd run by Go Sato, trained in France, Japan and Canada, who drove a Paris bus before returning to the stove. The kind of story automated lists never see.
« Trained as a cook in France, Japan and Canada, then turned bus driver, Go Sato came back to his first love, swapping the wheel for the stove. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file15 mentions
N°8Japanese restaurantAbri Soba
The only Bib Gourmand here, the Michelin distinction for value. A soba specialist, serving buckwheat noodles hot or cold, every which way: the most honest entry point into Japanese cooking in Paris.
« Do you know soba, the Japanese buckwheat noodle? This restaurant has made it its speciality and serves it, so to speak, every which way. »
— Le Guide MichelinSee the full place file7 mentions
N°9Ramen restaurantSanjo
A Le Fooding Feeling badge and a must_visit label in our signals: chef-stylist Kaito Hori's Japanese street food, in a room of exposed stone and open kitchen. The best trade-off here between rigour and the price of a lunch.
« When In Praise of Shadows goes slumming with Japanese street food, you get Sanjo, the handsome, delicious restaurant of chef-stylist Kaito Hori. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file12 mentions
N°10Ramen restaurantEchizenSOBA TOGO
A Le Fooding pick and a must_visit label: a single communal table, white from floor to ceiling, where people come to slurp perfectly worked soba. The exact opposite of the postcard Japanese restaurant.
« At the single communal table of this monastic refectory, white from floor to ceiling, the fashion crowd slurps their steaming bowls in communion. »
— Le FoodingSee the full place file7 mentions
N°11Omakase restaurantSushi Yoshinaga
Two Michelin stars, three Gault&Millau toques and a Le Fooding badge: the heaviest file on the Paris Japanese scene. An intimate omakase for a handful of guests near the Opéra, where the chef's hands are the only show.
« Sushi Yoshinaga is an exceptional recreation of the best Tokyo sushi bars, in an intimate and luxurious setting. »
— GoogleSee the full place file15 mentions
N°12Japanese restaurantSagan
Three expert sources (Michelin, Le Fooding, Time Out) for a small table near the Odéon with a monastic look, a counter and exposed stone. Few reviews, but very high ones: the definition of an under-the-radar address the data backs up.
« Everything is delicious, refined and fresh. A small menu, but with a bit of everything. »
— GoogleSee the full place file4 mentions
